Five SFF Stories About Making Amends
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People adopt very different strategies when it comes to making up for mistakes.
Five SFF Stories About Making Amends
james_davis_nicollPeople adopt very different strategies when it comes to making up for mistakes.
Five SFF Stories About Making Amends
Golem100 by Alfred Bester
Jun. 26th, 2025 08:50james_davis_nicoll
What could possibly go wrong with a little harmless Satanism between friends?
Golem100 by Alfred Bester
Bundle of Holding: His Majesty the Worm
Jun. 25th, 2025 15:43james_davis_nicoll
His Majesty the Worm, a megadungeon-crawling fantasy roleplaying game from Josh McCrowell at Rise Up Comus.
Bundle of Holding: His Majesty the Worm
Pet Shop of Horrors, volume 1 by Matsuri Akino
Jun. 25th, 2025 09:00james_davis_nicoll
Each would-be pet owner gets three simple rules for taking care of the exotic animals Count D supplies. How hard could it possibly be to follow three simple rules?
Pet Shop of Horrors, volume 1 by Matsuri Akino
House of Shards (Drake Maijstral, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams
Jun. 24th, 2025 08:52james_davis_nicoll
Silverside Station attracts the rich, the famous, and the bizarre, as well as two Allowed Burglars bent on flamboyant larceny.
House of Shards (Drake Maijstral, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams
Bundle of Holding: Cawood Monsters
Jun. 23rd, 2025 13:57james_davis_nicoll
Bestiaries and DM sourcebooks from Andrew Cawood at Cawood Publishing for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (2014) and compatible tabletop roleplaying games.
>a href="https://bundleofholding.com/presents/CawoodMonsters">Bundle of Holding: Cawood Monsters
Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents
Jun. 23rd, 2025 12:12james_davis_nicoll
Encouraging the next generation of space pirates and superheroes...
Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents
Clarke Award Finalists 2002
Jun. 23rd, 2025 10:09james_davis_nicoll2002: Cherie Blair wows Britain with a notably successful real estate deal, Terry Pratchett's Night Watch wins the Best Scottish Socialist novel Prometheus Award, and an earthquake shakes England after Margaret Thatcher makes a public appearance.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2002 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones
Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Passage by Connie Willis
The Secret of Life by Paul J. McAuley
Poll #33279 2002 Clarke Award Finalists
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34
Which 2002 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones
11 (32.4%)
Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
7 (20.6%)
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
7 (20.6%)
Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
10 (29.4%)
Passage by Connie Willis
23 (67.6%)
The Secret of Life by Paul J. McAuley
5 (14.7%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2002 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones
Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Passage by Connie Willis
The Secret of Life by Paul J. McAuley
Well, it was a long day
Jun. 22nd, 2025 23:35james_davis_nicollBut I ended it by reuniting one fellow with his wallet and someone else with their car keys.
The Delikon by H M Hoover
Jun. 22nd, 2025 08:54james_davis_nicoll
The Delikon invested millennia trying to civilize humans, a gift for which humans intend to show appropriate gratitude.
The Delikon by H M Hoover
Voting is open for the 2025 Aurora Awards
Jun. 21st, 2025 21:25james_davis_nicoll(quoting from an emailed newsletter because if there was a press release, I missed it)
Voting is now open for this year's Aurora Awards. CSFFA members have until 11:59pm EDT on July 19th, 2024, to submit their ballot.
Only current members of CSFFA can vote in the Aurora Awards.
Voting is now open for this year's Aurora Awards. CSFFA members have until 11:59pm EDT on July 19th, 2024, to submit their ballot.
Only current members of CSFFA can vote in the Aurora Awards.
Two favours
Jun. 21st, 2025 18:31james_davis_nicollCould some kind person update the awards section of my Wikipedia article?
Also, could some kind person add my latest Aurora nomination to my ISFDB article? Unless it is OK for me to do so.
Also, could some kind person add my latest Aurora nomination to my ISFDB article? Unless it is OK for me to do so.
Books Received, June 14 to June 20
Jun. 21st, 2025 08:55james_davis_nicoll
Five works new to me: 2 fantasy, 1 non-fiction, 2 science fiction, of which 1 belongs to a series, and the other 4 are stand-alone.
Books Received, June 14 to June 20
Poll #33275 Books Received, June 14 to June 20
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45
Which of these look interesting?
View Answers
99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them by A. M. Alker, M. D. & Ashely Alker (January 2026)
24 (53.3%)
The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear (June 2025)
24 (53.3%)
From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos (May 2024)
8 (17.8%)
The Prestige by Christopher Priest (July 2025)
9 (20.0%)
Deathly Fates by Tesia Tsai (April 2026)
13 (28.9%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
31 (68.9%)
New to me
Jun. 20th, 2025 12:01james_davis_nicoll
This is a painting by Édouard Frédéric Wilhelm Richter, who I had never heard of. As well, it's an example of "orientalist" painting, which I had also never heard of. Seems to be depictions of the east (starting at the middle east), as imagined by a painter whose online bio does not mention having ever visited the east.
Some interesting detail work in the expanded version.
The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
Jun. 20th, 2025 09:02james_davis_nicoll
All that stands between Alessa Li and freedom from Hellebore Technical Institute for the Ambitiously Gifted is a single carnage-filled rite of passage, or as the unspeakable teachers call it, dinner.
The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
In The Garden of Iden (Company, volume 1) by Kage Baker
Jun. 19th, 2025 09:31james_davis_nicoll
A timid immortal cyborg searches for valuable plants in a Tudor England torn between Anglicans and Catholics. What could possibly go wrong?
In The Garden of Iden (Company, volume 1) by Kage Baker
Last night in Fabula Ultima
Jun. 19th, 2025 08:58james_davis_nicollRather than use a group of interchangeable mooks, the hostiles had two brutes (one who was accurate, one with multiple attacks), a mage with a couple of decent multi-target attacks, and a mage adept at protective spells. It worked pretty well, esp the part where the healer kept the other NPCS upright. It would have worked even better had she not been prioritizing their boss, who is currently enthralled by an artifact of doom and not much good in a fight.
Bundle of Horror: Raven
Jun. 18th, 2025 14:25james_davis_nicoll
Raven: A Gothic Horror RPG – the core rulebook, scenarios, & GM Screen in both English and Spanish versions!
Bundle of Horror: Raven