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commented on Star Sword Nemesis by Christine Love

Christine Love, Max Schwartz: Star Sword Nemesis No rating

Eris is stylish, cute, and currently in training to be the next wielder of the …

My beautiful and talented wife Christine Love has published a science fiction novel!! It's about girls in space, doing hot girl shit (murder and revolution, I think? I haven't read it, I was waiting until it was finished. I'm gonna go read it). There are swords.

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For launch week the book is on sale, but it was only $5 USD to start with.

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reviewed A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather

Lina Rather: A Season of Monstrous Conceptions (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

An interesting mix of victorian(?) midwifery and eldritch mysticism. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as groundbreaking as Our Lady of Endless Worlds.

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reviewed Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Hiromi Kawakami: Under the Eye of the Big Bird (GraphicNovel)

From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions …

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

This felt to me like a much more surreal variant of North Continent Ribbon. Each story/chapter was a continuation or a tangent of a previous one, but I don't feel like the whole contributed much to a more coherent understanding of the whole picture. Overall, the vibe was very vague, and I'm not sure how much I took away from the experience.

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reviewed Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)

Gabriella Buba: Saints of Storm and Sorrow (2024, Titan Books Limited)

In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unwillingly …

Saints of Storm and Sorrow

Content warning spoilers

reviewed Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Shroud (2025, Tor)

Shroud

I devoured Shroud. This is Adrian Tchaikovsky at his scifi best - truly alien aliens and humans being humans, engrossing drama ensues.

reviewed Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov

Yaroslav Barsukov: Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory

Refusing the queen’s order to gas a crowd of protesters, Minister Shea Ashcroft is banished …

Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory

I didn't enjoy this one, and I don't know if I can explain why. The whole thing has kind of a 70s scifi vibe (derogatory). The protagonist is shallow and self-serving, but not in an interesting way. There are interesting things about the world, but we barely explore them because we're chasing the dull protagonist. 🤷