2016 Locus Award Winners Announced

If you haven't seen the results yet, check them out here.

Uprooted got best fantasy novel, and Gaiman's Trigger Warning won the collection category.  Both are awesome reads, if you're looking for a book to keep you company on the plane or by the pool. I found The Grace of Kings heavy going (a matter of personal preference), but I am planning to kick back with Liu's short story collection, The Paper Menagerie, as soon as I have the time. Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice is still waiting on my kindle. Seems like an interesting series, and I hope to read at least the first book this summer... So many books, so little time!

Finnish Weird and the Locus Awards

Are you in the mood for something strange this weekend? Check out Finnish Weird 3, a collection of Finnish speculative fiction. Featured writers include Johanna Sinisalo, Magdalena Hai, and many others. Best of all, you can download the ebook for free at http://www.finnishweird.net. The two previous instalments are available on the site, too.

Want more quality stories? The 2016 Locus awards finalists have been announced. You can read many of the short stories and novellas/novellettes for free online. If you haven't read "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by  Alyssa Wong yet, go check it out, it's amazing. I also loved Aliette de Bodard's "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight."Here's a link to the site.

Go forth and read!