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
We had to wait a little longer this time, but Lost Light 18 is here. (Honestly it wasn’t that long, but I knew I’d gotten spoiled when we got three issues in two months.) The end of the series is just over the horizon and so help me I’m going to avoid giving any spoilers
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
Continuing my game of catch-up with last year’s “Dark Nights” event from DC, this week I read the Dark Nights Metal: Deluxe Edition. (In comic shops today and bookstores June 12.) The series was every bit as explosive and world-encompassing (and sometimes goofy) as I’d been told, but it’s a pretty deep wade for anyone
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.
This review is short and sweet because I absolutely do not want to risk spoiling even the most minute detail for anyone.
As a kid I would often think of what it would be like to have more than the three original Star Wars movies. And as I grew older Hollywood finally caught up with my generation’s imagination: by making more Star Wars films. Now, it could be argued less is more, but overall as a fan