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Princejvstin , 1 day ago to bookstodon

Be the Change: For the Future of the Hugos by Paul Weimer

My editorial for Journey Planet Issue 82, as a standalone piece at File 770

https://file770.com/be-the-change-for-the-future-of-the-hugos-by-paul-weimer/

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Princejvstin , 2 days ago to bookstodon

File 770 has been publishing individual pieces from Issue 82 of Journey Planet that I co-edited, BE THE CHANGE.

This piece is from @TrishEM

https://file770.com/changes-needed-for-the-hugo-awards-process-by-trish-e-matson/

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Princejvstin , 13 days ago to bookstodon

Quick round: @carturo222 's recent readings in bite sized reviews at the NOAF blog

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/06/quick-round-my-recent-readings.html

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Princejvstin , 17 days ago to bookstodon

Now out, Issue 82 of JOURNEY PLANET. Theme is Be the Change, and I am a guest editor

Get in, SFF Fans, we're talking about Hugos and Worldcons

https://www.journeyplanet.org/journey-planet---2024-hugo-nominee/issue-82-be-the-change

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Princejvstin , 27 days ago to bookstodon

Today is a double day for reviews for me, because in addition to the UNFINISHED LAND review at @NerdsofaFeather , I also review NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE OPERA at File 770

https://file770.com/paul-weimer-review-new-adventures-in-space-opera/

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Princejvstin , 1 month ago to bookstodon

Book Review: Seven Against Thebes by Stephen Dando-Collins
Stephen Dando-Collins’ Seven Against Thebes brings the original and once ubiquitously famous story to new audiences and readers

@Princejvstin has our review at the NOAF blog

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/06/book-review-seven-against-thebes-by.html

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Princejvstin , 2 months ago to bookstodon

At File 770, I review LAST EXIT TO BABYLON, the fourth of the Nesfa collections of Roger Zelazny

https://file770.com/paul-weimer-review-the-collected-works-of-roger-zelazny-volume-four-last-exit-to-babylon

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Princejvstin , 2 months ago to bookstodon

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/04/review-flame-in-north-by-lilith.html?m=1

Today at @NerdsofaFeather I review A FLAME IN THE NORTH by Lilith Saintcrow
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Princejvstin , 2 months ago to bookstodon

https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/mining-the-genre-asteroid-kingsley-amis-the-alteration/
At the @skiffyandfanty blog, I have a Mining the Genre Asteroid piece on The Alteration #bookstodon @bookstodon

Princejvstin , 3 months ago to bookstodon

Check out my newest review at File 770:

The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume Three: This Mortal Mountain

https://file770.com/paul-weimer-review-the-collected-stories-of-roger-zelazny-volume-three-this-mortal-mountain/

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Princejvstin , 3 months ago to bookstodon

Congratulations to the 2024 Hugo Finalists

https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/2024-hugo-award-finalists/

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ergative , 3 months ago to bookstodon

Hallo, friendos! I have a review of a vintage body-swap book up at @NerdsofaFeather this morning: Strange Journey, by Maud Cairnes.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/03/review-strange-journey-by-maud-cairnes.html

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Princejvstin , 4 months ago to bookstodon

I am back at File 770 today with a review of the second Zelazny collections, POWER AND LIGHT.

https://file770.com/paul-weimer-review-roger-zelaznys-the-collected-stories-of-roger-zelazny-volume-two-power-light/

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Princejvstin , 5 months ago to bookstodon

Novella Project: A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert
A constantly expanding package of juicy worldbuilding, great characters and hot hot feelings

@arifel has our review at the NOAF blog

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/02/novella-project-necessary-chaos-by.html

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Princejvstin , 5 months ago to bookstodon

So who wants to talk about BOOKS?

My newest piece (this one at @NerdsofaFeather looks at Kevin Hearne's SEVEN KENNINGS Trilogy and thinks about the power of Story

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/seven-kennings-trilogy-and-power-of.html

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Princejvstin , 5 months ago to bookstodon

The Guardian article on the Hugo Awards in Chengdu that I was interviewed for:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/24/science-fiction-awards-held-in-china-under-fire-for-excluding-authors

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Princejvstin , 5 months ago to bookstodon

https://www.patreon.com/posts/hugo-award-final-96866335

Public Posts--Hugo Stats from Chengdu, and my Ineligiblity?!?!

I want answers. I'm owed answers.

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What can you do to help me and the other Ineligibles?

Email [email protected] and ask the questions
Be loud about this. This is bullshirt on every single level.

Princejvstin , 5 months ago to bookstodon

Lots of great stuff on the BSFA longlist

https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist

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Congrats to @JulietEMcKenna
@kateheartfield @edebell
@seananmcguire
@marthawells
and all the longlisted

Princejvstin , 5 months ago to bookstodon

I am back on the SFF Audio podcast discussing a very early Michael Crichton novel, SCRATCH ONE.

https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-768-readalong-scratch-one-by-michael-crichton/

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Microreview: The Mars House, by Natasha Pulley

Clara has our review for your afternoon and evening over at the @NerdsofaFeather

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/microreview-mars-house-by-natasha-pulley.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Microreview: Talonsister by Jen Williams

A world of lost titans, a grasping empire, and schemes within schemes from the courts of queens to the aeries of griffins.

