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No Fantasy Too Big, No Sci-Fi Too Small

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This week on Kaiju & Gnome, Ed and I are listing our picks for the Hugos Best Novel this year (he's a member, I'm not).

My picks: tinyurl.com/4uv99xwv

Ed's picks: tinyurl.com/yc3hst7c

Weirdly, there is no crossover in our picks. That means we have ourselves a Classic Ed/Jordan battle.
March 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Kaiju & Gnome (kaijuandgnome.substack.com) is eligible for best fanzine and @bookkaiju.bsky.social is eligible for best fan writer.

So that's fun.
🚀 Nominations for the 2025 Hugo Awards are now open! 🚀

Members of the 2025 Seattle Worldcon & the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon can nominate for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award & the Astounding Awards

Deadline: March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3QcUTw6

#HugoAwards
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Today on Kaiju & Gnome (on time this week!): I continue my Shortest Shortcut to Spooky column & I read another short story from John Connolly's Nocturnes, The Ritual of the Bones. I use the word "facehugger" a lot. Like as much a review of an Alien movie.

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The Shortest Shortcut to Spooky: The Ritual of the Bones
Article by Jordan S.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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On Kaiju & Gnome today, I review Adrian Tchaikovsky's House of Open Wounds. I loved it and I already have the US editions of Days of Shattered Faith and Lives of Bitter Rain pre-ordered.

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House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Review by Jordan S.
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January 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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"The drow had two weak esses: foremost was the thrill of battle, but a close second was the tingle of uncovering the booty of his vanquished foes."

Is The Legend of Drizzt romantasty?

#DnD #Romantasy #Drizzt
January 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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This week on Kaiju & Gnome, I continue to work my way through John Connolly's Nocturnes collection for my Shortest Shortcut to Spooky series. In this one, I discuss Connolly's use of Not-Daughters & take a minute to look at the movie adaptation of it.

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The Shortest Shortcut to Spooky: The New Daughter
Article by Jordan S.
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January 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is the year we call @roamingbookgnome.bsky.social a show-off a lot.
Happy New Year from us @kaijuandgnome.bsky.social. We're excited to share all of our big plans with you this year. Here's the link to the article highlighting some of the new things we are doing this year: kaijuandgnome.substack.com/p/kaiju-and-....
Kaiju & Gnome: 2025
Our Plans for 2025 in Interview Format
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January 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Happy New Year from us @kaijuandgnome.bsky.social. We're excited to share all of our big plans with you this year. Here's the link to the article highlighting some of the new things we are doing this year: kaijuandgnome.substack.com/p/kaiju-and-....
Kaiju & Gnome: 2025
Our Plans for 2025 in Interview Format
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January 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hearing that the Chull plushies from #DSNX24 basically shut down Salt Lake City TSA today 🤣😂🤣🦀🦀🦀
December 9, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Had way too much fun at ##DSNX24 and forgot to post yesterday! Completed our storydeck collection, watched Matt Dinniman be charming while losing a game show, and went to the Worldhopper Ball, which needs it's own post. Full recap on our substack later this week!
December 9, 2024 at 1:59 AM
DSNX day 2:
Narwhal beat Kaiju mightily in Cosmere trivia, everyone loves Doom Slug, and we're only a few cards away from completing the story cards!
#DSNX24 #doomslug #windandtruth
December 6, 2024 at 11:22 PM
DSNX day 1 cont:
Omg there's so much cool stuff!!!!!
#DSNX24 #dragonsteelnexus
December 6, 2024 at 1:38 AM
DSNX day 1:
Met a radiant with a Shardfork who captured a pancake spren!
#DSNX24
December 5, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Day -1 of Dragonsteel Nexus! #BookQuest to The Legendarium and The King's English!
Follow along for Kaiju and Narwhal's SLC shenanigans!
December 5, 2024 at 3:44 AM
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I have some new followers lately so I’ll plug my plugables. I am half of @kaijuandgnome.bsky.social, a sci-fi/fantasy/horror book review and commentary substack with my writing partner, @bookkaiju.bsky.social.

