This is actually the second novella in Nnedi Okorafor’s “Binti” series, but it’s worth it to pick up the first one too in order to get the whole story. (Binti won the Hugo for Best Novella in 2015, and it’s only about a hundred pages. Go on, I’ll wait…) All done? Okay, in the first book, Binti
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Yes there is definitely an Alice Isn’t Dead recap this week full of abandoned hotels and creepy nightmare creatures BUT SERIOUSLY we need to finally talk about Infinity War, which we do right after the recap. Because we have thoughts on
I wanted to give myself some extra time to catch up with all the Hugo Nominees, just in case one of my favorite authors decides to release something between now and August 19 (or if I wanted to take a week off to just read comic books. I’M ONLY HUMAN.) so this week’s review will
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The Blood Matter From Space is finally here, and the battle between Our Dana and Other Dana is taking place in a literal lake of blood. Not to worry though, all of Cecil’s broadcasting equipment floats, so he’ll keep broadcasting while
It starts with an interrupted mutiny, and the death of an Emperor; two unrelated events taking place in the sprawling mass of humanity that is the Interdependency. What we start to realize though is that these are just the first steps in a dance that’s eventually going to lead to the end of the Interdependency,
Kathryn Hey all! Trying to think of how to start this Black Mirror conversation. It occurred to me that I used to think Black Mirror stories were about how technology damages humanity. After watching the first two seasons I now think that they’re about how technology allows humanity to damage ITSELF, faster. Hannah Yeah, I
Longer than a short-story but shorter than a novella, six entries and each one packed with as much world building as you can fit into 15000 words or so. Click the jump for a review of this year’s Hugo Award finalists for Best Novelette.
Kujen laughed softly. “Look at my shadow and tell me what you see.” Jedao had taken it for an ordinary shadow. As he examined it more closely, though, he saw that it was made of the shapes of fluttering captive moths. The longer he stared at it, the more he saw the darkness giving way
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! This week our Alice Isn’t Dead recap is pretty quick because in the end it’s all oracles and deserts and at least one really terrible commercial. (C’mon, Night Vale Presents, we know you can make better ads for your podcasts.) We