Rosel George Brown Review by Kris Vyas-Myall Rosel George Brown is one of the greatest forgotten women SF authors. Nominated for the Hugo for Best New Author in 1959, she started releasing novels at the same time as Ursula K Le Guin and her first novel was longlisted for the Nebula Award in 1967. YetContinue reading “Sibyl Sue Blue”
Category Archives: Novel
Red Spider, White Web
Misha Review by Kris Vyas-Myall There are some books that achieve a nearly mythical status among SF geeks. These tend to be acclaimed works from small presses that rarely get reprinted. Red Spider, White Web is one such holy grail. Published by Morrigan Press in 1990 it is introduced by Brian W. Aldiss, post-scripted byContinue reading “Red Spider, White Web”
100 SFFH Books by Black, Indigenous and Women of Colour For All Tastes
There are so many great works of speculative fiction by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and Women of Colour) women to check out. I have compiled a list of 100 covering numerous different types of stories for different tastes to try.
The Old Drift
The first book from an extremely talented writer, and I hope Serpell becomes just as well known as Whitehead in the future.
SCKA Awards Discussion Part 2: Novellas, Short Stories and Series
This year our SCKA awards had a larger number of women and non-binary people and as such I wanted to give my thoughts on the categories
SCKA Awards Discussion Part 1: The Novels
his year our SCKA awards had a larger number of women and non-binary people and as such I wanted to give my thoughts on the categories
The Seep
Chana Porter Review by Kris Vyas-Myall I am a great fan of brevity in my stories and think the revival of the novella has been a major boon to science fiction. However, this is one of the first times I have had to put as my criticism, it needs to be longer. The reason IContinue reading “The Seep”
Beggars in Spain
Sometimes you end up reading not the book you expected but the book you needed. This is one of those cases.
Where the River Runs Gold
Sita Brahmachari image credit: Amazon UK Review by Nisha Vyas-Myall It’s been a while since I last added a review, and my apologies for that. Many things have got in the way of reading- I’ve been on the same few books for the last couple of months. I managed to clear some of my TBRContinue reading “Where the River Runs Gold”
200 Science Fiction Books From Authors of Marginalized Gender: The List
Last year, in honour of 200 years since Frankenstein, we attempted to tweet a daily list of 200 science fiction books from writers who are not cis-male. However, real life got in the way of completing it all. As such I am now sharing here the full list: 1. A Door into Ocean by JoanContinue reading “200 Science Fiction Books From Authors of Marginalized Gender: The List”