Book Review: The Regicide Report by Charlie Stross
Regicide? Schmegicide says Stewart Hotston at the NOAF blog:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-regicide-report-by-charlie.html
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Book Review: ECO 24 edited by Marissa Van Uden
A speculative fiction anthology devoted to ecological fiction.
@Princejvstin has the review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-eco-24-edited-by-marissa.html
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Arcane Cache: Review to Glittering Light 2
A ASCII art game that breaks with quite some conventions in a wonderful way. Instead of moving an @ through a maze of lines, it feels like moving through a strange, mysterious world ... a game with a limited, set scope, where the atmosphere and the fundamental idea of the game are much more important than the balance or the gameplay ... a parabola on life itself.
https://thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/arcane_cache/2025/02/06/glittering-light-2/
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A ASCII art game that breaks with quite some conventions in a wonderful way. Instead of moving an @ through a maze of lines, it feels like moving through a strange, mysterious world ... a game with a limited, set scope, where the atmosphere and the fundamental idea of the game are much more important than the balance or the gameplay ... a parabola on life itself.
https://thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/arcane_cache/2025/02/06/glittering-light-2/
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I had not intended to do a #review of #hamnet, but after watching it in the cinema I was moved (pun somewhat intended) to do a #blog anyway. As far as I'm concerned, it healthy and necessary to bring grief into the open, even if it makes for uncomfortable viewing.
Hamnet reminds us how close we are to death, how contingent human life has been throughout the ages, and how important it is we don't let the advances we have made, be taken away.
https://write.as/the-casual-critic/hamnet-a-universal-tragedy
Check out my review of 《Once We Were Us》 (《만약에 우리》)
https://dalisay.offprint.app/a/3mfs5iymmns23-once-we-were-us-review
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My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.
The family trauma that pervades THE DAY OF THE DOOR is horrifying, but coupled w the intensely creepy events that occur, this story encapsulates HORROR in a masterful, terrifying way. Laurel Hightower has written a beautiful, dark story about the Things that haunt our hearts. (Thunderstorm Bks & Ghoulish Pub)
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Another one I hadn't planned to write a #blog on: John Scalzi's Interdependency series. I enjoyed it, but finished it with a sense that it had more potential than it managed to realise, so did a #review to work out what it was I thought was missing.
On reflection, I would've liked Scalzi to do more with his interesting political economy, but besides that, it's still a decent read. Full review, including choice Lenin quotes, below:
https://write.as/the-casual-critic/interdependency-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism
"Sinners Is Not a Vampire Movie"
"The film’s time structure, folding forward sixty years and back again, reinforces this. Ancestral time does not move in a straight line. The dead are present. The future bleeds into the room. As a viewer and artist who has felt this bleed of time and space in work that draws on ancestors, this moment resembled a tesseract for me."
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https://subscribers.artistmarciax.com/sinners-is-not-a-vampire-movie/
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Book Review: The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang
Linguistics science fiction that isn't just the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis redux...Hook it to my veins.
@chloroform_tea has our release-day review of the book at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/book-review-language-of-liars-by-s-l.html
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My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.
Folk-horror tinged, strange stories of compulsions, sacrifices, and the uncanny, COME SING FOR THE HARROWING is filled with uniquely sinister, striking, & spooky tales. Dan Coxon masterfully weaves stories wrought with atmosphere and ambiguity that leave you pondering and unsettled. (Clash Books)
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Book Review: These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein
Breaking binaries in a future that feels terrifyingly near
Alex Wallace @SpanishSpy has our review at the NOAF blog:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-these-fragile-graces-this.html
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A more positive #blog today. I did a #review of Pluto, an excellent short anime about robots. At a time when all we hear is how AI will either drown us in slop, or take over the world (or both), it's quite nice to engage with an #anime that takes a more old-fashioned approach to robots, while still exploring some fundamental philosophical themes.
It's eight emotionally gut-punching episodes, and I'd certainly recommend it.
https://write.as/the-casual-critic/pluto-teaching-a-robot-to-hate
Book Review: Lessons in Magic and Disaster
A Russian nested doll of stories, characters and relationships, and yes, magic
My review of @charliejane 's book at the NOAF blog:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-lessons-in-magic-and.html
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.
THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER is both a stunning, unique epistolary novel and a subversive, sly nod to the most famous one. Stephen Graham Jones again shows his mastery as a storyteller by crafting a genuine modern Classic filled with Horror, Tragedy, Truth, and Blood. It should be required reading.
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Book Review: Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
Playing with language, tone and contrast to make something that feels familiar and new at the same time.
@chloroform_tea has our review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/05/book-review-harmattan-season-by-tochi.html
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My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror #books far & wide.
THE SKIN WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN is filled with fantastic frights, fables, and fascinations; Craig Wallwork's talent ensures that it applies to both sides of this collection: the dark and the light. That deftness is impressive- even more so with the amount of heart also contained within. (Underbelly Books)
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Book Review: The Works of Vermin, by Hiron Ennes
Dirty, low down, corrupt and lush in the best possible way
Stew has the review at the NOAF blog for your Tuesday
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-works-of-vermin-by-hiron.html
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My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.
A cosmic horror coming-of-age story that is equally terrifying and touching, GOOD BOY is a perfect blend of mystery, monsters, love, and loyalty that is earnest, emotional, & eerie. Neil McRobert has written a truly satisfying, stellar novella filled with Horror AND Heart. (Wild Hunt Books)
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MageGee MK-Box 65% Mechanical Wired Computer Keyboard Review
A comprehensive review of the MageGee MK-Box mechanical computer keyboard covering overview, keycaps, switches, specifications, shortcuts and more.
This reviewer on Audible knows the way to an audiobook narrator's heart! 🥰
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Okay Mastodon, do your thing!
I'm looking for recommendations for audiobooks 😁
Preferably simple enough that I can keep up while doing other stuff at the same time, but not so simple that I get bored,
The last series was Skullduggery Pleasant, if that helps.
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My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.
THE WRITHING, VERDANT END compiles 6 uniquely intense, memorable stories of eco-horror. Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin all contribute eerie, haunting tales where human nature and the natural world clash & fight for survival. Lush writing about terrifying, strange nature(s). (Cursed Morsels)
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Book Review: Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
A tale of two men pulled off the ledge.
@spanishspy.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog
Content warning: this piece deals with both suicide in fiction and disclosure of a real suicide attempt
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/08/book-review-coup-de-grace-by-sofia-ajram.html
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Book Review: Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann
Queer space pirates fighting the mundane evils of AI
Christine Baker , one of our new contributors, has our review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-ignore-all-previous.html
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