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New week at SH, and in Reviews we open with a doozy: @shinjinidey.bsky.social on Paul Kincaid's Colourfields (@briardenebooks.bsky.social). Who doesn't love reading a critic on a critic?
So much to pick out in this really productive dialogue. But key: "Kincaid is attempting to apprehend a public."
So much to pick out in this really productive dialogue. But key: "Kincaid is attempting to apprehend a public."
Colourfields by Paul Kincaid
Colourfields is constituted by tensions inherent to the genre.
strangehorizons.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New week at SH, and in Reviews we open with a doozy: @shinjinidey.bsky.social on Paul Kincaid's Colourfields (@briardenebooks.bsky.social). Who doesn't love reading a critic on a critic?
So much to pick out in this really productive dialogue. But key: "Kincaid is attempting to apprehend a public."
So much to pick out in this really productive dialogue. But key: "Kincaid is attempting to apprehend a public."
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Welcome to another batch of 2025 SFF novellas not published by Tor! Please consider reading and nominating some of these books for the Hugo, in an effort to prevent a situation where the novella category becomes completely dominated by a single publisher.
August 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Welcome to another batch of 2025 SFF novellas not published by Tor! Please consider reading and nominating some of these books for the Hugo, in an effort to prevent a situation where the novella category becomes completely dominated by a single publisher.
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The week in @strangehorizons.bsky.social reviews begins with the return of Paul Kincaid to our pages.
“Metallic Realms takes the form of nine stories written by members of [a fictional] group […] picture the work imagined by those who hate science fiction, [and] you wouldn’t be far off the mark.”
“Metallic Realms takes the form of nine stories written by members of [a fictional] group […] picture the work imagined by those who hate science fiction, [and] you wouldn’t be far off the mark.”
Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel
Great comic writing depends on keeping a straight face.
strangehorizons.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The week in @strangehorizons.bsky.social reviews begins with the return of Paul Kincaid to our pages.
“Metallic Realms takes the form of nine stories written by members of [a fictional] group […] picture the work imagined by those who hate science fiction, [and] you wouldn’t be far off the mark.”
“Metallic Realms takes the form of nine stories written by members of [a fictional] group […] picture the work imagined by those who hate science fiction, [and] you wouldn’t be far off the mark.”
Paul Kincaid on Orbital by Samantha Harvey wp.me/p1LlAH-Uj
The whole globe has passed beneath
And yet another book that I thought was excellent first time around, and that seems even better on revisiting. Again, this is a book that I re-read because it has been chosen for one of my U3A book…
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August 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Paul Kincaid on Orbital by Samantha Harvey wp.me/p1LlAH-Uj
Fascinating interview about a fascinating project, with mentions of essays by Paul Kincaid (included in Colourfields) and Niall Harrison (included in All These Worlds), both available from our shop: briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Published today: Angus Stewart's interview with Lyu Guangzhao about Lyu's The Boom & The Boom: Historical Rupture and Political Economy in Contemporary British and Chinese Science Fiction!
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Pulsing in Parallel: The Mirror Worlds of British and Chinese Science Fiction: An Interview with Lyu Guangzhao
By Angus Stewart I first met Lyu Guangzhao in Leeds, England. We were the two early birds in the room that would host the initial mingling session for a fairly low-key symposium on Chinese g…
bigother.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Fascinating interview about a fascinating project, with mentions of essays by Paul Kincaid (included in Colourfields) and Niall Harrison (included in All These Worlds), both available from our shop: briardenebooks.uk/shop/
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Holy crap
The #HugoAward for Best Fan Writer goes to Abigail Nussbaum.
August 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Holy crap
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Absolutely thrilled for @jordanscarroll.bsky.social, whose book is excellent and necessary. And always thrilling to see a book of criticism win in this category.
The #HugoAward for Best Related Work goes to Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, Jordan S. Carroll (University of Minnesota Press). “Insist that tomorrow belongs to everyone.”
August 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Absolutely thrilled for @jordanscarroll.bsky.social, whose book is excellent and necessary. And always thrilling to see a book of criticism win in this category.
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If you have any interest in proper, well considered, and sharp criticism you should buy this. It’s also worth supporting publishers who support critics (and are not a Uni press).
One year since @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social's Track Changes was published! You can still get your copy of this BSFA Award-winning, Hugo and Locus-finalist collection of reviews here: briardenebooks.uk/shop/
August 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
If you have any interest in proper, well considered, and sharp criticism you should buy this. It’s also worth supporting publishers who support critics (and are not a Uni press).
