I have developed a new and very important literary movement within speculative fiction, CyberGolden New PunkCore Weird SqueeWave. Please read my very well written manifesto.
CGNPCWSW: A Manifesto
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Review: The Windrose Chronicles by Barbara Hambly
Well, it's a review of the first three books. A look at Goodreads shows that there's at least one additional novel and a number of shorter works. And, to be honest, after reading these three--The Silent Tower, The Silicon Mage, and Dog Wizard, I have no desire to ever read anything in this setting ever again. I wanted to like these books, I really did....
I’m a two-time Hugo loser!
As expected, I did not win the Hugo for Best Related Work; instead Maria Dahvana Headley's transcendent translation of Beowulf did and I couldn't be more pleased at this outcome. Maria and I have been con-friends for a number of years now, and she was a co-panelist on the very first panel I was ever on at Readercon--and she was so kind to extremely anxious...
Links: Dune-y Dune-y Duuuune
(voice over) Dune. Arrakis. Desert Planet.
Recent Reading, October 2021
I have been reading an awful lot of books lately.
Hello! I'm Natalie Luhrs.
I write about books, culture, disability, and whatever else strikes my fancy. I have many opinions.
I am a two-time Hugo Award finalist, in 2017 for Best Fan Writer and in 2021 for my essay “George R.R. Martin Can Fuck Off Into the Sun, Or: The 2020 Hugo Awards Ceremony (Rageblog Edition)” in the Best Related Work category.
Please do not offer me medical advice. I have something like 10 doctors and it’s already pretty challenging to keep up with what they want me to do. I do not have the bandwidth to process any advice that doesn’t come from one of my doctors, no matter how well meant the advice may be. Thank you!
2021 Conventions
Readercon – August 13-15, 2021 (virtual)
Capclave – October 1-3, 2021 (in person)
DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention – December 15-19, 2021 (in person)
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Look, I know it’s crass, but I’m unemployed and not going to have an income until my SSDI goes through and who knows when that’ll be, so here’s some wishlists in case you want to buy me something. I try to keep them reasonably up to date.