Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Feminist Blog
Nimona has been in the ever-growing pile of “need to read” books on my shelf, and it finally came up next in my queue. I purchased it last year after hearing it was written and illustrated by the highly esteemed Noelle Stevenson (see: Lumberjanes) and that it would be made into an animated film. That is all… Read More
During WisCon this year I happened to sit in on quite a few panels featuring Mary Anne Mohanraj. Mohanraj is the founder of Strange Horizons, a highly-regarded speculative fiction magazine, so it was cool to get to dive into some of her work this month with The Stars Change. Whenever I get through something on… Read More
I finally finished Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown a week ago. It took me a long time to get through the winner of the British Fantasy Awards’ Best Newcomer. I’m not sure why–the book is fabulous. The characters are well-drawn, the magic system is intriguing, and the writing is impeccable. But the book is dense.… Read More
I just finished the third Memoirs of Lady Trent novel and am just starting to dig into the fourth and most recent. I’ve loved this series from the beginning though, so I couldn’t wait to review it for Her Story Arc. The series follows Isabella, the future Lady Trent. Growing up in an alternate universe very… Read More
This month I have the pleasure of announcing that author Ellis Morning‘s novel Blood’s Force is the August Book of the Month. Blood’s Force is book one in the “Sword and Starship” series. The story is set in a corner of a universe where technology is demonized, spaceflight is fast becoming a lost art, and interplanetary politics… Read More
It is my sincere pleasure to announce that the July 2016 Book of the Month is Summer Love: An LGBTQ Collection. Edited by Annie Harper, this short story anthology features nine authors, each of whose contributions touches on romance, summertime, and queerness in all its facets. The publisher is an imprint of Interlude Press, called “Duet”, for… Read More
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