Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 5 by Sakae Saito
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Youko and Airi meet a new friend and encounter Chekov's Volcano.
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 5 by Sakae Saito
james_davis_nicollYouko and Airi meet a new friend and encounter Chekov's Volcano.
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 5 by Sakae Saito
2025 CSFFA Hall of Fame Inductees
Jul. 1st, 2025 06:02 pmjames_davis_nicollThe quotation below is a quotation
Congratulations to the Inductees!
CSFFA (The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) is proud to announce the 2025 CSFFA Hall of Fame inductees.
Clint Budd, fan, convention organizer, modernized CSFFA and created the CSFFA Hall of Fame
Charles R. Saunders, author, journalist, and founder of the “sword and soul” literary genre
Diane L. Walton, editor, mentor, and a founding member of On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
More information here.
Congratulations to the Inductees!
The Dreamstone (Ealdwood, volume 1) by C J Cherryh
Jul. 1st, 2025 09:02 amjames_davis_nicoll
Only the brave, the arrogant, the naïve, or the desperate Men trespass in Arafel's Ealdwood. Into which category does the latest visitor fall?
The Dreamstone (Ealdwood, volume 1) by C J Cherryh
July 2025 Patreon Boost
Jul. 1st, 2025 08:58 amjames_davis_nicoll
Jealous of all the people who support Aurora-finalist James Nicoll Reviews? Want to join them? Here are your options:
July 2025 Patreon Boost
Rebuilding journal search again
Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pmalierak posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenanceWe're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Bundle of Holding: Broken Tales
Jun. 30th, 2025 03:44 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The English-language rulebook and supplements for Broken Tales, the tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of upside-down fairy tales from Italian game publisher The World Anvil Publishing.
Bundle of Holding: Broken Tales
Clarke Award Finalists 2003
Jun. 30th, 2025 10:28 amjames_davis_nicoll2003: PM Blair embraces hilariously transparent lies to justify the invasion of Iraq, two million Britons reveal the power of public outrage when they protest the Iraq War to no effect, and the Coalition of the Billing (UK included) faces an occupation of Iraq that will no doubt be entirely without unforeseen challenges or consequences.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Separation by Christopher Priest
Kiln People by David Brin
Light by M. John Harrison
The Scar by China Miéville
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Poll #33305 Clarke Award Finalists 2003
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 58
Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
The Separation by Christopher Priest
10 (17.2%)
Kiln People by David Brin
17 (29.3%)
Light by M. John Harrison
15 (25.9%)
The Scar by China Miéville
25 (43.1%)
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
30 (51.7%)
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
31 (53.4%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Separation by Christopher Priest
Kiln People by David Brin
Light by M. John Harrison
The Scar by China Miéville
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
June 2025 in review
Jun. 30th, 2025 09:06 amjames_davis_nicoll
I survived another dance season. Go me.
21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 9 by men (43%),1 by non-binary authors (5%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).
More details at the other end of the link.
Survived another dance season
Jun. 29th, 2025 10:43 pmjames_davis_nicollFinal show: a 5.5 hour bhangra show that was only 6.5 hours long.
Among my final achievements this season, discovering as I hoisted the last of many garbage bags into the dumpster that the bag was leaking coffee. My last achievement was ducking to the men's to wash my hands, discovering someone had plugged the sinks and turned on the taps, and stopping the flood in time.
Among my final achievements this season, discovering as I hoisted the last of many garbage bags into the dumpster that the bag was leaking coffee. My last achievement was ducking to the men's to wash my hands, discovering someone had plugged the sinks and turned on the taps, and stopping the flood in time.
To Walk The Night by William Sloane
Jun. 29th, 2025 09:03 amjames_davis_nicoll
Jerry's romance with the brilliant, beautiful, eccentric Selena is book-ended with death: first, Selena's husband's, then Jerry's.
To Walk The Night by William Sloane
Books Received, June 21 — June 27
Jun. 28th, 2025 10:14 amjames_davis_nicoll
Three books new to me, all fantasy (Although the Stross is an edge case), and only one is clearly part of a series.
Books Received, June 21 — June 27
Poll #33298 Books Received, June 21 — June 27
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 54
Which of these look interesting?
View Answers
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow (February 2026)
16 (29.6%)
The Regicide Report by Charles Stross (January 2026)
32 (59.3%)
The Beasts We Raise by D. L. Taylor (March 2026)
4 (7.4%)
Some other option (see comments)
3 (5.6%)
Cats!
35 (64.8%)
Vanya and the Wild Hunt (Vanya, volume 1) by Sangu Mandanna
Jun. 27th, 2025 10:11 amjames_davis_nicoll
A schoolgirl abandons the UK's post-Brexit educational system for the comparative safety and comfort of a magical school designed to turn out magical soldiers in the war on eldritch horrors.
Vanya and the Wild Hunt (Vanya, volume 1) by Sangu Mandanna
Five SFF Stories About Making Amends
Jun. 26th, 2025 10:20 amjames_davis_nicoll
People 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 08:50 amjames_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 03:43 pmjames_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 09:00 amjames_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 08:52 amjames_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