2015 is the year I challenged myself to read all the books up for speculative fiction awards. I failed. I probably didn’t even read half of all of the books up for speculative fiction awards this year–HOWEVER, to be fair to me, there were a lot more speculative fiction awards than I realized when I…
‘The Angel of Losses’:You Win Some, You Lose Some, and That’s Kind of the Point
The Angel of Losses Stephanie Feldman Mythopoetic Award Nominee Crawford Fantasy Award winner WARNING: this review contains some minimal spoilers, mainly because there is no way to talk about the book otherwise. Nothing in here should ruin your desire to read, or ability to enjoy, the book, however, if this sort of book is your…
Spec Fic Lite: Jo Walton’s ‘My Real Children’ and Mary Rickert’s ‘Memory Garden’
My Real Children Jo Walton James Tiptree, Jr. Award (joint winner with The Girl In The Road) Memory Garden Mary Rickert Locus Award nominee A lot has been made about the politics of various Sad Puppies, probably to the point where many folks are wondering how any sane person could have signed on to their…