Tag: criticism
Book Review: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the 12 in 12 Challenge, the Military Spec-Fic Challenge, the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge, the Read the Sequel Challenge, and the Space Opera Challenge. This book won the 1992 Hugo and Locus Awards. This is not the first time, nor even […]
Read More Book Review: Barrayar by Lois McMaster BujoldBook Review: Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey
Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the 12 in 12 Challenge, the Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge, the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge, and the Grand Mistresses of Genre Fiction Challenge. This classic novella, which won the Hugo award for Best Novella in 1968 and […]
Read More Book Review: Weyr Search by Anne McCaffreyIf Mary Shelley Invented SF, Why Are So Few Female SF Writers Known?
By David Barnett Two centuries. Two hundred years. That’s how long we’ve had science fiction. From the birth of Frankenstein, to the death of Ursula K Le Guin. Two hundred years. This was originally meant to be just the story of Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and published on 1 January 1818. But this week, with […]
Read More If Mary Shelley Invented SF, Why Are So Few Female SF Writers Known?Science Fiction & Fantasy Mashups
Science fiction and fantasy, in my experience, are rarely all one thing. Sometimes – often! – SFF blends elements of other genres of fiction into it. For instance, I think just about every Philip K. Dick novel I’ve read is either transgressive fiction or a detective/crime novel. Sometimes those elements seem so weird that not […]
Read More Science Fiction & Fantasy MashupsD&D is for Boys: Or, Why I’m Always the DM
It was 1984 when I received my first Dungeons & Dragons boxed set for my birthday. Veteran gamers will remember this red-book set with its dice that had to be coloured in with a crayon to see the numbers. I was so excited! I had heard about this game and as a fantasy/sci-fi reader, there […]
Read More D&D is for Boys: Or, Why I’m Always the DMThe Hated Ones: We Just Wanna Have Fun
By Bluestockings As I settle in for a cup of tea and a good old fashion hate-watching of Fifty Shades of Grey, I’m absolutely shocked and appalled and genuinely disturbed by what’s happening in the gaming community just North of our town of Toronto. While I had no intention of getting involved, shit happens. Two […]
Read More The Hated Ones: We Just Wanna Have FunHoney, Let the Real Gamers Play
By Misty Vander ‘Shh. Breathe.’ I exhaled a breath of stale air into the crowded lobby of the local hotel. My partner sensed my hesitation beside me and squeezed my hand encouragingly. With a small tug, he urged me onwards. “Let’s go, I don’t want to be around these neckbeards any longer than I have […]
Read More Honey, Let the Real Gamers PlayBook Review: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Military Spec-Fic Reading Challenge, the Second Best Reading Challenge, and the Space Opera Reading Challenge. This book was nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards 2006. I really, really liked this book! It’s kind of like the bridge between Starship […]
Read More Book Review: Old Man’s War by John ScalziBooks, Authors, Double Standards and Snobbery
Originally posted on WordyNerdBird:
I am perpetually frustrated by the disdain that many have for Indie authors. Indie artists, musicians, and filmmakers are applauded for daring to step out, break the mould and do their own thing in defiance of the industries that are perceived to have grown too big, too powerful, too rich. Nobody…
