Sunday, September 24, 2023

My Hugo award votes 2023. Part 3 - Novels

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 The quality of the novels that were nominated for the Hugo Award was pretty abysmal, the worst year in years (or ever?). Most of the books ...

The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

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A detective mystery that happens on a luxury cruise (space) ship on the way to Mars. It is a kind of homage to the Thin Man movie series fro...

My Hugo award votes 2023. Part 2 - Novellas

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The quality of the novellas was pretty average – in spite of that this was one of the better categories this year when most of the nominees ...
Saturday, September 9, 2023

Jarkko Sipilä: Syvälle haudattu (Takamäki #17)

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Tällä kertaa komisario Takamäki ryhmineen selvittää koko maata järisyttävää kirjepommien sarjaa. Aika satunnaisille yksityisille henkilöille...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

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An orc, Viv, doesn’t want to fight any more. She has abandoned her battling companions and decides to open a coffee shop in the city. She ha...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

Juhani Karila: Pienen hauen pyydystys

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 Nainen palaa Lappiin tiesulkujen läpi vanhaan kotikyläänsä. Aluksi oletin, että tapahtumat ovat tulevaisuudessa jonkin eko- tai muun katast...
Friday, August 25, 2023

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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A new take on the classic book "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by Edgar Allan Poe. The scene has been changed from an island to a 19th-...
Monday, August 21, 2023

Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist by Richard Shepherd

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Another memorial by a forensic pathologist, this one is from the UK. I picked this book mostly for comparative purposes. And this is more of...