2023-05-16 03:53
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the winners of the 58th Annual Nebula Awards at the 2023 Nebula Conference.NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVELBabel, R.F. Kuang (Harpe… Read More
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2023-03-09 03:01
The 2021 Hugo Awards were presented on the evening of Saturday, December 18, 2021 at a ceremony at DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, DC, USA.BEST NOVELNetw… Read More
2023-03-09 02:41
The 2021 Nebula Awards were presented on May 21, 2022.NOVELA Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)NOVELLAAnd What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon… Read More
2023-03-09 02:28
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (SFWA) announced the finalists for the 57th Annual Nebula Awards. The awards will be presented in a virtual ceremony on Saturday, Ma… Read More
2023-03-09 02:03
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the final ballot for the 2022 Nebula Awards. Winners will be announced at the 58th Annual Nebula Awards ceremony and o… Read More
2021-06-16 19:12
The finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards were announced in mid-April. The winners will be announced at DisCon III in December 2021.BEST NOVELBlack Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Gallery / Saga Press… Read More
2018-11-16 06:36
We begin the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2016 Books with Phantom Effect by Michael Aronovitz going against Asteroid Made of Dragons by G. Derek Adams. The winner will be… Read More
2018-10-10 18:25
The eighth and final first round match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2016 Books features 100 Ghost Soup by Robert Chansky taking on Merchant of Alyss by Thomas Locke. The winner will b… Read More
2018-10-01 04:49
Title: Twin PlanetsAuthor: Philip E. HighPublisher: Paperback Library (52-392)Copyright: 1967Pages: 159Cover Price: 50¢Genre: science fictionDescription from the first page of book:DENN… Read More
2018-08-11 19:53
Our seventh and penultimate first round match of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2016 Books pits UFO Hunters, Book Two by William J. Birnes against A Shadow All of Light by Fred Chappell. T… Read More
2018-07-19 02:23
Our sixth first-round match-up of the Battle of the 2016 Books features Roses and Rot by Kat Howard going against Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. The winner will be the book I (Aaron) most want… Read More
2018-06-16 20:56
We continue the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2016 Books. The bottom half of the draw begins with Black Creek by Gregory Lamberson doing battle with Ageless by Paul Inman… Read More
2018-06-01 17:34
Our fourth match-up of the Battle of the 2016 Books has The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel going against Borderline by Mishell Baker. The winner will be the book I (Aaron) most wa… Read More
2018-05-18 17:38
For the third battle of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2016 Books we have Company Town by Madeline Ashby doing battle with Xenowealth: A Collection by Tobias S. Buckell. The winner will be… Read More
2018-05-10 02:40
By random chance the second match-up in the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2016 Books features two books from Inkshares' new Sword & Laser imprint, The Life Engineered b… Read More
2018-05-02 23:06
Our first match in the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2016 Books features Welcome to Deadland by Zachary Tyler Linville versus Phantom Effect by Michael Aronovitz. The winne… Read More
2018-04-23 17:37
Announcing Bracket One of the Fantastic Reviews Battle of the 2016 Books!We started the Battle of the Books at the Fantastic Reviews Blog in 2012 as a fun way to try to keep up with the revi… Read More
2018-01-29 02:11
Title: Rendezvous on a Lost WorldAuthor: A. Bertram ChandlerTagline: Prisoners of a Cybernetic ParadisePublisher: Ace (Ace Double F-117)Copyright: 1961Pages: 124Cover Price: 40¢Cover Ar… Read More
2018-01-20 07:22
Title: Secret Agent of Terra Subtitle: Vultures from the A-Power OrbitAuthor: John BrunnerPublisher: Ace (Ace Double F-133)Copyright: 1962Pages: 127Cover Price: 40¢Series: Zarathus… Read More
2018-01-16 03:50
Belatedly, here's the list of the Hugo Award winners in the four fiction categories (there are many additional categories) for 2017.These awards were presented in August 2017 at Worldcon 75… Read More
2017-08-03 05:03
A little more than a week from now, on Friday, August 11, the 2017 Hugo Awards will be presented at this year's World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, Finland. The Hugo… Read More
2017-01-10 20:03
My Story Recommendation of the Week is for "Voices Without Voices, Words With No Words" by Amanda C. Davis, from Issue #73 of Cemetery Dance magazine.Jeremy lives in a house inherited from h… Read More
2016-12-27 22:07
My Story Recommendation of the Week is for "Vaseline Footprints" by Jeff Bowles, from the November-December 2016 issue of Black Static magazine.A sister magazine to Interzone, Black Static g… Read More
2016-12-21 21:55
My Story Recommendation of the Week is for Mika Model by Paolo Bacigalupi, which appeared at Slate.com in April of 2016 (cover art by Lisa Larson-Walker).Regular science fiction and fantasy… Read More
2016-12-13 18:03
"Caleb had been dead for two weeks when I started pretending to be his ghost."I do love a great opening line!My Story Recommendation of the Week is for Kristi DeMeester's The Sound That Grie… Read More
2016-12-05 17:50
My Story Recommendation of the Week goes to "An Advanced Readers' Picture Book of Comparative Cognition" by Ken Liu, from Liu's Saga Press collection The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (c… Read More
2016-11-28 17:45
We are between brackets of the Battle of the Books, so time to catch up on some story recommendations.My Story Recommendation of the Week is for "The Counsellor Crow" by Karen Lord, from the… Read More
2016-11-22 20:06
We have completed Bracket One of the Fantastic Reviews Battle of the 2015 Books. There were plenty of good book battles along the way. Hope you enjoyed our reviews of samplings o… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-11-08 02:29
