Tag Archives: Novellas

Throwback SF Thursday: A Moon Full of Stars by Jon Mollison

Posted on January 28, 2021 by H.P.

There are a lot of different kinds of post-apocalyptic novels, from Fahrenheit 451 to Hiero’s Journey.  Jon Mollison has graced us with a story much more in the spirit of Hiero’s Journey with A Moon Full of Stars.  Rome is … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Collateral Does Not Break Any New Ground, But It Is Plenty Fun

Posted on January 19, 2021 by H.P.

Don’t expect Brian McClellan’s first foray into urban fantasy to blaze any new trails.  This is all ground well-trod by Jim Butcher, Larry Correia, and Richard Kadrey.  Which isn’t to say that Uncanny Collateral isn’t more than welcome.  But we … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Mortu and Kyrus in the White City by Schuyler Hernstrom

Posted on October 11, 2018 by H.P.

“You may talk of cities and justice all you wish.  Tonight, the pagan wins.  My anger will be sated and these wicked people brought to ruin.” Mortu and Kyrus in the White City is a new novella out from Cirsova … Continue reading →

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Summer of Conan: Throne of the Bastards by Brian Keene and Steven L. Shrewbury

Posted on August 24, 2017 by H.P.

“What is this?”  I imagine you saying.  “What is Throne of the Bastards doing in the Summer of Conan?  I read the blurb and no mention of Conan is to be found.”  Throne of the Bastards isn’t openly a Conan … Continue reading →

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Review of The River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Posted on May 23, 2017 by H.P.

The River of Teeth has a killer concept. It riffs off a cockamamie scheme to deal with invasive vegetation and a meat shortage in America by importing hippos en masse. In Gailey’s world, Congress went forward with the scheme (at … Continue reading →

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Review of Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on June 28, 2016 by H.P.

A frequent complaint regarding today’s short speculative fiction is that it is too frequently only nominally speculative or not really speculative at all.  I’m leery of going that far, if only because I like non-speculative fiction just fine and I … Continue reading →

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Review of Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds

Posted on June 20, 2016 by H.P.

Slow Bullets, like Perfect State, has a premise that didn’t grab me and would have kept me from reading it but for being a Hugo finalist.  In this case it wasn’t the copy but the plot descriptions from some of … Continue reading →

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Review of Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on May 25, 2016 by H.P.

God-Emperor Kairominas is lord of all he surveys. He has defeated all foes, has united the entire world beneath his rule, and has mastered the arcane arts. He spends his time sparring with his nemesis, who keeps trying to invade … Continue reading →

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Review of The Days of Tao by Wes Chu

Posted on May 3, 2016 by H.P.

A deeply embedded Prophus agent discovers the Russian general he has been working under has received word that a massive invasion by Genjix-allied countries is set to begin.  He kills the general and steals the Genjix war plans.  Now Nazar … Continue reading →

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Review of King of the Bastards by Brian Keene and Stephen L. Shrewsbury

Posted on February 24, 2016 by H.P.

Keene and Shrewsbury wrote King of the Bastards with one eye fixed on Conan the Cimmerian.  And not just Conan but old-school weird fiction and sword and sorcery.  (The raw edges of Keene’s The Rising show too.)  It’s something that … Continue reading →

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