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...
Sharon Browning
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 Sellout Laura Jane Grace Hatchette Books Release Date: November 15, 2016 ISBN...
LitStack Review: Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
Miranda and Caliban Jacqueline Carey Tor Books Release Date: February 14, 2017 IBSN 978-0-7653-9704-1 As a student of Shakespeare, I...
LitStack Review: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Universal Harvester John Darnielle Ferrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: February 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-37428-210-3 Full disclosure: I grew up...
LitStack Review: The Vagrant by Peter Newman
The Vagrant Peter Newman Harper Voyager Release Date: April 2015 ISBN 978-0-007593-0-88 The Vagrant is a very interesting book. No,...
LitStack Review: Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele
Avengers of the Moon A Captain Future Novel Allen Steele Tor Books Release Date: April 11, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7653-8218-4 In...
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 Ingredients A Sin du Jour Affair- Book 4 Matt Wallace Tor.com Release Date: February 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7653-9003-5 Idle...
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 Wakes Mur Lafferty Orbit Books Release Date: January 31, 2017 ISBN 978-0-316-38968-6 Mur Lafferty's Six Wakes is a science...
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 Dreaming Daniel Polansky Regan Arts Release Date: October 4, 2016 ISBN 978-1-68245-038-3 I knew nothing of author Daniel...
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...
