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Cool Books I Read While I Was Too Overwhelmed To Review

Aug 27, 2024 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

You want reviews? I've got reviews! Small ones!Back in February, I rounded up some recent-ish books that I received review copies of, and read, but couldn't find the time or headspace to review at the time. Well, surprise! There were more books that I still hadn't got around to reviewing! This is the second round of clearing the decks for me, inspired in no small part by all the great reviewers and creators I got to hang out with at Glasgow Worldcon.
Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Packet and Introduction

May 7, 2024 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

The Voter's Packet for the Hugo Awards will be released shortly and made available to all members of Glasgow Worldcon. As is traditional, Nerds of a Feather has put together a compilation of what we feel represents the best and the breadth of our collective work published in 2023.
Novella Project: A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

Feb 6, 2024 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

A constantly expanding package of juicy worldbuilding, great characters and hot hot feelingsVade thinks Althus is really, really hot. The two of them have been hooking up sporadically for years in various far-flung locations, but it's never gotten super serious between them... and it can't, because Vade is a magical assassin, and Althus is the amoral terrorist he's been contracted to tail and, eventually, to kill.
Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List: Part 1

Jan 29, 2024 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

Welcome to the Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List. As in previous years, this is a 4-part list covering things our writers have loved, admired and gone "oh damn" over published in 2023. Part 1, today's list, covers the written fiction categories: Novel, novella, novelette, short story, series and Lodestar. We're not going to lie: posting this list now, less than two weeks after the release of compromised and untrustworthy longlist data from the Chengdu Hugos, feels...
Nanoreviews: The Coral Bones, The Devil You Know

Aug 15, 2023 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

The Coral Bones by E.J. Swift (Unsung Stories, 2022)The Coral Bones has made a pretty big splash within UK-based awards, picking up nominations for the Kitschies, BSFAs, Clarke Award and, of course, the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards (a very and not-at-all serious blogger award which I continue to drag Nerds of a Feather into, and which I absolutely think you should consider reading from the lists of).
Review: The Faithless by C.L. Clark

Aug 10, 2023 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

We've had Touraine's Arms, now it's time for... Luca's LegsHow do you follow up on the iconic Touraine's Arms cover illustration for The Unbroken? Why, with Luca's Legs of course! And Luca's slouch. Also, Luca's unpleasant little princess smirk. Luca's strained trouser fabric, and its several folds. In this analysis of Luca as portrayed by Tommy Arnold on the cover of The Faithless, I will... wait, uh, remind me what I was doing here again? The text! Yes, I remember now, the text. Of the book.
Adri and Joe Talk About Books: 2023 Hugo Award Finalists

Jul 11, 2023 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

Joe: Well, this has certainly been an adventure of a year and even taking the pandemic related delays of Discon III into account, this has been a long Hugo season filled with anticipation. No longer! The 2023 Hugo Award finalists have been announced and Hugo Season can begin in earnest! Finally, all the rumors and guesses about what the ballot might possibly look like can be put to rest.
Microreview [book]: The Book of Gems by Fran Wilde

Jun 9, 2023 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

The Gem Universe trilogy concludes with academic shenanigans and more talking rocksThis is the third novella in the intriguingly disparate Gem Universe series, in which the magical power held within gems in a particular valley shapes the rise and fall of different civilisations over centuries. The Jewel and Her Lapidary, the first book in the series, dealt with the fall of a monarchy built around the power of gems.
Nanoreviews: Unraveller, The Mimicking of Known Successes, Tread of Angels

May 3, 2023 | nerds-feather.com | Adri Joy

Unraveller by Frances Hardinge [Macmillan Children's (UK)/Amulet (US)]Clara's review of Unraveller already covers most of what makes this book so great: Frances Hardinge always brings intriguing magic and thoughtful moral complexity to her particular brand of YA, and her latest is no exception.
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

Apr 24, 2023 | strangehorizons.com | Adri Joy |Michael Imossan |Seth Wade |Shinjini Dey

It’s always delightful when a story uses the strengths of its medium to really knock it out of the park: when a creator uses the conventions of their chosen form to really draw you into a world, to underscore the message of a story, to evoke sensations and emotions beyond those we’d usually associate with the combination of whatever sight, sound, and touch we might be using to transmit that story into our brains.