I can’t remember how I came across this book, probably another random search of ‘best sci fi women 2015’ or something like that. Even though it isn’t sci-fi, it’s still a pretty good read. I was very nearly not going to get it as the list made me hate all fantasy novels. However, V E … Continue reading
So The Ship by Antonia Honeywell has a reasonable plot: end of the world, people escape on a ship, plucky heroine thinks all is not what it seems. It is actually more annoying and aggravating than that. One: the plot is really about a death cult in a ship. Two: the heroine takes way to … Continue reading
Ummm So, I don’t think Joanna Russ’ book a normal novel. I don’t know what it is. Maybe a stream of consciousness feminist rant that takes place across multiple parallel universes? There are four women, who cross over into each other’s earths, all which have had a different history. Janet’s Earth has no men, they … Continue reading
For the last 100 pages of this book, I was mainly making incoherent noises at @psythor as all the shit kicked off in the book, with the whole arc of the story winding its way to the end. Most of the incoherent noises were either something along the lines of “omfg they’re so adorable” or … Continue reading
Yay! I read a book! I’m currently neck-deep in PhD writing and so haven’t been reading that much outside of that area. However, this weekend I was going to take a break and read something fun. I bought The Three-Body Problem on a wander through Forbidden Planet not that long ago but still hadn’t read … Continue reading
Cities and Thrones is the sequel to Carrie’ Patel’s The Buried Life and what a sequel! I’ve recently interviewed Carrie Patel for Science Fiction Double Feature, which will be out later this month. The series is steampunk, mystery, revolution, post-future funtimes. I hope that makes sense. It’s hard to describe as a genre, but it … Continue reading
What an angry book. No that this is a bad thing. I think there were two chapters that I found the most interesting and fascinating and one that I lost the plot a bit. The first chapter that I really liked was the whole exploration of nostalgia via things like ‘keep calm and carry on’. … Continue reading
Wow. So, I should know a lot about Moncure Conway, but I don’t. I’m rectifying that knowledge gap this year, for multiple reasons (one being PhD reasons). So I picked up Southern Emancipator: Moncure Conway: The American Years, 1832-1865 from the delightful library at Conway Hall (Conway Hall named after him, of course). It’s hard … Continue reading
I think if I needed to pick a single word to describe Kat Arney’s first (and fabulous) book on how genes work, it would be irreverent. And I mean that in the best possible way. Full disclosure, I know Kat and have brewed beer with her. To be fair, this is so far a one-off … Continue reading
So, I’m going to start off with a slightly annoyed tangent. When in Toronto at the beginning of this month, we went to a bookstore. I was perusing the science fiction novels and decided I wanted something written by a woman. Nothing on the shelf jumped out (there were the usual familiar names) and so … Continue reading
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