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the other corner we have The Just City… Read More
2016-09-08 18:40
Our second semifinal match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books features Flex by Ferrett Steinmetz going against The Just City by Jo Walton. In the semifinal round, the books are… Read More
2016-08-23 17:55
Our first semifinal match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books features The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro going against The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. In the semifinal round, the… Read More
2016-07-30 20:55
We're down to the Final Four in Bracket One of Fantastic Reviews Battle of the 2015 Books:The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishigurovs.The Grace of Kings by Ken LiuFlex by Ferrett Steinmetzvs.The Ju… Read More
2016-07-21 00:19
The fourth and final match-up in the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books features Letters to Zell by Camille Griep going up against The Just City by Jo Walton. The wi… Read More
2016-06-30 21:06
For our third match-up in the second round we have Flex by Ferrett Steinmetz doing battle with Hexed by Michael Alan Nelson. The winner will be the book I (Aaron) most want to continue readi… Read More
2016-06-21 19:50
Our second match in the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books features Fortune’s Blight by Evie Manieri taking on The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. The winner will b… Read More
2016-06-06 02:47
We begin the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books with The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler going against The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. The winner will be th… Read More
2016-05-21 01:03
The eighth and last first round match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books features Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith taking on The Just City by Jo Walton. The winner will be the… Read More
2016-05-11 20:04
Our seventh and penultimate first round match of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books pits Letters to Zell by Camille Griep against Originator by Joel Shepherd. The winner will be the… Read More
2016-05-03 22:58
Our sixth first round match-up of the Battle of the 2015 Books features Blood Will Follow by Snorri Kristjansson doing battle with Hexed by Michael Alan Nelson. The winner will be the book I… Read More
2016-04-29 20:32
We continue the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books. The bottom half of the draw begins with Human Monsters by Gregory Lamberson going up against Flex by Ferrett Stein… Read More
2016-04-25 01:53
Our fourth match-up of the Battle of the 2015 Books has The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu doing battle with Infinity Lost by S. Harrison. The winner will be the book I (Aaron) most want to conti… Read More
2016-04-13 00:40
For the third battle of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books we have Fortune's Blight by Evie Manieri going against Oathkeeper by J. F. Lewis. The winner will be the book I (Aaron) mo… Read More
2016-04-08 20:02
Our second match in the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books pits Firesoul by Gary Kloster against The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. The winner will be the book I (Aa… Read More
2016-04-04 22:44
Our first match in the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2015 Books features The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler versus Forge of Ashes by Josh Vogt. The winner will be the… Read More
2016-03-25 20:57
Announcing Bracket One of the Fantastic Reviews Battle of the 2015 Books!We started the Battle of the Books at the Fantastic Reviews Blog as a fun way to try to keep up with the great volume… Read More
2016-03-17 15:45
My Story Recommendation of the Week is for "Empty Planets" by Rahul Kanakia, from the January-February 2016 issue of Interzone Magazine (cover art by Vincent Sammy).One of my favorite little… Read More
2016-03-13 03:45
We have completed Fantastic Reviews Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books. There were plenty of good book battles along the way. Hope you enjoyed our reviews of samplings o… Read More
2016-03-05 02:43
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord. In the other corner we hav… Read More
2016-03-01 21:47
This week's Story Recommendation of the Week goes to "The Demon in the Page," a short story by new author Joshua Phillip Johnson, from the inaugural January 2016 issue of Metaphorosis Magazi… Read More
2016-02-20 01:40
Our second semifinal match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books features Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson going against The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke. In the semif… Read More
2016-02-12 21:40
Our first semifinal match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books features Electricity & Other Dreams by Micah Dean Hicks going against The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lo… Read More
2016-02-12 21:40
Our first semifinal match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books features Electricity & Other Dreams by Micah Dean Hicks going against The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lo… Read More
2016-02-10 14:51
My Story Recommendation of the Week goes to "Everybody Loves Charles," a novella by Chinese author Bao Shu, translated by Ken Liu, from the January 2016 issue of Clarkesw… Read More
2016-02-05 00:08
We're down to the Final Four in Bracket One of Fantastic Reviews Battle of the 2013 Books:Electricity & Other Dreams by Micah Dean Hicksvs.The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen LordBu… Read More
2016-02-03 19:26
So I've been homebound for a while, recovering from a spot of surgery, and taking the chance to catch up on some of the recently published short fiction in the field. Which is to say, Story… Read More
2016-01-29 01:31
Our fourth and last second round match of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books is The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke versus The Doctor and the Dinosaurs by Mike Resnick. The winner… Read More
