“Dr. York. What does the upturn on that chart represent?” “That…that is when the oceans begin to boil.” Mary Robinette Kowal’s Hugo-nominated novel starts in a 1952 America that’s just slightly different from ours. Thomas E. Dewey defeated Harry S. Truman, and then gave famous rocket scientist (and former Nazi) Wernher von Braun the leeway
This last flood, the one you call the Big Water, ended the Fifth World and began the Sixth. It opened the passage for those like myself to return to the world. The climate disaster that left a lot of the world underwater also left the Navajo reservation mostly untouched. Not that the Dinétah is an
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! On this week’s Night Vale recap it’s time to grab a plate of imaginary corn with some theoretical butter and celebrate the birthday of Lee Marvin and…wait, hang on….we’ve been here before. TWICE. Night Vale gave us a treat for their
I’ve gotten used to the fact that all of Terry Moore’s series feature cameos from his other titles. It’s obvious that Strangers in Paradise, Echo, Rachel Rising, and Motor Girl are all in the same universe, even if the characters didn’t interact much, if at all. Moore ramped up the pace of cameo appearances in
I’m going to space out the Hugo Award Best Novelette entries a little this year to try to make them last. Click the jump for a brief review of three stories of invasion, transformation, and memory.
“So the fairy silver brought you a monster of fire for a husband, and me a monster of ice. We should put them in a room together and let them make us both widows.” Naomi Novik’s Hugo-nominated novel is a Russian-themed fairy tale that starts with three women: a moneylender, a poor farmer’s daughter, and
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Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time to sit back, relax, and finish reading one of the longer novels I’ve got in my to-be-read pile. …so of course I decided to skip that plan and read a bunch of short stories instead. Click the jump for a look at this year’s Hugo Award nominees for
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The latest episode of Welcome to Night Vale features the triumphant return of radio host Leonard Burton, all on his lonesome in the radio booth. And the town. And possibly the universe. Get yourself something comforting to drink – and possibly