Short stories
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Book Review: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
I’ve been wanting to read Ted Chiang’s short science fiction works ever since his much acclaimed Stories of Your Life and Others. His work gets loads of praise from literary types who don’t usually look twice at genre fiction, so I was definitely curious and picked up a copy. When two of the works in… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up: 16 March 2018
Happy Friday! My weekly wrap-ups went missing from the blog for the entire month of February. I was so busy with life stuff that I just didn’t get around to them. Also, there was a complete lack of internet in the new flat until this week. So here is the triumphant return of my weekly… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up: 22 September
Happy Friday, you guys! It feels like a proper autumn day here in the UK. The sun is shining but it’s absolutely freezing! This has been a great week for books and reading, but not great for my bookshelves (they’re beginning to sag under the weight). This will probably be quite a long post, so… Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up #19
Happy Friday, you guys! We have a bank holiday weekend here in the UK, and I’m gearing up for a nice long weekend in London with my family. It was a pretty dismal week for reading – I blame the fact that I reactivated my Eve Online subscription and rediscovered my love of knitting/crocheting. Continue reading
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A Beginner’s Guide to Science Fiction: Part One
I’ve been thinking about doing this for awhile. Science fiction is such an incredibly rich genre, but it’s hard to figure out where to start! Whether you’ve been a fan of sci-fi TV and movies or just curious to dip a toe into a new genre, I promise that there’s something out there for you! Continue reading
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Recommended Reads: Chinese Sci-Fi
So I recently completed my dissertation on Chinese science fiction and whether or not English-language publishers were missing out on a gap in the market (spoiler alert: results are inconclusive). I’ve had a fair few people ask me for recommendations from my reading list, so I thought I’d post about it here. Continue reading
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