Princejvstin

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

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 photography

Statue Head, MN Fairgrounds
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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Threading the Needle
Plenty of gunslingers on the final frontier
Alex Wallace cleans up the week at @NerdsofaFeather with the review
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/11/review-threading-needle.html

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to photography

Thinking about my late friend Scott...and how his death spurred me to go to Nepal in 2019..even though I broke my foot several months prior.
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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Today at the blog: Review: The Ghosts of Trappist by K B Wagers

Ending the Neo-G trilogy by leveraging the found family on board the ships of the futuristic space coast guard to tell a story of secrets lies, and autonomy.

My @NerdsofaFeather review
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/11/review-ghosts-of-trappist-by-k-b-wagers.html

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to photography

Step through the Gate...and into the next world #photography 📷📸
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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

A compelling, cheeky, charming narrator making magic out of an already great story says @chloroform_tea at the NOAF Blog today. @NerdsofaFeather
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/11/review-mortal-follies-by-alexis-hall.html

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

On his substack, @delong makes connections between Hornblower, Vorkosigan, Elizabeth Bennet and @marthawells 's Murderbot (he just read the new SYSTEM COLLAPSE)

https://braddelong.substack.com/p/yesterday-was-the-release-date-for

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Three Fires

Vanity, vanity, all is vanity

Alex Wallace has this NOAF review of a Historical Fiction novel about Girolamo Savonarola

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/11/review-three-fires.html

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

HAPPY RELEASE DAY @marthawells
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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

On SFF Audio, my latest podcast was on Star Born by Andre Norton with Alex of "Pulp Covers" and Trish Matson.

https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-759-audiobook-readalong-star-born-by-andre-norton/

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Review — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
A collection of short stories exploring the worlds of the minor characters seen on screen in the third movie of the original trilogy.
Hayley has The @NerdsofaFeather review for your Friday
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/11/reviewfrom-certain-point-of-view-return.html
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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Via @RichardPF (thank you, Richard) , the first 5 of the 6 NESFA Volumes collecting the work of Roger Zelazny are now Ebooks on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Stories-Roger-Zelazny/dp/B0CLSQHDKH/ref=sr_1_4?crid=544UD0Y33COL&keywords=nine+black+doves+zelazny&qid=1698931841&sprefix=nine+black+doves+zelazny%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-4

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Are you aware of the "Hugos there" podcast? Creator Seth Heasley started with all the Hugo novel winners but has since branched out. The latest episode, now out,is a fantastic entree into the podcast, with repeat guest turned Regular Contributor Sarah Elkins on Vonda McIntyre's THE MOON AND THE SUN

https://hugospodcast.com/podcast/the-moon-and-the-sun-by-vonda-mcintyre-feat-sarah-elkins/

A wide ranging discussion of the book, movie adaptation, science fiction, historical fiction, women in history and so much more!
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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Saint Death's Daughter, the newest World Fantasy winning novel, written by CSE Cooney, is on sale at Amazon for 99 cents.

https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Deaths-Daughter-C-Cooney-ebook/dp/B09RV7F5XW/

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Congrats to
CSE Cooney
Priya Sharma
TananariveDue
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,

and all the winners of the 2023 World Fantasy Awards

https://file770.com/2023-world-fantasy-awards/

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Princejvstin, 7 months ago to bookstodon

After years of being an archived state, it would seem that SF Signal, a bastion of SF online for many years (and with the Hugo awards to prove it), is no more. John DeNardo really has finally GAFIATED.

Archive dot org has SOME but not all of the archives of SF Signal. Much appears lost.

https://web.archive.org/web/sitemap/https://www.sfsignal.com

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

At the @NerdsofaFeather blog, @chloroform_tea asks @freyamarske about her Six Books

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/6-books-with-freya-marske.html

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Review: A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

@chloroform_tea has our review today at the @NerdsofaFeather blog

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/review-power-unbound-by-freya-marske.html

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Hey! Did you know @KateElliottSFF
Fantastic
Epic Genderflipped Alexander the Great in SPAAACE UNCONQUERABLE SUN is on sale at Audible for six bucks?

https://www.audible.com/pd/Unconquerable-Sun-Audiobook/1250755263

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

ICYMI, I was on the SFF Audio podcast, discussing the early Michael Crichton novel ODDS ON

https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-757-readalong-odds-on-by-michael-crichton/

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Review: Space Craze

A sojourn through the history of star-spangled science fiction

Alex Wallace has our review at @NerdsofaFeather
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/review-space-craze.html

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Nerds of a Feather is an Ignyte Award Winner!
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/nerds-of-feather-is-ignyte-award-winner.html
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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Congrats to @NerdsofaFeather

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Somehow I missed that @maryrobinette translated an Icelandic novel! And it is coming out next year!

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Review: War of the Maps by Paul McAuley
The story of an investigator who lives on an artificial world, whose Javert-like pursuit of his quarry leads him on a picaresque adventure.
MY review for your Friday at the
@NerdsofaFeather blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/review-war-of-maps-by-paul-mcauley.html

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/review-fall-of-gondolin-by-j-r-r.html

Review: The Fall of Gondolin, by J R R Tolkien (edited by Christopher Tolkien)
On the blog, my newest review is over on the @NerdsofaFeather blog today

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

When someone uses AI to write a review of Martha Wells' WITCH KING:

https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/what-are-we-reading-books-of-the-week/Content?oid=21142390

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Microreview: Spring's Arcana by Lilith Saintcrow
Lilith Saintcrow brings her own unique ideas to an American Gods sort of universe, where a sheltered young woman is much more than she appears or even realizes.
My @NerdsofaFeather review for your Wednesday
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/microreview-springs-arcana-by-lilith.html

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Did you know David (DEBT) Graeber did a book on Pirates?

The podcast I did about the book is now out

https://www.sffaudio.com/the-sffaudio-podcast-755-readalong-pirate-enlightenment-by-david-graeber/

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Princejvstin, 8 months ago to bookstodon

As part of the @NerdsofaFeather annual tradition, editors @arifel and @Joe give their views on the Best Novel Hugo finalists.
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/adri-and-joe-read-hugos-novel.html

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