book-reviews

  • The Hugo Awards–and the Usual Controversies

    The Hugo Awards for 2025 are soon to be announced. Here is the list of finalists for best novel: The winner will be announced on August 16, 2025 at Seattle WorldCon. That means you, Reader, have time for some catch-up… Continue reading

  • The Arthur C. Clarke Awards short list: Final words

    The novels short-listed for this major speculative fiction award include: In my last post, I reviewed the novels by by Green and Woolf. The first post in this series reviewed the novels by Armfield and Bradley. Service Model, Adrian Tchaikovsky(2024,… Continue reading

  • The Arthur C. Clarke Awards short list, continued

    The novels short-listed for this major speculative fiction award include: In my last post, I reviewed the novels by Armfield and Bradley. This post reviews the novels by Green and Woolf. Extremophile, Ian Green (2024, Head of Zeus/Bloomsbury) What an… Continue reading