2017 Locus Awards Finalists Announced
On Friday, the Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2017 Locus...
Sharon Browning
Gimbling in the Wabe – What I Want for Mother’s Day
I was watching television the other day when an ad came on informing me that for this Mother's Day, "smart...
LitStack Review: A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab
A Conjuring of Light Shades of Magic, Book 3 V. E. Schwab Tor Books Release Date: February 21, 2017 ISBN...
2016 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees Announced
If you are a reader of horror stories, or those that invoke psychological suspense, then you probably know the name...
Gimbling in the Wabe – My Beautiful Addiction
Hi, my name is Sharon. I'm a library request addict. It used to be I would only request a few...
2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist Announced
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during...
2016 Bram Stoker Award Winners Announced
Named after the author of the quintessential horror novel, Dracula, the Bram Stoker Awards are overseen by the Horror Writers...
Gimbling in the Wabe – “The Journey” by Mary Oliver
For the final Gimbling in the Wabe of this year's National Poetry Month, I am highlighting a poet who, to...
LitStack Review: Skullsworn by Brian Staveley
Skullsworn (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series) Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7653-8987-9 One of...
LitStack Review – Yvain: The Knight of the Lion by M. T. Anderson, Illustrated by Andrea Offermann
Yvain: The Knight of the Lion M. T. Anderson Illustrations by Andrea Offermann Candlewick Press Release Date: March 14, 2017...
Gimbling in the Wabe – “Renascence” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay was already a published poet in her teen years, but it was at age nineteen when...
LitStack Review: Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman
Brother's RuinIndustrial Magic, Book #1Emma NewmanTor.comRelease Date: March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9396-8 It's probably not politically correct to illustrate something literary...
LitStack Review: Phantom Pains by Mishell Baker
Phantom Pains The Arcadia Project, Book 2 Mishell Baker Saga Press Release Date: March 21, 2017 ISBN 978-1-4814-8017-8 Millie Roper,...
2016 Aurealis Awards Announced
The Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation has announced the winners of the 2016 Aurealis Awards. Aurealis is an Australian speculative...
LitStack Review: The Malice by Peter Newman
The Malice Peter Newman Harper Voyager Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-00-820103-6 The Malice, the second book in Peter...
2016 BSFA Award Winners Announced
The results are in! On Saturday at the 68th Eastercon in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, the British Science Fiction Association...
Gimbling in the Wabe – “Home” by Warsan Shire
Poet and activist Warsan Shire April is National Poetry Month, and in honor of that I am stepping a bit...
LitStack Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7352-1217-6 Immigration is a hot burner issue right...
2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
Joseph Pulitzer On Monday, the 170th anniversary of the birth of benefactor Joseph Pulitzer, the 2017 winners of the Pulitzer...
LitStack Review: The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
The WanderersMeg HowreyG. P. Putnam's SonsRelease Date: March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-3995-7473-4 This book...wow. I read a lot of books; a...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Allowables by Nikki Giovanni
It's April, which has been declared National Poetry Month; a celebration of poetry created in 1996 by the Academy of...
2017 Hugo Award Finalists Announced
The Hugo Award is one of the major awards for sci-fi and speculative fiction novels, shorter stories, magazines, editors, dramatic...
LitStack Review: The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
The Night Ocean Paul La Farge Penguin Press Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-1019-8108-5 I cracked open the cover...
LitStack Review: Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
Within the Sanctuary of Wings A Memoir by Lady Trent Marie Brennan Tor Books Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN...
Gimbling in the Wabe: “What our Orgasm Type says About our Personality” (and other cheap ways to get attention)
Wait....what? Did I just read what I just read? An "article" in my Facebook feed that was titled "What our...
LitStack Review: The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley Saga Press Release Date: February 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-4814-4793-5 Kameron Hurley does not write...
LitStack Review: Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist SelloutLaura Jane GraceHatchette BooksRelease Date: November 15, 2016ISBN 978-0-3163-8795-8 In 1997, seventeen...
LitStack Review: Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
Miranda and CalibanJacqueline CareyTor BooksRelease Date: February 14, 2017IBSN 978-0-7653-9704-1 As a student of Shakespeare, I became familiar with the...
