Of all complaints to have about a book, “I need you to tell me more” is a pretty mild one.

The Tapestry of Fate is a much darker story than its predecessor.

Magnifica Humanitas states that technology is not inherently good or evil—a thoroughly familiar statement, perhaps especially to science fiction readers—but goes on to say that the intent of the maker shapes the tool.

This new novel from the prolific and multi-genre author Chaz Brenchley is delightful.

So, who’s going to win?

The context of this year’s award is acutely political.

Starvation, isolation, poverty, totalitarianism, inequality—political systems have iterated on solutions to these for centuries without coming to a consensus. It’s a relieving idea, then, that technology can. We had a problem of poverty, so we invented robots; we had a problem of scarcity, so we invented Hextech.

Teddy Bears Never Die is a well done horror-crime novel, drawing from both genres to create something bleak and scary but also ultimately hopeful.

It feels weird to call Timothy Zahn unpopular or obscure.

There is a deep vein of defiance in Waidner’s work that insists on the vitality and necessity of the work and perspectives of working-class and queer artists.