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As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang

July 22, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 7/22/20
Finished: 7/22/20

I read this one on Tor.com a few months ago and just re-read it this morning.  It’s so good.  And it made me cry, too, more sad horrified tears, but better ones than the last story.

As the Last I May Know

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, Hugo nominee, Hugo packet, Hugo winner, SF, short story, source: Hugo Awards

Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin

July 20, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 7/20/20
Finished: 7/20/20

She’s writing in the second person POV again, and it’s SO effective.  I love how this played out.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, Hugo nominee, Hugo packet, Hugo winner, novelette, SF, source: Hugo Awards

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

July 15, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 7/12/20
Finished: 7/15/20

I had heard nothing but wonderful things about this one, but the one time I tried a Max Gladstone book, I couldn’t get into it.  That turned out to apply to this novella, too, even though he had a co-author.  The premise is really cool, but I seriously considered just putting it down and walking away.  The writing was not working for me.  I got involved eventually, and I think I liked it…?   Interesting, but not really my speed.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, Hugo nominee, Hugo packet, Hugo winner, novella, SF, source: Tor.com, time travel

Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer

May 23, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 5/19/20
Finished: 5/23/20

LOVE the author, so excited about this book, and it was good!  Young adult, but with realistic teenagers (thank goodness), near-future tech, but not about the tech.  It’s a thriller, and a good one.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, Hugo nominee, Hugo winner, SF, source: Hugo Awards, YA

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

March 19, 2020 by Zannah 2 Comments

Started: 2/29/20
Finished: 3/19/20

First book in a new series, and I nominated it for a Hugo before I finished it.  Big space empire, with an ambassador from a little space station, who has really neat advanced tech and has to navigate a complex imperial language with cool linguistic details.  A lot of stuff was introduced and much of it didn’t get far – I think this is going to be a big series, and I’m super excited.  Not so much about the wait, but I’ll live.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, Hugo nominee, Hugo winner, political, SF, source: Tor.com, tech, Teixcalaan

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

February 14, 2019 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 2/7/19
Finished: 2/14/19

I liked the opening framing device more than I liked the rest of the story, although it was interesting.  I didn’t love it – I feel like there were so many more stories to tell here, and the one tertiary story the author included basically only had an end.  It was missing the beginning and the middle, which took all of the emotion (which I was clearly supposed to feel) out of it.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: aliens, ebook, Hugo winner, SF, source: Tor.com

The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer

July 5, 2018 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 7/5/18
Finished: 7/5/18

Cute story (novelette) about robots when people aren’t around.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: Hugo nominee, Hugo winner, novelette, SF, source: Hugo Awards

Welcome To Your Authentic Indian Experience by Rebecca Roanhorse

July 3, 2018 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 7/3/18
Finished: 7/3/18

Sad but really good short story about remaining true to and also exploiting Native American history.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: Hugo nominee, Hugo winner, Native American, SF, short story, source: Hugo Awards

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

June 16, 2018 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 6/15/18
Finished: 6/16/18

Young adult novella, set in a future with tech that looks like magic.  A young woman belongs to an insular African village and leaves it (runs away?) to go to an interstellar university.  The first in a trilogy.  SO GOOD.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: African, aliens, Binti, Hugo nominee, Hugo winner, novella, SF, source: Tor.com, YA

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

January 2, 2018 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 1/1/18
Finished: 1/2/18

First novella in The Murderbot Diaries series. Grabbed me from the first sentence and kept me interested the whole way through.

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