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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 9, 2025
Chronister’s novel was short-listed for the 2025 World Fantasy Award. It’s an astounding read. See my review HERE. Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 8, 2025
It’s nostalgia day! How about this one from Swords in the Mist, one of Fritz Leiber’s many tales of Fafhrd the barbarian and his companion in arms, the Gray Mouser: Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 7, 2025
The next in my series of great quotations from great speculative fiction is from Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, by Wole Talabi (2023), a prize-winning and delightful Afro-centric fantasy novel. And here is the quotation: Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 6, 2025
Now to continue my advent calendar of great quotations from great speculative fiction. Here is one from a laugh-out-loud favorite of mine, John Scalzi’s Hugo and Locus Award short-listed novel Starter Villain (2023). From the invaluable TV Tropes web site:… Continue reading
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Six novels take a serious look at alien communication, part 6: Ursula LeGuin, The Dispossessed
Here’s the last in my series of posts reviewing six SF novels with alien communication as a main plot point: The Dispossessed, Ursula LeGuin, 1974 LeGuin’s amazing book in her Hainish cycle won the Nebula (1974), Hugo, Locus, and Jupiter… Continue reading
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Six novels take a serious look at alien communication: Part 5, The Three-Body Problem
In this series of posts, I review six novels with alien communication as a main plot point: The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, 2006 (English translation by Ken Liu published in 2014) This novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin (using… Continue reading
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Six novels take a serious look at alien communication: Part 4, Children of Time book 1
In this series of posts, I review six novels with alien communication as a main plot point: Quick Note: I am writing these reviews so fast that mistakes inevitably crop up. As I spot typos and worse, I will issue… Continue reading
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Alien communication: Part 3, The Mountain in the Sea–and a new quotation for the speculative fiction advent calendar (slightly revised)
In this series of posts, I will review these six novels: The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (2023) Here’s an enthralling near-future SF novel of contact with another species, and it doesn’t need outer space to do so. Is… Continue reading
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A holiday gift for you
While I am mulling over my third review of novels about alien communication, I have realized today is the start of a festive season. So here is: A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: DAY ONE What is it about… Continue reading
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Six novels take a serious look at alien communication: Part 2, Translation State
In this series of posts, I will discuss six novels of alien communication I find convincing and satisfying: Translation State, Ann Leckie (2023)–note: fixed a typo if you are reading the revised post Leckie’s answer to the problem of human/alien… Continue reading
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