One year since @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social's Track Changes was published! You can still get your copy of this BSFA Award-winning, Hugo and Locus-finalist collection of reviews here: briardenebooks.uk/shop/
August 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
One year since @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social's Track Changes was published! You can still get your copy of this BSFA Award-winning, Hugo and Locus-finalist collection of reviews here: briardenebooks.uk/shop/
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A lovely @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social reader won an auction for a review by me, and requested Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor. It was a delight to return to this novel with a critical eye, to talk about the things that make it special & set it apart. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/07/the-...
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison - Lawyers, Guns & Money
[This review was requested by reader Greg Sanders, winner of the LGM fund drive auction. Thank you to Greg for the contribution, and for selecting an excellent book!] In the middle of the night, in a ...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A lovely @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social reader won an auction for a review by me, and requested Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor. It was a delight to return to this novel with a critical eye, to talk about the things that make it special & set it apart. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/07/the-...
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It's the last day for Hugo voting! My review collection, Track Changes, is nominated in the Best Related Work category, and I am nominated in Best Fan Writer. If you're a Hugo voter, I'd be grateful for your consideration, and either way, remember to vote!
Hugo Awards voting closes TOMORROW!
Make sure your ballot is in before the deadline: Wednesday, July 23 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. There’s still time to weigh in on the best of science fiction and fantasy—don’t miss your chance!
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#HugoAwards #SeattleWorldcon2025
Make sure your ballot is in before the deadline: Wednesday, July 23 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. There’s still time to weigh in on the best of science fiction and fantasy—don’t miss your chance!
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#HugoAwards #SeattleWorldcon2025
How to Vote
Instructions for voting in the 2025 Hugo Awards.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's the last day for Hugo voting! My review collection, Track Changes, is nominated in the Best Related Work category, and I am nominated in Best Fan Writer. If you're a Hugo voter, I'd be grateful for your consideration, and either way, remember to vote!
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It All Depends What You Mean By … : Paul Kincaid reviews THE BARTHES FANTASTIC by John Lurz (@uchicagopress.bsky.social)
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It All Depends What You Mean By … : Review of The Barthes Fantastic by John Lurz
Paul Kincaid Under Review:The Barthes Fantastic. John Lurz. University of Chicago Press, May 2025. If language were to be absolutely precise, we would need a unique word for every object, feeling, …
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July 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It All Depends What You Mean By … : Paul Kincaid reviews THE BARTHES FANTASTIC by John Lurz (@uchicagopress.bsky.social)
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You know how it is: you wait ages for an @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social and then two turn up at once.
Hot off her @mealofthorns.bsky.social appearance this week, here’s Abigail for SH on Emily Tesh’s “fondness for playing with the conventional storytelling forms of the fantastic genres.”
Hot off her @mealofthorns.bsky.social appearance this week, here’s Abigail for SH on Emily Tesh’s “fondness for playing with the conventional storytelling forms of the fantastic genres.”
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
“School as a teacher is pretty different from school as a student,” said Walden. “Better, honestly, in the way that being an adult is generally a lot better than being a child.” In her Hugo-winning…
strangehorizons.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
You know how it is: you wait ages for an @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social and then two turn up at once.
Hot off her @mealofthorns.bsky.social appearance this week, here’s Abigail for SH on Emily Tesh’s “fondness for playing with the conventional storytelling forms of the fantastic genres.”
Hot off her @mealofthorns.bsky.social appearance this week, here’s Abigail for SH on Emily Tesh’s “fondness for playing with the conventional storytelling forms of the fantastic genres.”
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The wonders of scale, the tricky bits of fully automated luxury gay space communism, echoes of interventionist worries, and more: @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social joins to discuss Iain M. Banks' EXCESSION!
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A Meal of Thorns 28 – EXCESSION with Abigail Nussbaum
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Abigail NussbaumTitle: Excession by Iain M. BanksHost: Jake …
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July 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The wonders of scale, the tricky bits of fully automated luxury gay space communism, echoes of interventionist worries, and more: @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social joins to discuss Iain M. Banks' EXCESSION!
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New blog post: the latest Recent Reading Roundup discusses several weird, experimental, slipstreamy SF novels from the first half of 2025, including The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien, Aerth by Deborah Tomkins, Vanishing World, Death of the Author, and Audition by Pip Adam.
