Niall Harrison
@niallharrison.bsky.social
reader, critic, fan, he/him
February and May look like they will be problematic
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
February and May look like they will be problematic
The Republic of Memory, Mahmud El Sayed (May)
Piper at the Gates of Dusk, Patrick Ness (May)
One Leg on Earth, 'Pemi Aguda (May)
Homebound, Portia Elan (May)
Plastic Prism Void, Violet Allen (May)
China+100 ed. Xueting C. Ni (May)
The White Desert, Luis López Carrasco (Jun)
Piper at the Gates of Dusk, Patrick Ness (May)
One Leg on Earth, 'Pemi Aguda (May)
Homebound, Portia Elan (May)
Plastic Prism Void, Violet Allen (May)
China+100 ed. Xueting C. Ni (May)
The White Desert, Luis López Carrasco (Jun)
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Republic of Memory, Mahmud El Sayed (May)
Piper at the Gates of Dusk, Patrick Ness (May)
One Leg on Earth, 'Pemi Aguda (May)
Homebound, Portia Elan (May)
Plastic Prism Void, Violet Allen (May)
China+100 ed. Xueting C. Ni (May)
The White Desert, Luis López Carrasco (Jun)
Piper at the Gates of Dusk, Patrick Ness (May)
One Leg on Earth, 'Pemi Aguda (May)
Homebound, Portia Elan (May)
Plastic Prism Void, Violet Allen (May)
China+100 ed. Xueting C. Ni (May)
The White Desert, Luis López Carrasco (Jun)
Also very interested in:
The Iron Garden Sutra, AD Sui (Feb)
The Misheard World, Aliya Whiteley (Feb)
The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human, M Darusha Wehm (Feb)
Undercity, Monte Schulz (Feb)
The Apple & The Pearl, Rym Kechacha (Feb)
Ruins, Child, Giada Scodellaro (Mar)
The Iron Garden Sutra, AD Sui (Feb)
The Misheard World, Aliya Whiteley (Feb)
The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human, M Darusha Wehm (Feb)
Undercity, Monte Schulz (Feb)
The Apple & The Pearl, Rym Kechacha (Feb)
Ruins, Child, Giada Scodellaro (Mar)
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Also very interested in:
The Iron Garden Sutra, AD Sui (Feb)
The Misheard World, Aliya Whiteley (Feb)
The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human, M Darusha Wehm (Feb)
Undercity, Monte Schulz (Feb)
The Apple & The Pearl, Rym Kechacha (Feb)
Ruins, Child, Giada Scodellaro (Mar)
The Iron Garden Sutra, AD Sui (Feb)
The Misheard World, Aliya Whiteley (Feb)
The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human, M Darusha Wehm (Feb)
Undercity, Monte Schulz (Feb)
The Apple & The Pearl, Rym Kechacha (Feb)
Ruins, Child, Giada Scodellaro (Mar)
I have pulled out 76 books for 2026 so far. This year I have read 74 books.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I have pulled out 76 books for 2026 so far. This year I have read 74 books.
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The White Desert
Life on earth is fading to a whisper. Faced with a stalled future of economic...
granta.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Perhaps paired with this granta.com/products/the...
Reposted by Niall Harrison
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
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Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
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2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
I believe it started life as such, yes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I believe it started life as such, yes.
I've read the qntm and enjoyed it, and I was aware of Lightbreakers and Black Flame. Didn't know about the other two!
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I've read the qntm and enjoyed it, and I was aware of Lightbreakers and Black Flame. Didn't know about the other two!
Take the one that is most different to the ARC
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Take the one that is most different to the ARC
Reposted by Niall Harrison
Dr. Yaszek and her students are currently working on a history of Black science fiction, which if it's anything like her THE FUTURE IS FEMALE and SISTERS OF TOMORROW will be outstanding.
As a sidenote, the ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION was a syndicated tabloid insert aimed at Black readers.
As a sidenote, the ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION was a syndicated tabloid insert aimed at Black readers.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Dr. Yaszek and her students are currently working on a history of Black science fiction, which if it's anything like her THE FUTURE IS FEMALE and SISTERS OF TOMORROW will be outstanding.
As a sidenote, the ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION was a syndicated tabloid insert aimed at Black readers.
As a sidenote, the ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION was a syndicated tabloid insert aimed at Black readers.
That's not going to help Luminous with award noms! But yes, Yoke of Stars could be good.
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
That's not going to help Luminous with award noms! But yes, Yoke of Stars could be good.
No, that's fair, it is a bit lit. Hmm. Under The Eye of the Bird Bird? Lake of Darkness? The Naming Song? Dengue Boy? Big Time? The Immeasurable Heaven? Some of those may still be a bit lit...
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
No, that's fair, it is a bit lit. Hmm. Under The Eye of the Bird Bird? Lake of Darkness? The Naming Song? Dengue Boy? Big Time? The Immeasurable Heaven? Some of those may still be a bit lit...
Sea Now is a paperback, I think...
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sea Now is a paperback, I think...
Looking forward to contrasting the AMOT discussion of this dying-fall novel with the discussion of hope in the new Critical Friends strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Critical Friends Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully
Dan Hartland is joined by Paul March-Russell and Jacqueline Nyathi to discuss speculative fiction’s approach to hope and optimism. Where has it gone? How do writers express it? And what are its pit…
strangehorizons.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Looking forward to contrasting the AMOT discussion of this dying-fall novel with the discussion of hope in the new Critical Friends strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
I will shamelessly tag my Locus review from earlier this year locusmag.com/review/under...
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami: Review by Niall Harrison
Under the Eye of the Big Bird, Hiromi Kawakami (Soft Skull 978-1-59376-611-5, $27.00, 278pp, hc) September 2024. Hiromi Kawakami is one of those authors whose long and decorated career has, thanks …
locusmag.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I will shamelessly tag my Locus review from earlier this year locusmag.com/review/under...