What it comes down to with this book is that the barriers to entry were too high. (I shouldn’t have to add the “for me” to that statement, but I will because other people are losing their mind over this book and it was nominated for a bunch of awards, so clearly SOMEONE gets it.) With science fiction and fantasy as a genre, certain barriers to entry are expected, even looked forward to. I always relish that feeling of confusion and displacement I get when […]
Late to the party with this review of a fun book involving mythological bestiality, among other delights.
Norse mythology is so weird, guys. I mean, all mythology is weird, it’s just, I can’t get over Loki seducing that horse. This was a really fun audiobook. Gaiman reads it himself, which I always enjoy. I know some people don’t like his cadence, but it works for me. Especially when he gets all cheeky with his words and his tone of voice matches it. And it’s such a fast listen, only clocking in at six and a half hours. I’d imagine the hard copy […]
Scalzi’s new space opera: Please, sir, I want some more?
It’s been almost two years since The End of All Things was published, and I’ve been jonesing for some new Scalzi. Unfortunately, all The Collapsing Empire has really done is make me want more. It’s like how when you bake a fresh batch of cookies and you eat one hot from the oven, how that one cookie does nothing to curb your craving for cookies. All it makes you want to do is shove five more cookies down your gullet. (Your potentially upset tummy is […]
Stories like sassy little cupcakes.
This little book was just FUN. I normally avoid short story collections, since for some reason my brain does the opposite of what you would expect, and refuses to concentrate on any story that is less than one hundred pages long. Thankfully that wasn’t the case with Miniatures. I found this very short fiction collection extremely entertaining, and the perfect light read to distract me from real life stuff. Each story is 2,500 words or less. Some of them were published previously but a good […]