Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Feminist Blog
Tis the season of end-of-the-year lists and HSA is no different! This list is a roundup of some of the best feminist books we read in 2016 (though not all were necessarily published this year). Of course there were many amazing feminist books published in 2016, but we couldn’t get to all of them! We… Read More
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
Artist and writer Alex Heberling had me at magical girl comic. I stumbled across The Hues at WisCon earlier this year and snagged myself a copy of volume one, which came with a complimentary full color poster signed by the artist herself. In the front of the book is a list of donors who helped… Read More
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