"Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny and Rene Auberjonois (1981) is a brilliant performance of one of Zelazny's sillier short stories. This post will be an indulgent one filled with nostalgia and rambling. If you prefer my usual short and concise posts, please come back tomorrow.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/unicorn_variation.html
Just been catching up on the #WomensPrize for Fiction 2026 longlist and for the first time ever I’ve actually already read 2 of the books - Heart the Lover by Lilly King which I enjoyed very much but didn’t love, and Audition by Katie Kitamura which I was perplexed by but also found to be a brilliant read that readers interpret in many ways. Looking forward to reading some more from this year’s list!
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https://lithub.com/heres-the-longlist-for-the-2026-womens-prize-for-fiction/
"…reading a book is a considerable commitment of not only time but also thought and even emotion, especially when you have so many books you have brought into the house, when you seem to buy books even compulsively, out of a hunger for yet another book, and haven’t yet read most of them, when you have acquired so many that although you have many bookcases, in many rooms, there are still books piled on the floor."
--Lydia Davis
A Review of Hearth Stories, Springtime Fare: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-hearth-stories-springtime-fare/
Five stars:
The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo and Júlia Sardà (2024) is the second in the Norendy Tales series. This one also uses interwoven stories to create something bigger but the setting feels more grounded despite its magical realism.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/hotel_balzaar.html
I can't say this has ever happened to me, but I understand some readers worry about getting to the end? 🤔
P.S If you know where this is from let me know so I can add credit.
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#GardnerDozois 's best short SF of the year collections are always good, but the 1998 one might be the best I've read. My favourite story was a re-read of Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life (later adapted as Arrival) and there are also extremely memorable stories by Geoffrey A. Landis, Greg Egan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ian R. Macleod, and Michael Swanwick (whose story The Very Pulse of the Machine was adapted for the Love Death + Robots series). The cover, however, is extremely ugly. #Bookstodon @bookstodon
So I figured out editing the universal book link so here is a URL with all stores where my new novella is listed for pre-order. https://books2read.com/blossoming
It's about a 70yr old woman, probably autistic, who accepts to coordinate the defense committee of her decentralized country, a seemingly easy job responding to climate disasters, until a colonizer invades to steal the tech that makes their nation a #solarpunk utopia.
Read a sample: https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/
Finished listening to “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. 💐🐁
(no, I haven’t seen the movie)
anyone have a preferred version of the count of monte cristo in english? went looking for my copy and can't find it, and looks there are about a bazillion different annotated versions out there, but also that the original might be like 1800 pages long?! def not the copy i had, and now i'm curious! #books #bookstodon
I have just finished reading this lovely book and my heart is warm and my mind is busy with ideas and hopes. Give it a try #bookstodon
Know what's better than one book? Two! Or in the case of the Space Rogues series, ten!
One minute they're saving the entire commonwealth, the next they're helping a drunk space wizard. And so much more!
https://johnwilker.com/series/space-rogues/
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I’ve written a few thoughts on Heart the Lover by Lily King, 2025, an enjoyable read about college days and the impact those early relationships can have later in life. I liked it but didn’t love it as much as I’d hoped to #bookstodon #reading #audiobook #BookReview #WomensPrize @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4bcf8606-6460-463a-a6c9-acafde143fec
In February I enjoyed Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie, 1923, which brightened those dull and damp days! Here are a few thoughts on this lesser known but very entertaining early Christie #bookstodon #BookReview #reading #Storygraph #Braille @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1c75d97d-2f23-40e8-a46d-e90ee5f78fbc?redirect=true
Five stars:
On Morrison by Namwali Serpell (2026) is an in depth look at Toni Morrison's life and career as an author through in depth analyses of her books.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/on_morrison.html
What's stronger than "Strongly Agree" 😜😂
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The original image looked slightly diffrent: https://medium.com/@GuillemBruix/f-ck-social-media-read-books-242b54f1c250
Hugh Cook's excellent: Chronicles of an Age of Darkness, finally have new editions after languishing in copyright limbo for decades.
Cook plays with genre tropes, mixing adventure, satire and humor, elements that help these books transcend the limits that make so many other works of the 80s and 90s feel so dated.
The fan group that published them have made the effort to offer them at venues other than Amazon.
You can get them DRM free while supporting local book shops at BookShop.org:
https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=Chronicles+of+an+Age+of+Darkness%2C
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I'm off to Te Waipounamu / the South Island next week for 3 poetry readings in 3 days!
* Invercargill - Tues 10 March
* Dunedin - Weds 11 March
* Christchurch - Thurs 12 March
Please come along, and invite your friends!
Invercargill is a solo gig kindly hosted by Arts Murihiku where I will read poems that focus on my Southland childhood & adolescence – in Dunedin and Christchurch, there are open mikes plus myself & other great guest readers.
Full details here: https://www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2026/03/01/draculas-march-three-cities-three-readings-three-days/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116211809285100124
This is the kind of love story I like around here, shut up I'm not crying, you're crying... 😊
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The Immortal Gifts Podcast: Episode 7 https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/03/09/the-immortal-gifts-podcast-episode-7/ #fantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #audio #audiobook #ImmortalGifts #podcast
Happy to discover THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS on this list of greatest books (sharing a historical, speculative and science fiction category along with Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, Ilana Masad's Beings, and many more excellent books). Check out the full list!
Four stars:
Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind by Michelle Carr (2025) is a summary of the current state of dream and nightmare research. The book is divided up into easy read chapters the cover things like what is sleep, insomnia, how do we dream, what are common themes, when are bad dreams nightmares, various approaches to mitigate nightmares, and lucid dreaming.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/nightmare_obscura.html
Torn from her quiet retirement of apple trees and market stalls by an awakened amulet, Dragonslayer Kadara cuts her way across Aros to face its greatest threat: the truth.
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http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-misheard-world-by-aliya.html
The Misheard World feels, at every moment, intensely carefully crafted, and it is a delight to be left unsettled by it, all the way to the last says
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at the NOAF blog:
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Excerpt of an older review by Isabella Thordenson.
Laughing the whole time to me is the most postive feedback I can get 😊
Part One available here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA
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