Tag Archives: Martha Wells

Hugo Award 2021: Best Novel Signum Roundtable (Sat, Dec 18th, 6pm Eastern)

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

As I announced in my “Blogging the Hugos 2021” series launch, I am once again joining Signum University’s Hugo Award Best Novel Roundtable. In a gala zoom event that no doubt will rival the Worldcon ceremony in DC, I will … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging the Hugos, Fictional Worlds, News & Links, Reviews | Tagged Alix E. Harrow, allegory, apocalyptic literature, Gideon the Ninth, Harrow The Ninth, he Ten Thousand Doors of January, Hugo Awards, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Martha Wells, N.K. Jemisin, Network Effect, Science Fiction, speculative fiction, Susanna Clarke, Tamsyn Muir, The City We Became, urban fantasy, Ursula K. Le Guin | 13 Comments

Sarcastabots, The Wall-E Effect, and Finding the Human in Martha Wells’ Network Effect (Blogging the Hugos 2021)

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

In the googolplex of science fiction genres, is there a category called “sarcastatech?” My spelling bot wants to say “no” to this question, using a “no results found” notification. It is how spelling bots talk, after all, in their (ironically) … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging the Hugos, Reviews | Tagged Accelerando, Andy Weir, Charles Stross, Hugo Awards, J. G. Ballard, Martha Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Network Effect, Philip K. Dick, Ready Player One, Roger Zelazny, The Martian, The Matrix, WALL-E | 17 Comments

Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Relentless Moon and the Lady Astronaut Universe (Blogging the Hugos 2021)

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

If the history of Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut Universe were the same as the one that you and I share, I would be writing to you as a dead man. I suppose, even in terms of timeline, I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging the Hugos, Reviews | Tagged Black Sun, Hugo Awards, Lady Astronaut Universe, Martha Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, N.K. Jemisin, Network Effect, owen barfield, Piranesi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Susanna Clarke, Tamsyn Muir, The City We Became, The Relentless Moon | 16 Comments

Blogging the Hugos 2021 (Series Launch)

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

It isn’t often that I get a popular novel as it first finds its way into the world. I’m usually years behind in my TBR and motivated to find new books by book clubs and upcoming classes and film adaptations. … Continue reading →