Monthly Archives: July 2015

On the Hugo Awards Controversy

Posted on July 29, 2015 by H.P.

I don’t care. I thought about making that my entire post, but it’s not quite true so I will say a few things. I also considered writing a very long post touching on any number of facets of the controversy. … Continue reading →

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Review of Killing Pretty (Sandman Slim) by Richard Kadrey

Posted on July 28, 2015 by H.P.

Sandman Slim investigates Death’s death in this hip, propulsive urban fantasy through a phantasmagoric LA rife with murder, mayhem, and magic. James Stark has met his share of demons and angels, on earth and beyond. Now, he’s come face to … Continue reading →

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2015 Campbell Award for Best New Writer Ballot

Posted on July 27, 2015 by H.P.

The Campbell Award for Best New Writer is the Hugo, which isn’t a Hugo, which doesn’t make sense, so I’m going to call it a Hugo anyway. Voting closes on Friday, and as they say in post-apocalyptic Harlan, it’s not … Continue reading →

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Review of Dead Man’s Reach by D.B. Jackson

Posted on July 23, 2015 by H.P.

My review of Thieftaker, book one in The Thieftaker Chronicles, is here. My review of Thieves’ Quarry, book two in The Thieftaker Chronicles, is here. My review of A Plunder of Souls, book three in The Thieftaker Chronicles, is here. … Continue reading →

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Review of A Plunder of Souls by D.B. Jackson

Posted on July 22, 2015 by H.P.

My review of Thieftaker, book one in The Thieftaker Chronicles, is here. My review of Thieves’ Quarry, book two in The Thieftaker Chronicles, is here. A Plunder of Souls is D.B. Jackson’s third book in the Thieftaker Chronicles (book four, … Continue reading →

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Review of Thieves’ Quarry by D.B. Jackson

Posted on July 21, 2015 by H.P.

My review of Thieftaker, book one in The Thieftaker Chronicles, is here. D.B. Jackson returns to Colonial Boston and conjuring thieftaker Ethan Kaille in this sequel to Thieftaker (book two of a current four in The Thieftaker Chronicles). In Thieves’ … Continue reading →

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Review of Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson

Posted on July 20, 2015 by H.P.

This week the blog takes a break from the Hugo nominees to focus on D.B. Jackson’s Thieftaker Chronicles, because I would much rather talk about Jackson’s series than any more about the Hugos, and because book 4 in the series, … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form Ballot

Posted on July 17, 2015 by H.P.

There isn’t a bad movie in the lot this year, although I don’t know if I would rank any of the nominees over Mad Max: Fury Road or Ex Machina. Jurassic World would probably slide in just under Captain America: … Continue reading →

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Review of Genghis Khan by Frank McLynn and Commentary on Mongols in Fantasy

Posted on July 16, 2015 by H.P.

Genghis Khan was the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. He consolidated the disparate clans and tribes of Mongolia. He conquered the Jin (northern China) and Kwarezmian (Persia) empires. “The Mongol empire covered twelve million contiguous square miles—an area … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Best Short Story Ballot

Posted on July 15, 2015 by H.P.

The Parliament of Beasts and Birds by John C. Wright There is a reason why speculative fiction magazines encourage writers not to submit stories with talking animals. What a wretched story this is. It is another deeply religious from Wright, … Continue reading →

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