Alex Ellermann
@alexellermann.bsky.social
Perfect vacation? Coffee, rain, and books. I only DM with people I know IRL.
If you like detective novels and you love Venice, have I got the book for you! 💙📚 🔍📚 app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3f21...
Review by alex_ellermann - Acqua Alta
I enjoy detective novels set in cities I visit on layovers. I know enough about the cities' l...
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If you love genre fiction, you must read Lois McMaster Bujold. Nobody else comes close. 💙📚 #FantaSky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6c3d...
Review by alex_ellermann - The Curse of Chalion
’The Curse of Chalion’ delivers everything I hope for when I read a work of fiction. I spent ...
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This one was my pick for Best Novelette. It's extraordinary.
Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 6d agoICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards? Try the finalist for Best Novelette "When He Calls Your Name" by Catherynne M. Valente! It was also on the Locus Recommended Reading List, was a Locus Award finalist, and placed 1st on the Uncanny Poll! buff.ly/LdrBGm8
I so enjoyed 'Heat 2' that I sought out Meg Gardiner's first novel, 'China Lake. My thoughts at the link. (TL;DR: it's good!) app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c127... 💙📚 🔎📚 @meggardiner.bsky.social
Review by alex_ellermann - China Lake
'China Lake' is the first novel from accomplished thriller writer Meg Gardiner. First publishe...
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Dungeon Crawler Carl and Samantha, Youtube drawing. Just finished listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6 : The Eye of the Bedlam Bride audio book. So I decided to take a break from comic book characters and draw Dungeon Crawler Carl and Samantha. www.youtube.com/@frankchoart...
It isn't due to high call volume. It's due to your refusal to hire enough customer service agents.
I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc... 💙📚 🪐📚
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Dead Country is fantastic. Strongly recommended. 💙📚
Max Gladstone@maxgladstone.bsky.social · last wk.Want a deal on some books? In honor of the Craft Wars being up for the Hugo Award, these are $2.99 in ebook for a limited time, on all retailers: THREE PARTS DEAD (bookshop.org/p/books/thre...) TWO SERPENTS RISE (bookshop.org/p/books/two-...) DEAD COUNTRY (bookshop.org/p/books/dead...)
‘Without Fail,’ the fifth Jack Reacher novel, is really dumb and really fun. In other words, it’s everything you want in a novel about America’s favorite murder hobo. 💙📚 #Reacher app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a29c...
Review by alex_ellermann - Without Fail
This novel is ridiculous. Even by the standards of a Jack Reacher novel, it’s ridiculous.In t...
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July was a great month for reading. The best of the bunch? ‘Global Strike,’ a naval thriller by Andrew Watts. #BookSky
‘Hyperion’ is audacious and imaginative and wonderful. I can’t wait to read ‘The Fall of Hyperion.’ #BookSky #SciFiSky #Hyperion app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e576...
Review by alex_ellermann - Hyperion
‘Hyperion’ is my kind of book. A sci-fi take on The Canterbury Tales, ‘Hyperion’ wraps storie...
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Well, that's KCD1 sorted. It wasn't beautiful. If I'm going to spend 80 hours somewhere, I want it to be beautiful. On to Death Stranding 2. If it's half as beautiful as DS1 was, I'm going to be a happy gamer. @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp #KCD #DeathStranding
Hugo Voting Complete. Here's the best of the best: Shroud / Tchaikovsky / Novel Automatic Noodle / Newitz / Novella When He Calls Your Name / Valente / Novelette Wire Mother / Kim / Short Story The World to Come / Hudak / Poem Uncanny / Thomas / Semi Pro Zine Sinners / Coogler / Film 💙📚 🪐📚 #LACON
'Rosemary and Rue' is a promising early outing from a novelist who'd go on to write 18 more books featuring this character. I liked it! 💙📚 #FantaSky @seananmcguire.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e410...
‘Ancestral Night’ could have been a terrific 350-page story. Instead, it’s a 500-page burden. 💙📚 🪐📚 app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7d74...
Review by alex_ellermann - Ancestral Night
’Ancestral Night’ is a big, sweeping space opera that’s far too long.Y’know how some writers d...
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'Sargassa' is 2/3 of an excellent novel. The weak third act, however, led me to like it rather than love it. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/cb86... 🪐📚 💙📚 #Hugos
DNF. Every book is for someone. No book is for everyone. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/234b... 💙📚
Review by alex_ellermann - So Let Them Burn
DNF. Didn’t care about the characters or milieu.
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This series started out janky, but Watts stuck the landing. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3112... 💙📚
Me: I think I’ll dress as Tom Loftis for Halloween. Her: Nobody will get it. That’s just how you dress. #Widow’sBay
New England winters are harsh, but New England summers are worth it.
I can dig romantasy if the prose sings. I found this novel's prose plodding and dull. Still, the time travel / time loop angle is fun. 💙📚 #FantaSky app.thestorygraph.com/books/b1680e...
Check out the look on Del Toro's face when he realizes Pogačar let him take the Stage 2 win. I want to hate Pogačar. I prefer an underdog, and he's charismatic and good looking and the dominant cyclist of our time. But he's no villain. Tadej Pogačar is a class act.
I hate that I've grown accustomed to saying, "Connect me to a human representative." It's downright dystopian.
June was a great month for reading. The best of the bunch? 'When He Calls Your Name,' by @catvalente.bsky.social. The novelette is available (for free!) here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when... 💙📚
