Re: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

I was expecting to love The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin. I love stories that mess about with gods. It tells a cool origin story. There’s interesting magic that comes from writing. It doesn’t hurt that I’ve met her and been tantalized by the prospect of reading the stories she wants to tell. I […]

Re: Non-Zero Probabilities

Just because a story is nominated for both the Nebula and the Hugo doesn’t mean I’ll like it. And if I don’t, who cares? But if such a story was also written by someone I have known, however glancingly (she was the previous organizer of my SF Meetup), I do care. So I put off […]