LitStack Review: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Universal HarvesterJohn DarnielleFerrar, Straus and GirouxRelease Date: February 7, 2017ISBN 978-0-37428-210-3 Full disclosure: I grew up in Iowa, so John...
LitStack Review: The Vagrant by Peter Newman
The VagrantPeter NewmanHarper VoyagerRelease Date: April 2015ISBN 978-0-007593-0-88 The Vagrant is a very interesting book. No, no, hear me out. ...
LitStack Review: Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele
Avengers of the MoonA Captain Future NovelAllen SteeleTor BooksRelease Date: April 11, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-8218-4 In 1940, a new pulp science-fiction...
National Book Critics Circle Awards Winners
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the winners of their 2016 awards, with Louis Erdrich winning the Fiction award...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Be Nice to Josie Day 2017
Monday is "Be Nice to Josie Day." For me, it's not the first day of Spring, or the 20th of...
LitStack Review – Idle Ingredients by Matt Wallace
Idle IngredientsA Sin du Jour Affair- Book 4Matt WallaceTor.comRelease Date: February 7, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9003-5 Idle Ingredients is the fourth book...
Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Releases Its 2017 Longlist
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual literary award for fiction written by a woman....
LitStack Review: Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Six WakesMur LaffertyOrbit BooksRelease Date: January 31, 2017ISBN 978-0-316-38968-6 Mur Lafferty's Six Wakes is a science fiction novel about clones...
Gimbling in the Wabe – It’s On Us
Poor Emma Watson! She shows some skin in a fashion photo shoot - yes, decidedly evocative skin- and suddenly she's...
LitStack Review – A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky
A City DreamingDaniel PolanskyRegan ArtsRelease Date: October 4, 2016ISBN 978-1-68245-038-3 I knew nothing of author Daniel Polansky when, on the...
PEN/Faulkner Makes a Statement With Its 2017 Fiction Award Finalists
PEN/Faulkner is a nonprofit literary organization that promotes a lifelong love of reading and a connection to writing through public...
LitStack Review – Shadow Run by Adrianne Strickland and Michael Miller
Shadow RunAdrianne Strickland and Michael MillerDelacorte PressRelease Date: March 21, 2017ISBN 978-0-399-55253-3 "Firefly meets Dune in this action-packed sci-fi adventure...
LitStack Review – All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
All Our Wrong TodaysElan MastaiPenguin Random House LLCRelease Date: February 7, 2017ISBN 978-1-1019-8513-7 Most of us have read stories about...
Gimbling in the Wabe – On Paul Virilio, Integral Accidents, the Internet, the Olympics, Doctor Who, Feral Kittens and Not Going to Sea Without a Life Jacket
Recently, I read Elan Mastai's novel All Our Wrong Todays, and in it he referenced cultural theorist Paul Virilio, who...
LitStack Review: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The WonderEmma DonoghueLittle, Brown and CompanyRelease Date: September 20, 2016ISBN 978-0-316-39387-4 It's 1859, and English nurse Lib Wright has been...
Penguin Random House Will Publish Books by Both Barak and Michelle Obama
Fun news! Penguin Random House has announced that they have won the bidding war, and will be publishing books by...
LitStack Review – The End of All Things by John Scalzi
The End of All ThingsJohn ScalziTor BooksRelease Date: May 31, 2016ISBN 978-0-7653-7607-7 Full disclosure: I adore John Scalzi. I enjoy...
And the Oscar Goes To….
Last night, amidst all the glitz, glitter and glamour, the 89th Annual Academy Awards - the "Oscars" - were handed...
2016 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot Announced
Named after the author of the quintessential horror novel, Dracula, the Bram Stoker Awards are overseen by the Horror Writers...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Say It Ain’t So
With all that's happening in the world today, with everything that deserves attention and activism, this diatribe of mine may...
2016 Aurealis Awards Finalists Announced
Americans have the Nebula Awards. The Brits have the BSFA Awards. And the Australians have the Aurealis Awards. Aurealis is...
2017 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced
Many folks know about the SAG Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards. There's lots of hoopla surrounding it, lots of...
