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THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler

Friday April 21, 2023

THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler

2023 Nebula Award Nominee Reviews Part 2/6

Reviewed by: Abe Ziesing

An outstanding mashup of multiple SF subgenres including cyberpunk, dystopian near future, first contact, AI/robot/android and hard SF (not too hard), Ray Nayler's first novel is a science fiction juggernaut with marine biology sprinkled on top. I picked this up knowing nothing about the book or the author as part of my quest to read all Nebula Award nominees, and holy shit, am I glad that I did so! You're submersed (pun intended) into a very believable world of high tech...

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THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler

SPEAR by Nicola Griffith

Thursday April 20, 2023

SPEAR by Nicola Griffith

2023 Nebula Award Nominee Reviews Part 1/6

Reviewed by:  Abe Ziesing

New twists, and a modern day mashup of ancient and beloved tales, packed in a short and sweet volume, and written by a lifelong fan and scholar of those tales. Griffith weaves her sword and sorcery within the lattice of Arthurian lore, with lovely prose and a loving devotion that is strongly evident throughout. For me, this book started out with 10/10 potential, but petered and waned slightly as it went on due a bit of repetition and a trending toward duck soup... until the...

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SPEAR by Nicola Griffith

The Ziesings' New Blog

Tuesday April 18, 2023

Okay, so we have this new blog feature. Cindy and I hope to post things that may be of interest to folks regularly and our son, Abe, will also be a regular contributor. Let us know how you feel about it once we get the ball rolling.

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