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2008 Hugo Winners Announced
The Hugo winners have been announced, and I’m stunned that 3 out of 4 of my favorites won. Evidently there was a massive attack of good taste. (By which I mean, they agree with me.) But that… more →
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2008 Hugo Winners Announced
Pam Phillips wrote 3 months ago: The Hugo winners have been announced, and I’m stunned that 3 out of 4 of my favorites won. Evi … more →
Brasyl - Take Two
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Pam Phillips wrote 5 months ago: Finally! It took me two weeks, in fits and starts, to read Brasyl, and then another two weeks to dig … more →
2008 Hugo Recap
Pam Phillips wrote 5 months ago: Here are the Hugo stories ordered very roughly by how much I enjoyed them. Reading them makes me wan … more →
Brasyl - Take one
Pam Phillips wrote 5 months ago: First, a confession: I’m only halfway through Brasyl, by Ian McDonald. It’s a dense, det … more →
The Last Colony
Pam Phillips wrote 5 months ago: The Last Colony reads like it was written by the same John Scalzi who writes his blog, which is rela … more →
The Cambist and Lord Iron
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: Olaf Neddelson is a humble cambist, a money changer, whose life is changed when the notorious Lord I … more →
Dark Integers
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: I was really looking forward to “Dark Integers” by Greg Egan. After all, one character s … more →
Glory
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: An ingot of metallic hydrogen… Whoa, wait a second. An ingot. Of metallic hydrogen. Okay, I se … more →
Finisterra
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: In the world of Sky, island-sized living zaratanes float through the upper layers of the atmosphere. … more →
Tideline
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: As with “The House Beyond Your Sky,” what impresses me most about “Tideline, … more →
Last Contact
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: In the classic mode of Big Idea impacting little people, “Last Contact,” by Stephen Baxt … more →
A Small Room In Koboldtown
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: I have to say I’m finding the Hugo-nominated shorts disappointing so far. Another slight tale, … more →
Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: Set in the same universe of Learning the World, where stars are surrounded by green habitats, … more →
Distant Replay
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: It’s hard for me to say much about “Distant Replay,” by Mike Resnick. It falls int … more →
All Seated On The Ground
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Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: I usually don’t like Christmas stories. Or Christmas. And especially not Christmas carols. But … more →
Recovering Apollo 8
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: I was just a kid in the 60s, but I remember the uncertainty of the Apollo program, from the terrible … more →
Looking forward to reading the Hugos
Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: I’ve got May all charted out for reading the Hugo nominees, plus a smattering of other works I … more →
Memorare
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Pam Phillips wrote 6 months ago: In “Memorare,” by Gene Wolfe, March Wildspring is a producer, filming a documentary abou … more →
Stars Seen Through Stone
Pam Phillips wrote 7 months ago: Vernon is a small-time regional music producer who landed in Black William, Pennsylvania with his (n … more →
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