Books Received, June 28 — July 4
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Four works new to me. One is SF, two fantasy, and the magazine (which I have not yet looked inside) likely both. Two of the novels are series novels, one does not seem to me.
Books Received, June 28 — July 4
Poll #33326 Books Received, June 28 — July 4
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Which of these look interesting?
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FIYAH No. 35: Black Isekai published by FIYAH Literary Magazine (July 2025)
16 (48.5%)
Aces Full edited by George R. R. Martin (November 2025)
2 (6.1%)
Only Spell Deep by Ava Morgyn (March 2026)
5 (15.2%)
The Damned by Harper L. Woods (October 2025)
2 (6.1%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
27 (81.8%)
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Jul. 4th, 2025 08:58 amjames_davis_nicoll
Ninety years after her grandmother's family was stalked by a witch, international student Minerva Contrera's studies land her in a similar position.
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Every time I run something
Jul. 3rd, 2025 10:34 pmjames_davis_nicollI embrace new tools. In Fabula Ultima, for example, the order in which characters go in combat varies. I found it hard to keep track of who'd gone, so I went out and got poker chips and little round labels. Now, I can just toss the chips representing characters into a bowl once they've gone. Order!
OK, except it turns out I can't tell blue from green under the ceiling light in the room where I DM and the names on the labels need to be bigger.
OK, except it turns out I can't tell blue from green under the ceiling light in the room where I DM and the names on the labels need to be bigger.
Blight (Sleep of Reason, volume 2) by Rachel A. Rosen
Jul. 3rd, 2025 08:56 amjames_davis_nicoll
Director of the nation formerly known as Canada Quinn Atherton is determined to deliver much mass murder as it takes to achieve peace, order, good government. Why do so many ingrates object?
Blight(Sleep of Reason, volume 2) by Rachel A. Rosen
My alt-Mummy film
Jul. 2nd, 2025 11:51 pmjames_davis_nicollThe inspiration being the 1999 Mummy movie is not without problematic elements.
Imagine an Egyptian film company wanting to make a movie about idiots waking a horror in Canada that only the Egyptian lead can resolve.
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Imagine an Egyptian film company wanting to make a movie about idiots waking a horror in Canada that only the Egyptian lead can resolve.
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Bundle of Holding: The Dark Eye MEGA (from 2023)
Jul. 2nd, 2025 02:46 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The June 2023 Dark Eye Megabundle featuring the English-language edition from Ulisses Spiele of the leading German tabletop roleplaying game of heroic fantasy, The Dark Eye.
Bundle of Holding: The Dark Eye MEGA (from 2023)
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 5 by Sakae Saito
Jul. 2nd, 2025 08:52 amjames_davis_nicoll
Youko and Airi meet a new friend and encounter Chekov's Volcano.
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 5 by Sakae Saito
2025 CSFFA Hall of Fame Inductees
Jul. 1st, 2025 06:02 pmjames_davis_nicollThe quotation below is a quotation
Congratulations to the Inductees!
CSFFA (The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) is proud to announce the 2025 CSFFA Hall of Fame inductees.
Clint Budd, fan, convention organizer, modernized CSFFA and created the CSFFA Hall of Fame
Charles R. Saunders, author, journalist, and founder of the “sword and soul” literary genre
Diane L. Walton, editor, mentor, and a founding member of On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
More information here.
Congratulations to the Inductees!
The Dreamstone (Ealdwood, volume 1) by C J Cherryh
Jul. 1st, 2025 09:02 amjames_davis_nicoll
Only the brave, the arrogant, the naïve, or the desperate Men trespass in Arafel's Ealdwood. Into which category does the latest visitor fall?
The Dreamstone (Ealdwood, volume 1) by C J Cherryh
July 2025 Patreon Boost
Jul. 1st, 2025 08:58 amjames_davis_nicoll
Jealous of all the people who support Aurora-finalist James Nicoll Reviews? Want to join them? Here are your options:
July 2025 Patreon Boost
Rebuilding journal search again
Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pmalierak posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenanceWe're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Bundle of Holding: Broken Tales
Jun. 30th, 2025 03:44 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The English-language rulebook and supplements for Broken Tales, the tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of upside-down fairy tales from Italian game publisher The World Anvil Publishing.
Bundle of Holding: Broken Tales
Clarke Award Finalists 2003
Jun. 30th, 2025 10:28 amjames_davis_nicoll2003: PM Blair embraces hilariously transparent lies to justify the invasion of Iraq, two million Britons reveal the power of public outrage when they protest the Iraq War to no effect, and the Coalition of the Billing (UK included) faces an occupation of Iraq that will no doubt be entirely without unforeseen challenges or consequences.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Separation by Christopher Priest
Kiln People by David Brin
Light by M. John Harrison
The Scar by China Miéville
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Poll #33305 Clarke Award Finalists 2003
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Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
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The Separation by Christopher Priest
10 (16.7%)
Kiln People by David Brin
18 (30.0%)
Light by M. John Harrison
16 (26.7%)
The Scar by China Miéville
26 (43.3%)
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
30 (50.0%)
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
32 (53.3%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Separation by Christopher Priest
Kiln People by David Brin
Light by M. John Harrison
The Scar by China Miéville
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
June 2025 in review
Jun. 30th, 2025 09:06 amjames_davis_nicoll
I survived another dance season. Go me.
21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 9 by men (43%),1 by non-binary authors (5%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).
More details at the other end of the link.
Survived another dance season
Jun. 29th, 2025 10:43 pmjames_davis_nicollFinal show: a 5.5 hour bhangra show that was only 6.5 hours long.
Among my final achievements this season, discovering as I hoisted the last of many garbage bags into the dumpster that the bag was leaking coffee. My last achievement was ducking to the men's to wash my hands, discovering someone had plugged the sinks and turned on the taps, and stopping the flood in time.
Among my final achievements this season, discovering as I hoisted the last of many garbage bags into the dumpster that the bag was leaking coffee. My last achievement was ducking to the men's to wash my hands, discovering someone had plugged the sinks and turned on the taps, and stopping the flood in time.
To Walk The Night by William Sloane
Jun. 29th, 2025 09:03 amjames_davis_nicoll
Jerry's romance with the brilliant, beautiful, eccentric Selena is book-ended with death: first, Selena's husband's, then Jerry's.
To Walk The Night by William Sloane