Monthly Archives: February 2017

Review of The Wrong Dead Guy by Richard Kadrey

Posted on February 28, 2017 by H.P.

I loved The Everything Box.  I even put it on my Hugo Awards ballot.  And The Wrong Dead Guy isn’t, by any means, bad.  But it is pretty pedestrian.

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Throwback SF Thursday: Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert Heinlein

Posted on February 23, 2017 by H.P.

I don’t read a whole lot of YA fiction these days (or ever, really).  Even less middle school fiction.  And I suppose Have Space Suit—Will Travel, like The Hobbit, would be marketed as middle school fiction were it to be … Continue reading →

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2017 Hugo Awards Nominations

Posted on February 21, 2017 by H.P.

I almost certainly won’t wind up voting on the Hugos this year.  The number of people nominating and voting on the awards jumped way up, but that hasn’t markedly improved the quality of the finalists.  And it’s clear that a … Continue reading →

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Review of Death’s End by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu

Posted on February 14, 2017 by H.P.

With its completion with Death’s End, I can now say that the Remembrance of Earth’s Past is my all-time favorite science fiction series (says the noob of a sci fi fan).  It opens just like you would expect the final … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

Posted on February 9, 2017 by H.P.

Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun . . . Alfred Bester may have had a touch of psionic ability himself.  The Demolished Man reads like equal parts hardboiled noir and cyberpunk.  It’s tense and taut throughout, if it never quite … Continue reading →

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Review of APB

Posted on February 7, 2017 by H.P.

I have a review of Death’s End coming, honest!  But I have a LOT to say about it.  In the interim, reading The Forever War and The Demolished Man have my mind turned to science fictional crime fighting.  How well-timed, … Continue reading →

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