2016-01-21 19:05
We continue the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books with our third second round match-up which showcases Shadow People by James Swain combating Burning Paradise by Ro… Read More
2016-01-14 17:53
Continuing with the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books we have The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord going against The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi by Mark Hodder… Read More
2016-01-07 19:17
We begin the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books with Electricity & Other Dreams by Micah Dean Hicks going against Fiend by Peter Stenson. In the second round, th… Read More
2016-01-07 19:17
We begin the second round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books with Electricity & Other Dreams by Micah Dean Hicks going against Fiend by Peter Stenson. In the second round, th… Read More
2015-12-17 19:28
This is our eighth and last first round match of Bracket One of Battle of the 2013 Books, which features The Scholar, the Sphinx and the Shades of Nyx by A. R. Cook versus The Doctor and the… Read More
2015-12-11 02:04
Our seventh and next to last first round match of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books involves The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke going up against The God Tattoo by Tom Lloyd. The… Read More
2015-12-04 01:50
This match-up, our sixth, in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books features Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson going up against Trinity Rising by Elspeth Cooper. The winner will… Read More
2015-11-26 16:48
We continue the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books. The bottom half of the draw begins with Mist by Susan Krinard against Shadow People by James Swain. The winner wil… Read More
2015-11-23 21:22
"No one ever thought of themselves that way, but statistically, it had to be true that some people were exactly what they thought they weren’t."My Story Recommendation of the Week is f… Read More
2015-11-19 19:35
This fourth match-up in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books has The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi by Mark Hodder going up against Mage's Blood by David Hair. The winner will be the book I… Read More
2015-11-13 01:06
The third match in the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books features 23 Years on Fire by Joel Shepherd doing battle with The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord… Read More
2015-11-05 20:23
Our second match in Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books is Fiend by Peter Stenson versus Never by K. D. McEntire. The winner will be the book I (Jackie) most want to continue reading… Read More
2015-10-29 18:52
We begin the first round of Bracket One of the Battle of the 2013 Books with Electricity & Other Dreams by Micah Dean Hicks going against The Returned by Jason Mott. The winner will be t… Read More
2015-10-22 15:48
Announcing Bracket One of the Fantastic Reviews Battle of the 2013 Books!We started the Battle of the Books at the Fantastic Reviews Blog as a fun way to try to keep up with the great volume… Read More
2015-10-18 22:17
We have completed Fantastic Reviews Bracket Eight of the Battle of the 2012 Books. There were plenty of good book battles along the way. Hope you enjoyed our reviews of samplings… Read More
2015-10-13 02:26
We have arrived at the championship round of our current bracket of the Battle of the Books. In one corner we have Osama by Lavie Tidhar. In the other corner we have Libriomancer by Jim C… Read More
2015-09-27 19:09
Our second semifinal match in Bracket Eight of the Battle of the 2012 Books features Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines going up against A Pretty Mouth by Molly Tanzer. The winner, the book I (Aar… Read More
2015-09-18 03:57
Our first semifinal match in Bracket Eight of the Battle of the 2012 Books features The Diviners by Libba Bray going against Osama by Lavie Tidhar. The winner, the book I (Aaron) most want… Read More
2015-09-06 02:09
We're down to the Final Four in Bracket Eight of Fantastic Reviews Battle of the 2012 Books:The Diviners by Libba Brayvs.Osama by Lavie TidharLibriomancer by Jim C. Hinesvs.A Pretty Mouth by… Read More
2015-09-03 17:04
Our fourth and final match in the second round of Bracket Eight of the Battle of the 2012 Books has A Pretty Mouth by Molly Tanzer doing battle with Blood and Feathers by Lou Morgan. The win… Read More
2015-08-11 04:35
After getting distracted for a while with the Hugo nominees, we return to the Fantastic Reviews Battle of the Books. Today's match-up, our third in the second round of Bracket Eight of the B… Read More
2015-07-31 17:24
Best Novel is by far the strongest of this year's Hugo Award fiction categories, because only two of the nominees are Sad/Rabid Puppy choices (the Butcher and Anderson books), and it seems t… Read More
2015-07-31 15:30
Like the short story category, the Hugo nominees for Best Novella were all stuffed onto the ballot by the Sad/Rabid Puppies. I urge you to vote No Award in the novella category so as not to… Read More
2015-07-29 23:26
Hugo votes are due July 31. I (Aaron) have already expressed my contempt here for how the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies used bloc voting for a slate to game the Hugo nomination process and n… Read More
2015-07-29 21:25
Yesterday I (Aaron) went through this year's Hugo nominees for Best Short Story, all of which were stuffed onto the ballot by the Sad/Rabid Puppies, and recommended voting No Award in that c… Read More
2015-07-09 00:59
Our second match in the second round of Bracket Eight of the Battle of the 2012 Books features Osama by Lavie Tidhar doing battle with Beyond Here Lies Nothing by Gary McMahon. The winner wi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Our last first round match of Bracket Seven of the Battle of the Books features Apollo's Outcasts by Allen Steele versus Blood Zero Sky by J. Gabriel Gates. The winner will be the book I (Am… Read More
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