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The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

March 5, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union is fairly easy to describe: an alternate history mystery tale set in a Jewish colony in Alaska that’s about to be handed over to the United States. But it’s so much more. This book pays homage to the great hardboiled traditions of the past but has a big beating heart in the middle. And it also functions as a hilarious and sad commentary on Jewish life post-World War II. I’m aware of how acclaimed Michael Chabon is but I’ve not had much […]

Give me a dragon now!

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

December 26, 2020 by pixifer 1 Comment

Uprooted and Spinning Silver were two of the best books that I read last year, and they left me wanting more Naomi Novik. When I didn’t immediately purchase her new book this year, amazon offered me a collection of her first three Temeraire novels for $3. Obviously, I bought it. The series starts with His Majesty’s Dragon, which is a kind of weird title since His Majesty has lots of dragons. In this alternate history, dragons exist and are used for warfare. It’s the early […]

“Because it’s easy to ignore a woman . . . But a hell of a lot harder to ignore a witch.”

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

December 16, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

I really liked this book. To quote the book itself, it’s “witchy as hell.” Honestly, the only thing keeping me from giving this five stars is that the style of the writing didn’t perfectly gel with me, and that is obviously very subjective. I would looooove to see this adapted as a limited event series on a premium streaming service or network. The premise here is that we’re in an alternate history where magic and witches were once real, not just scapegoats for whatever was […]

The Paper Menagerie & Other Stories by Ken Liu

All the Flavors by Ken Liu

The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu

December 16, 2020 by Ale Leave a Comment

Always on the lookout for speculative short fiction, I came across Ken Liu on an internet list somewhere. The little bio said he’d won the Hugo and the Nebula for his short stories and translations, and as I’m ashamed to say I’ve read very little by Chinese-American authors, I immediately ran to the library. They had his short story collection, The Paper Menagerie & Other Stories, and even though I knew he was award winning, I was not prepared for just how life-changing this collection would […]

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Filed Under: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: alternate history, China, Chinese history, collection, hugo winner, Japan, ken liu, Nebula winner, novella, short story

Ale's CBR12 Review No:31 · Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: alternate history, China, Chinese history, collection, hugo winner, Japan, ken liu, Nebula winner, novella, short story ·

So much goodness stuffed into one little novella.

The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

September 2, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was very entertaining, and very refreshing. I just wish it was longer! (That seems to be a common complaint.) This is an alternate history and steampunk fantasy novella set in New Orleans post-Civil War. In this version of history, the Civil War ended with two separate Americas, and New Orleans also seceded into a neutral city-state that is heavily diverse, and populated by many people from the free Caribbean region. Our main character is Creeper (given name Jacquelin, but don’t call her that, she […]

Keep with the New Fun magic Falcons or Stick with the Plan?

The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

August 7, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo Review 15: Fresh Start I’ve kind of had my eye on The Tethered Mage, Book One of the Swords and Fire trilogy, and using it for the starting a new series square worked out just fine. Looking at the cover I actually just noticed that one of my favorite fantasy writers, Genvieve Cogman, approved of it too; I don’t always have great luck with things authors I like like, but maybe this is an exception. I should also admit that by the end I […]

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