Neptune's Brood is a story of ideas. There are no characters and the plotting is weak and the worldbuilding is pretty damn thin (basically technology can do anything, except no FTL). And while I'd like a novel to have the whole package, I might grade on a curve if I like the ideas enough ( Read more... )

It's the internet, and there's been a lot of talk in the wake of Chicon 7. I'm sure it's ably recapped elsewhere, so let's talk about how I feel.

Rene Walling, Readercon Creeper, was at Chicon. He was making creepy comments while tending bar at one of the parties and moaning to pretty and talented authors about how difficult the aftermath of ( Read more... )

I was writing up my thoughts on the short story portion Hugo ballot and I got distracted by a very bad story. I'd like to give my own personal award to the very worst piece of fiction I read from last year ( Read more... )