Hallo, shop! Yesterday I didn't much care for 'The Cartographers', but today you can read about why I LOVED Starling House, by Alix E Harrow, on Nerds of a Feather!

Look, just do what the nice sentient house wants, all right?

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/07/review-starling-house-by-alix-e-harrow.html

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Hello, bookfriends! Up on Nerds of a Feather today I share my thoughts about The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd, which could have been a lot better than it was, alas. (Fanciers of #FountainPens may well enjoy the footnote.)

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/07/review-cartographers-by-peng-shepherd.html

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Hi, Masto-friends! I've mentioned a few times (I think) how much I enjoyed Tales of the Ketty Jay, by Chris Wooding. You can read my thoughts in more depth here on Nerds of A Feather:

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/07/review-tales-of-ketty-jay-by-chris.html

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Over at Nerds of a Feather, @carturo222 lets it be known that he did not care for 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts'.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/06/the-transformers-franchise-hasnt.html

and because I care about the well-roundedness of your education, you can also bone up on your film theory through @lindsayellis 's brilliant series covering Film Studies 101 through the lens of Transformers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXI__Wixas&list=PLJGOq3JclTH8J73o2Z4VMaSYZDNG3xeZ7

(Preview of content: Michael Bay does, technically, meet the definition of auteur.)

#sff #transformers #NerdsOfAFeather

Hello, Mastodon! I've got a review up on Nerds of a Feather, in which I reflect upon the balance of vibes, world-building, ontogeny, and characterization in Alex Pheby's 'Mordew'.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/06/microreview-mordew-by-alex-pheby.html

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I am a finalist for the #Ignyte Critics Award!!!

Together with Aigner Loren Wilson @cypayseur Christina Orlando & #NerdsOfAFeather !! Congrats everyone!!

I am both greatly honored and overjoyed about this!

Check out the Twitter thread from L.D. Lewis with all the categories, there's so much great stuff on the list! Audience voting is at the end -

https://twitter.com/Ellethevillain/status/1661374109945585665

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Over at Nerds of a Feather, @carturo222 was quite disappointed by B. L. Blanchard's 'Mother,' which he considers a sequel that fails to live up to the quality of its predecessor.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/05/review-mother-by-b-l-blanchard.html

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Do you want to just switch off your brain and watch some visually interesting and entirely acceptable exchanges of punches? Read @carturo222 's faint praise over at Nerds of a Feather to see if Knights of the Zodiac might fill that punch-shaped void in your life.

(Note the film features Sean Bean. Ever alert to the possibility of spoilers, Arturo does not reveal whether Sean Bean survives this role, but my Bayesian prior is low.)

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/05/knights-of-zodiac-is-exactly-acceptable.html

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@Princejvstin @bookstodon well since I love fantasy and dabble in scifi here and there I am delighted to discover #NerdsOfAFeather. Is Adri on Mastodon? If not I’ll count on you to keep me informed of blog updates.

Looking for a shortish read about grisly vengeance and mermaids? @chloroform_tea thinks you might find it in Cassandra Khaw's novella 'The Salt Grows Heavy'. Read all about it on Nerds of a Feather here:

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/05/review-salt-grows-heavy-by-cassandra.html

#books #fantasy #mermay #bookrecs #bookrecommendations @bookstodon #NerdsOfAFeather

Looking for some new TV to entertain your eyeballs? You might be interested in The Ark, which @carturo222 explains is proof that you don't have to be a ruthless cynic to apply game theory to hard survival choices.

Have a gander over at Nerds of a Feather!

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/the-ark-makes-plea-for-mutual-trust-to.html

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Looking for something fantastical, but lack the appetite for a big novel?

No fear, Roseanna at Nerds of a Feather has you covered, with a review of Into the Shadow, in which seven authors give us stories of characters wandering into places and spaces that others cannot, or will not, and risk the darkness as the price of their hidden knowledge.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/nanoreviews-into-shadow-collection-of.html

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For the First Time, Again: A potent idea that deserved a less rushed treatment

Have you been eyeing Sylvain Neuvel's 'Take Them To The Stars' series with interest? @carturo222 over at Nerds of a Feather has some thoughts about how well the third book stuck the landing.
Read the full review here:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/review-for-first-time-again-by-sylvain.html

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Hisotrical fantasy mystery m/m romance fans take note! @Elizabeth_Fitz quite enjoyed Elizabeth Scott and Amy Griswold's Lambda-award winning 'Death By Silver'! Read all about it over at Nerds of a Feather:

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/review-death-by-silver-by-melissa-scott.html

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Everyone knows that if you have a curse egg, you will use it. And if you’ve had one, you will probably get another, because everyone knows that a curser will always curse again. Always. Everyone knows this.

Read my thoughts about Frances Hardinge's 'Unraveller' over on Nerds of a Feather!

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/review-unraveller-by-frances-hardinge.html

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Well, hey, another new conributor over at Nerds of a Feather! Welcome to Ann Michelle Harris!

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/contributor-profile-ann-michelle-harris.html

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The future of the past was a lot more fun than the present, wasn't it? As my father used to demand, 'where's my flying car?'

Arturo Serrano over at Nerds of a Feather explains how the new show 'Hello Tomorrow' shows us the 1950s not as they happened, but as they wish they had.

Strap on your personal jetpack and read up on why it's worth your time!

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/on-american-nightmare-of-hello-tomorrow.html

#NerdsOfAFeather #ScienceFiction #sff

Hallo, nerd-friends! Have you ever wanted to spice up your writing with historical accuracy w/r/t Vikings? Are you a basic Marge Simpson fan?

Whatever your preferences, The G over at Nerds of A Feather has got your back, with a review of Cat Jarmon's 'River Kings,' sure to scratch all your Viking-related itches.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/04/stranger-than-fiction-river-kings-by.html

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Good day, #Bookstodon! Did you know that Naomi Salman's #novella 'Nothing but the rain' is a painful monologue on the violence of oblivion? Arturo Serrano at Nerds of a Feather does! Here's what he has to say about it:

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/03/nanoreview-nothing-but-rain-by-naomi.html

#BookReview #SFF #ScienceFiction #NerdsOfAFeather

Hiya, shoppers! The fine folks over at Nerds of a Feather quite liked The Last of Us as an adaptation. Good adaptation, great show.

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/03/review-last-of-us-hbo.html

#scienceFiction #SFF #NerdsOfAFeather