My newest review at @NerdsofaFeather
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/microreview-talonsister-by-jen-williams.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Novella Project: The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar
A thoughtful meditation on memory, identity, and coming of age, which does not quite deliver on the promised dragons
Clara (@ergative ) kicks off the project at @NerdsofaFeather

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

The October Daye Re-Read: Once Broken Faith.
@NerdsofaFeather own @joesherry.bsky.social continues working through Seanan McGuire's series

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/the-october-daye-re-read-once-broken.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Novella Project - Kick-Off Post
Happy New Year, welcome to 2024 and a brand new @NerdsofaFeather Project!
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/novella-project-kick-off-post.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

The Gods Awoke by Marie Vibbert is my newest and last 2023 review at @NerdsofaFeather
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/review-gods-awoke-by-marie-vibbert.html?m=1

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Microreview: The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, by T. L. Huchu

@ergative has our review today at the NOAF blog @NerdsofaFeather
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/microreview-mystery-at-dunvegan-castle.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

https://file770.com/paul-weimer-review-roger-zelaznys-threshold/

My newest review is over at File 770 today and tackles THRESHOLD, the first of the collected Zelazny short story collections

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

My latest podcast venture, at SFF Audio, takes on Clifford D Simak's SHAKESPEARE'S PLANET. https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-765-readalong-shakespeares-planet-by-clifford-d-simak/

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher
Come for the plot drama, stay for the intriguing developments in fantasy world theology says @chloroform_tea at the @NerdsofaFeather blog today

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/review-paladins-faith-by-t-kingfisher.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Today at the NOAF blog, author Bradley Beaulieu Dragons of Deepwood Fen gets the Six Books Interview treatment from me

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/6-books-with-bradley-beaulieu.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Exordia, by Seth Dickinson
Rich, chewy philosophy, with snake-headed aliens and lots of dead bodies. Plus body horror says @ergative at the @NerdsofaFeather blog today
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/review-exordia-by-seth-dickinson.html
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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2023
https://www.tor.com/2023/12/13/tor-com-reviewers-choice-the-best-books-of-2023/

Read mine and the other reviewers choices at the blog

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Microreview [book]: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

@NerdsofaFeather Review by Phoebe Wagner @Pheebsdw
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/microreview-book-chain-gang-all-stars.html

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

TIME FOR CAROUSEL!

On the SFF Audio podcast, I join Jesse, @CoraBuhlert and @TrishEM to discuss William F Logan's LOGAN'S RUN

https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-764-readalong-logans-run-by-william-f-nolan-and-george-clayton-johnson/

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Princejvstin , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Review: The Betrayals, by Bridget Collins
An intimate exploration of weak, flawed people doing small, right things
@ergative has the @NerdsofaFeather review for your Monday morning

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Today at the NOAF blog, I ask author Sherwood Smith about her Six Books
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/6-books-with-sherwood-smith.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

The Joe Sherry Wheel of Time Reread: A Crown of Swords. The latest piece at the NOAF blog:

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/the-wheel-of-time-reread-crown-of-swords.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Review — The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI
This compilation of stories examining the intersection of art, creativity, and AI is eye-opening, entertaining, and thought-provoking says Haley Zapal at the @NerdsofaFeather blog

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/review-digital-aesthete-human-musings.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

[Microreview]: Island of Time by Davis Bunn

Urban fantasy on the shores of Lake Geneva

Alex Wallace has our review at the @NerdsofaFeather blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/microreview-island-of-time-by-davis-bunn.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Out There Screaming

A clever take on the greatest horror of all: reality

Ann Michelle Harris

starts our week here at the @NerdsofaFeather blog with her review of this anthology.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/review-out-there-screaming.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Microreview: Fortune's Favor by Jo Graham

Fortune's Favor continues Jo Graham's mythologically infused space opera series and 'verse

My Nerds of a Feather review.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/12/microreview-fortunes-favor-by-jo-graham.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

On her blog, @TrishEM has a review of Book Review: Uncanny Times, by Laura Anne Gilman (the sequel, Uncanny Vows, is out today)

https://whatsthewordnow.blogspot.com/2023/11/book-review-uncanny-times-by-laura-anne.html

Trish's return to more regular book reviewing has shown her evolution and development as a fan writer.

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

My newest podcast venture is on the SFF Audio podcast, where I join Jesse , Evan, Terence and Jonathan in a discussion of Robert A Heinlein's SIXTH COLUMN

https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-762-readalong-sixth-column-by-robert-a-heinlein/

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Microreview: Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman

A new and fresh spin on the story of the French Revolution fictional hero The Scarlet Pimpernel...but with a fanged twist.

My @NerdsofaFeather review

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/11/microreview-scarlet-by-genevieve-cogman.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner.

New review at Nerds of a Feather by me:

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/11/review-godkiller-by-hannah-kaner.html

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Hear me on the SFF Audio Podcast talking with Jesse and his other guests about DOWNWARD TO THE EARTH by Robert Silverberg

https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-761-readalong-downward-to-the-earth-by-robert-silverberg/

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Princejvstin , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Marcie R. Rendon’s Cash Blackbear mysteries and forced assimilation

A timely and important and well done piece by @TrishEM on her blog.

https://whatsthewordnow.blogspot.com/2023/11/review-marcie-r-rendons-cash-blackbear.html

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