“…in my vast experience, anybody who says they’ve got everything under control… …is full of it.” We’re six issues in on a series about a woman who used to be a cop until she reported her coworkers for police brutality, and now she’s a Green Lantern on a planet who’s police force just opened fire
Two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories are only available via short-story collection (the same short story collection. C’mon, Ted Chiang, stop hogging the noms), so this week I’ll be reviewing a tale of an interstellar colony that sends an agent back to the ruined homeworld, a roundabout explanation for why a poet would write an
“Something’s peculiar.” “Can you be more specific, Councilor? Because to me, “peculiar” is already covered by “She ate a guy.” Keep reading for a review of Far Sector #5.
So we’re doing summary executions now? For protesting? Keep reading for a review of Far Sector #4.
“Do you play?” “I’d rather play “How long have you been breaking the law you brought me here to enforce?” Keep reading for a review of Far Sector #3.
This sector is home to the City Enduring, a metropolis of twenty billion citizens, which had just had its first murder in five centuries. And my murderer? Just got murdered. Keep reading for a review of Far Sector #2.
“I’d like to show you something, Lantern Mullein…” “Show me what?” “Later. When we can speak more freely.” “Oh, that’s not ominous.” Keep reading for a review of N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell’s Far Sector #1.
Once again I’m running into the problem that readers love to have: too many fantastic books from last year to fit into a short top-three list. Click the jump for a list of the ten best (and by “best” I mean “favorite”) from 2017.
“…some worlds were built on a fault line of pain, held up by nightmares. Don’t lament when those worlds fall. Rage that they were built doomed in the first place.” The world of Stillness is as good as dead. The planet is being smothered under volcanic ash by the Rifting, caused by an orogene who