Recent Reading Roundup 63
The process of putting these posts together is fairly unscientific. When I read a book that seems worth commenting on, I start writing, and ...
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July 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New blog post: the latest Recent Reading Roundup discusses several weird, experimental, slipstreamy SF novels from the first half of 2025, including The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien, Aerth by Deborah Tomkins, Vanishing World, Death of the Author, and Audition by Pip Adam.
Track Changes picks up another award nomination! Congratulations once again to @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social and to the other @britfantasysoc.bsky.social finalists britishfantasysociety.org/british-fant...
British Fantasy Awards 2025: Shortlist Announced! – The British Fantasy Society
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June 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Track Changes picks up another award nomination! Congratulations once again to @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social and to the other @britfantasysoc.bsky.social finalists britishfantasysociety.org/british-fant...
Ian Mond on how Paul Kincaid's Colourfields showcases a "deep love for science fiction and those who have shaped it" locusmag.com/2025/05/colo...
Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid: Review by Ian Mond
Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, Paul Kincaid (Briardene, £22.00, tp) April 2025. Cover by Tom Joyes. Clear-eyed. That’s how I would describe the work of Paul Kincaid. The…
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May 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ian Mond on how Paul Kincaid's Colourfields showcases a "deep love for science fiction and those who have shaped it" locusmag.com/2025/05/colo...
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Shoutout to myself, @chloroformtea.bsky.social, and all the great work being done by SFF critics in this reddit AMA reply by @emilytesh.net: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
EmilyTesh's comment on "I'm Hugo Award-winning author Emily Tesh, here to celebrate the release of my new book THE INCANDESCENT with an AMA and a giveaway. AMA!"
Explore this conversation and more from the Fantasy community
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May 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Shoutout to myself, @chloroformtea.bsky.social, and all the great work being done by SFF critics in this reddit AMA reply by @emilytesh.net: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
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Paul Kincaid on the books that defined his view of science fiction: wp.me/p1LlAH-Tw
The Books that Made Me
Roseanna Pendlebury reviewed my latest book, Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, and in the course of the review noted that my book did not represent her science fiction. In …
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May 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Paul Kincaid on the books that defined his view of science fiction: wp.me/p1LlAH-Tw
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I'm covering the Guardian's recent SFF column this month, with short reviews of new books by Joe Abercrombie and Emily Tesh, and debuts by Cate Baum and Roisin Dunnett. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie; The Incandescent by Emily Tesh; Land of Hope by Cate Baum; A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett
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May 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'm covering the Guardian's recent SFF column this month, with short reviews of new books by Joe Abercrombie and Emily Tesh, and debuts by Cate Baum and Roisin Dunnett. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Paul Kincaid on the books that defined his view of science fiction: wp.me/p1LlAH-Tw
The Books that Made Me
Roseanna Pendlebury reviewed my latest book, Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, and in the course of the review noted that my book did not represent her science fiction. In …
wp.me
May 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Paul Kincaid on the books that defined his view of science fiction: wp.me/p1LlAH-Tw
The nominations keep coming: @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social's Hugo-shortlisted and BSFA-winning Track Changes is now a Locus Award finalist as well! locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...
2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists
Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 21, 2025, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile …
locusmag.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The nominations keep coming: @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social's Hugo-shortlisted and BSFA-winning Track Changes is now a Locus Award finalist as well! locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...
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We managed to add my writing desk to the auction! (thanks to my work studio kindly storing it for a few days). It's beautiful, beloved by cats, full of writer karma and suitably scuffed. It's where I wrote The Shining Girls & other novels, per this very glam, very old photo of me and my murder wall.
April 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We managed to add my writing desk to the auction! (thanks to my work studio kindly storing it for a few days). It's beautiful, beloved by cats, full of writer karma and suitably scuffed. It's where I wrote The Shining Girls & other novels, per this very glam, very old photo of me and my murder wall.
This auction is still going, until 2 May -- lots of lots to browse and bid on!
So in the midst of the chaos and joy of Eastercon, @ngjeannette.bsky.social and I have set up a charity auction: Genre Creators for Trans rights in the UK and South Africa as a small personal response to what's happening in the world. You can bid on cool things here www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans
Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA
Silent auction 'Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA' hosted online at 32auctions.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This auction is still going, until 2 May -- lots of lots to browse and bid on!