Link to our substack is in the bio. If you’d want to give it a read, that would be cool
November 8, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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Today on Kaiju & Gnome: Ed concludes his analysis of Marc Cerasini's Godzilla books. We learn about Ed's love of Anguirus, the continuing tragic fallout of Godzilla 98, and how uneventful the postponement of a presidential election can be.

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Climbing Mount TBR: Cerasini Godzilla (Part 2)
Article by Ed O.
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November 26, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Today on Kaiju & Gnome: Ed begins the kaiju-sized review of Marc Cerasini's Godzilla books. We learn about Steve Martin (not that Steve Martin, though) and Ed talks about his love for Godzilla fighting a tornado.

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Climbing Mount TBR: Cerasini Godzilla (Part 1)
Review by Ed O.
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November 22, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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Today on Kaiju & Gnome:

I reviewed Benjamin Liar's excellent The Failures. In this review, I explain how I struggled for a few months on how to write it and display my haiku writing skills.

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The Failures by Benjamin Liar
Review by Jordan S.
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November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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It's been a really great week at Kaiju & Gnome. Ed wrote an excellent piece on Godzilla 98 (tinyurl.com/ye25dzpd) and I did a piece on John Connolly's The Erlking (tinyurl.com/zvuy4aym).

Next up: Tuesday I'll be reviewing a recent favorite of mine. Stay tuned to find out what it is!
90 Minutes in 300 Pages: Godzilla 98
Article by Ed O.
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November 14, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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We have some new followers lately so we’ll plug our plugables. We are Kaiju & Gnome, a sci-fi/fantasy/horror book review and commentary substack.

Link to our substack is kaijuandgnome.substack.com. If you’d want to give it a read, that would be cool
Kaiju and Gnome: Fantasy & Sci-Fi News | Substack
From the radioactive pits of the South to the magical libraries of somewhere in Midwest comes news and reviews about the most recent science fiction and fantasy books. Click to read Kaiju and Gnome: F...
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November 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM
We have some new followers lately so we’ll plug our plugables. We are Kaiju & Gnome, a sci-fi/fantasy/horror book review and commentary substack.

Link to our substack is kaijuandgnome.substack.com. If you’d want to give it a read, that would be cool
Kaiju and Gnome: Fantasy & Sci-Fi News | Substack
From the radioactive pits of the South to the magical libraries of somewhere in Midwest comes news and reviews about the most recent science fiction and fantasy books. Click to read Kaiju and Gnome: F...
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November 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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No @kaijuandgnome.bsky.social posts today due to the election today. Go vote, read a book, enjoy a nice warm beverage, & be kind to someone today (maybe more than one someones).

We'll be back on Thursday with (I believe) some content celebrating a certain giant monster celebrating a 70th birthday.
November 5, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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New from me on K&G: As is pretty obvious around K&G, I'm a huge fan of John Connolly's Charlie Parker series. Today, I started a new column of reading through short horror fiction collections & I'm starting with John Connolly's Nocturnes and "Mr. Pettinger's Demon."

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The Shortest Shortcut to Spooky: Mr. Pettinger's Daemon
Column by Jordan S.
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October 31, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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Today's Kaiju & Gnome post will be up this evening. If you want to prepare, a certain Kaiju has told me that it will be about comic books so here's the link for the inaugural Ocean of Ink article, reviewing @kierongillen.bsky.social's Once and Future.

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Ocean of Ink: Once and Future
Review by Ed O.
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October 10, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Today on Kaiju & Gnome:

Jordan (Gnome) continues his unofficial series about cities being a main character in fantasy books with Nghi Vo’s excellent new release The City in Glass.

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The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Review by Jordan S.
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September 24, 2024 at 12:41 PM