Category: Reviews

  • My review: Cinder House, by Freya Marske

    My review: Cinder House, by Freya Marske

    I read this (epub) in two or three sittings on 12 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. Fairy tale retellings, especially the ones Disney has already done, are always a bit of a miss for me.…

  • My review of: Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz

    My review of: Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz

    I read this (epub) in two sittings on 11 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. The truest sign of a book I love is my desire to share it with other people. Sometimes this can be…

  • My review of: Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite

    My review of: Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite

    I read this (epub) in one sitting on 12 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and immediately wanted to send copies to other people who I thought would also…

  • What blog?

    I don’t kid myself to think I have any kind of audience, but anyone who stumbles into this site might wonder at the… 16 months since my last blog post, and the grand total of like 12 words published here. My day job involves being on a computer all day and at the then of…