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Niall Harrison Reviews Jumpnauts by Hao JingfangJumpnauts , Hao Jingfang (trans. Ken Liu) (Saga 978-1-53442-211-7, 368pp, $18.99). March 2024. Deep in the bowels of Hao Jingfang’s Jumpnauts...
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2024 SLF Writers Grant Applications OpenSubmissions for the Speculative Literature Foundation’s (SLF) Older Writers Grant are open through May 31, 2024. The $1,000 grant is...
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2024 Tomorrow Prize Finalists and Green Feather WinnerThe Omega Sci-Fi Awards has announced the finalists for its Tomorrow Prize short story competition: “Our Blue Sky”, Isabel...
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2024 Seiun Awards NomineesYanekon, the 62nd Japan Science Fiction Convention, has announced the finalists for the 2024 Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo...
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2024 Writers & Illustrators of the FutureThe 40th Writers of the Future Awards and 35th Illustrators of the Future Awards gala event took place on April 25, 2024 at the Taglyan Complex in...
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Weekly Bestsellers, 29 April 2024Slipping only a bit in the rankings, Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar remains among the top 10 fiction hardcovers on all four...
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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí ClarkThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins , P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom 978-1-25076-704-2, $20.99, 224pp, hc) April 2024. Like Chekhov’s famous gun, it seems...
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2024 Australasian Shadows Awards ShortlistThe 2024 Australasian Shadows Awards (previously known as the Australia Shadows Awards) shortlist has been announced. The award is given by the...
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Paul Di Filippo Reviews A View from the Stars by Cixin LiuA View from the Stars , Cixin Liu (Tor 978-1250292117, hardcover, 224pp, $27.99) April 2024 Most authors segregate their fiction from their...
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Jake Casella Brookins Reviews Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose UtomiThe Truth of the Aleke , Moses Ose Utomi (Tordotcom 978-1-2508-4905-2, $24.99, 112pp, hc) March 2023. Cover by Alyssa Winans. Among the more...
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Paul Di Filippo Reviews In Universes by Emet NorthIn Universes , Emet North (Harper 978-0063314870, hardcover, 240pp, $26.99) April 2024 I never would have predicted that the fantastika genre...
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Liz Bourke Reviews Cascade Failure by L.M. SagasCascade Failure , L.M. Sagas (Tor 978-1-25087-125-1, $17.99, 416pp, tp) March 2024. Clearly this is the month for me to discuss debut novels....
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Kaguya Sci-Fi Contest WinnersJapanese science fiction website VirtualGorillaPlus (VG+) has announced the winners of its 2021 Kaguya Sci-Fi Contest, judged by Kanata Inoue,...
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2024 Aurora Awards BallotThe 2024 Aurora Awards ballot for works by Canadians has been announced. The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science...
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Jake Casella Brookins Reviews The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettThe Tainted Cup , Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey 978-1-9848-2070-9, $28.99, 432pp, hc) February 2023. Robert Jackson Bennett’s previous...
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Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Fiyah, Flash Fiction Online, GigaNotoSaurus, and Diabolical PlotsFiyah 1/24 Flash Fiction Online 1/24 GigaNotoSaurus 1/24 Diabolical Plots 1/24 The first Fiyah of 2024 is unthemed, but as guest editor Nelson...
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2024 Windham-Campbell Prize WinnersRecipients were announced for the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes, including authors of genre interest. Christopher Chen was honored for drama and...
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Gabino Iglesias Reviews Clever Creatures of the Night by Samantha MabryClever Creatures of the Night , Samantha Mabry (Algonquin 978-1-61620-897-4, $18.99, 240pp, hc) March 2024. Cover by Kayla E. Samantha Mabry’s...
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New & Notable Books, AprilKatherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts (Del Rey 2/24) A combat nurse in WWI searches for her brother, believed dead, but...
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Society of Illustrators Hall of FameThe Society of Illustrators has announced the 2024 inductees into its Hall of Fame. Honorees “are chosen based on their body of work and the...
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Liz Bourke Reviews Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellSomeone You Can Build a Nest In , John Wiswell (DAW 978-0-75641-885-4, $28.00, 320pp, hc.) April 2024. Someone You Can Build a Nest In is...
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New Climate Fiction PrizeStorytelling organization Climate Spring has announced the new Climate Fiction Prize, to “showcase novels of powerful literary merit and to...
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2024 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction WinnersThe winners of the O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction have been announced, honoring contemporary short stories. Winners of genre interest include:...
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2024 Zsoldos Péter Award WinnersThe winners of the Zsoldos Péter Award have been announced, honoring Hungarian works of speculative fiction. Novels Felfalt kozmosz...
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Diamond Dagger WinnersAuthors James Lee Burke and Lynda La Plante are joint winners of the 2024 Diamond Dagger Award, presented by the Crime Writers’ Association....
