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Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks have joined a previously reported lawsuit opposing Iowa’s SF 496, a law that seeks to ban books depicting sex or involving gender identity or sexual orientation. They join existing plaintiffs Penguin Random House; the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA); authors Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Malinda Lo, and Jodi Picoult; three teachers; and a high school student. “We as publishers are uniting ...Read More
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Alex Brown Reviews Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Sheine Lende, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido 978-1-64614-379-5, $19.99. 400pp, hc) April 2024. Cover by Rovina Cai.
In 2020, Darcie Little Badger had her YA debut with the utterly delightful mystery novel Elatsoe. Ellie, a 17-year-old asexual Lipan Apache teen, lives in a slightly alternate contemporary version of America where legendary creatures and magic are a normal part of life. In particular, she has the ability to call ...Read More
Colleen Mondor Reviews Malicia by Steven Dos Santos
Malicia, Steven Dos Santos (Page Street Publishing 978-1-645-67787-1, $18.99, 352pp, hc) June 2024. Cover by Aleksey Pollack.
If you are in the mood for a deeply dark YA fantasy, with plenty of terror, gore, and moments of blood splattered dismemberment, then Steven Dos Santos has you covered with his latest, Malicia. Set on a small island off the coast of the Dominican Republic, Malicia is a theme park ...Read More
Paul Di Filippo Reviews Victor Manibo’s Escape Velocity
Escape Velocity, Victor Manibo (Erewhon Books 978-1645660842, hardcover, 368pp, $28.00) May 2024
The Jacobean Revenge Tragedy is a mode not unprecedented in SF. The instance that comes most readily to mind is Bester’s The Stars My Destination, modeled on one of the most famous such, The Count of Monte Cristo. And now, with Victor Manibo’s sophomore novel, the field gets another vivid enactment of injustices avenged. Except ...Read More
Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Lost Ark Dreaming, Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Tordotcom 978-1250890757, $19.99, 192pp, hc) May 2024.
The idea of social stratification enforced through architecture – in other words, high-rises with the rich living at the top – has been a staple of SF imagery at least since Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, and it’s been extraordinarily useful as a way of exploring everything from overpopulation to Ballardian alienation to urban dystopia to – more ...Read More
Liz Bourke Reviews The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond
The Fireborne Blade, Charlotte Bond (Tordotcom 978-1-25029-031-1, $20.99, 176pp, hc) May 2024.
It’s always interesting to review a novella, and this month I have three. Or three very short novels, at least: the line blurs. Charlotte Bond’s The Fireborne Blade harks back to the adventure style of sword-and-sorcery fantasy that had its most recent great flowering (to the best of my knowledge) in the 1980s. Everything old is new ...Read More
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Gabino Iglesias Reviews Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi
Small Town Horror, Ronald Malfi (Titan Books 978-1-80336-565-7, $27.99, 400pp, hc) June 2024.
It’s hard to find fresh, unique ghost stories. It’s probably even harder to find original narratives – horror, mystery, crime, whatever – in which someone is forced to go back to their hometown to face their past. In Small Town Horror, author Ronald Malfi manages to do both. At once a spooky tale about a ...Read More
2024 Premios Kelvin Finalists
Finalists have been announced for the 2024 Premios Kelvin 505 Awards, presented by the Celsius 232 festival and honoring the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels published in Spain.
Mejor Novela Original (Best Original Novel)
- Teseo en Llamas, Beatriz Alcaná (Ediciones del Viento)
- Intermnemosis, Celia Corral-Vázquez (Crononauta)
- Ardiente sol de la infancia, Guillem López (Alianza)
- Hija de la frontera, Asier Moreno Vizuete (Minotauro)
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2024 Xingyun Awards Winners
The 15th annual Xingyun awards for Chinese science fiction were presented by the World Chinese Science Fiction Association on May 18, 2024 in Chengdu, China.
Best Novel
- WINNER: The City in the Well, Liu Yang (People’s Literature Publishing House)
- Cosmo Wings, Jiang Bo (People’s Literature Publishing House; 8-Light Minutes Culture)
- Gods of the Earth: Return of the Dead, Fenxing Chengzi (Shenzhen Publishing House; Science and Fantasy Growth
Alexandra Pierce Reviews Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
Moonstorm, Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte Press 9-780-59348-833-1, $19.99, 352pp, hc) June 2024. Cover by Priscilla Kim.
As Yoon Ha Lee’s YA novel Moonstorm opens, Hwajin is ten years old, living with her extended family on the clanner moon Carnelian, part of the Moonstorm. Carnelian has an eccentric orbit, and its gravity is consistent only when there is harmony amongst the people living on it. On the very first page, ...Read More
2024 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Winners
The winners of the 2024 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, honoring the best SF/F work published in France in 2023, have been announced.
French Novel
- WINNER: Du thé pour les fantômes, Chris Vuklisevic (Denoël)
- Trois battements, un silence, Anne Fakhouri (Argyll)
- Vie contre vie, Tristan Garcia (Gallimard)
- Le Tournoi des preux / Le Conte de l’assassin, Jean-Philippe Jaworski (Les Moutons Électriques)
Foreign Novel
- WINNER: Le Ministère du