The Universe Is What We Make Of It: Announcing Sci-Fi Month 2018
It’s getting close to that time of year again, folks. Summer’s out, autumn is (metaphorically) warming up, and while the weather might be comfortably lodged in Somewhat Miserable here right now,...
View ArticleThe Universe Is What We Make Of It – Welcome to Sci-Fi Month 2018!
November is here, and I’m happy to report that I’m no longer in Book Slump Land! BRING ME ALL THE SCIENCE FICTION. I will chew on it like a puppy with a slipper. But without the drool. Drool and paper...
View ArticleTop Ten Tuesday: Battle of the Backlist!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. So this week’s prompt is “backlist books I want to read”, and after a somewhat prolonged bout of...
View ArticleUpdate to the ‘Small Angry Planet’ Read-along!
Hello! So this year’s #RRSciFiMonth has gotten off to an absolutely tremendous start, and while I haven’t gotten my first review in yet, plans are coming along quite neatly! Meanwhile, I’m delighted by...
View ArticleThe Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
It’s finally time for my first Sci-Fi Month review! I feel like I’ve been slow in getting started, but I definitely started with a winner… Series: Lady Astronaut #1 | Publisher: Tor Books | This...
View ArticleThe Universe Is What We Make Of It: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Part 1
Following on from Sunday afternoon/evening’s successful first Twitter chat for the Sci-Fi Month readalong for this book, I decided to recap and expand on the excellent questions put forth by...
View ArticleThe Universe Is What We Make Of It: The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, Part 2
It’s time for another round of Wayfarer Appreciation, as I dive into discussion of the second part of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet following our wonderful Twitter chat this past Sunday,...
View ArticleFor The Love Of SF: A Sci-Fi Month Roundtable
Well, folks. This year’s Sci-Fi Month is almost, almost over. BUT IT’S NOT QUITE OVER YET. I teamed up with my co-host, imyril, to bring you a pretty epic two-part roundtable interview with some of our...
View ArticleThe Universe Is What We Make Of It: The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, Part 3
Well, it is now the final day of this year’s Sci-Fi Month celebration. My recap will go live tomorrow, but for now I’ve got one more round of thoughts, feelings and general flailing excitement to share...
View ArticleBrave new worlds: SciFi Month 2019
The weather’s turning and the nights are drawing in. More stars in the sky means more space to imagine exploring… November is coming, and you all know what that means, right? If you don’t, well my...
View Article#SciFiMonth Read-along: Record of a Spaceborn Few
Signaling the SciFi Month Fleet! Today I’ve got the details of this year’s Read-along, and I am super excited for it. We will be reading Record of a Spaceborn Few, the third volume of the Hugo...
View ArticleSciFi Month update: Free stuff!
Good day everyone! I am reporting in to drop another quick update on SciFi Month, and this time it involves free books! ORDERLY QUEUES PLEASE NO RUSHING I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURIES So my...
View ArticleWe Have Lift-off: Sci-Fi Month 2019
IT’S HEEEEEERE! Welcome, dear Fleet, to Sci-Fi Month 2019! Our course is set and autopilot is on for the moment, so let’s drift a little and get ourselves comfortable. It’s time for me to share my...
View Article#SciFiMonth Mission Status – Launch
It’s Sunday, and SciFi Month 2019 has only been going for a couple of days but those days have already turned out some good stuff! Let’s take a look at my highlights from our launch! We’ve had...
View ArticleGreater glory: The Sparrow Read-along, Part 1
In the first part of Mary Doria Russell’s SF classic, we’re dropped in the aftermath of an intergalactic… tragedy? Disaster? Horrific crime? The pieces are disparate, spread over dovetailing timelines,...
View Article5 Star Books in 5 Words
Let’s take a little break from reviews and bookish discussions with a fun feature post! I discovered this feature via Lauren over at Always Me, though the tag was originally created by Matthew...
View ArticleMission Status Update: In orbit
At the end of the first full week, SciFi Month 2019 appears to be going splendidly! Let’s take a look at what our daring Fleet have achieved this week, shall we? Reviews Maddalena at Space and...
View ArticleWho wants to be human anyway: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Murderbot has no friends. Murderbot has no family. Murderbot doesn’t even have a name – unless you count ‘Murderbot’. All it wants is to do its job, survive it, and figure out its own identity. And try...
View ArticleFrom the ground, we stand: Record of a Spaceborn Few Read-along, Part 1
Welcome to the second of our SciFi Month Read-alongs! I am so excited to share thoughts and feelings about this book with fellow nerds, so let’s get to it, shall we? NOTE: SPOILERS FOLLOW FOR PROLOGUE...
View ArticleA leap of faith: The Sparrow Read-along, Part 2
The team makes it to Rakhat, only to suffer an unexpected loss. Questions of faith, and faithfulness, are raised and … answered? And we begin to learn a little more of what may have happened to Emilio,...
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