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Book 10 of 2025: Indiginerds edited by Alina Pete: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A short but very solid anthology of comics dealing with the intersection of modern indigenous life and nerd interests. Several good stories in here; my personal favorite is Alina Pete’s “Dorvan V”, addressing Star Trek TNG’s colonialist underpinnings and how one fan’s relationship with it changes over their life.
Book 9 of 2025: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Sixth and final Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. As such, not reviewed.
Book 8 of 2025: Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado.
Fifth Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. As such, not reviewed.
Book 7 of 2025: City of Dancing Gargoyles by Tara Campbell
Fourth Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. As such, not reviewed.
Book 6 of 2025: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar.
Third Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. As such, not reviewed.
Book 5 of 2025: Triangulum by Subodhana Wijeyeratne.
Second Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. As such, not reviewed.
Book 4 of 2025: Your Utopia by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur.
First Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. As such, not reviewed.
Book 3 of 2025: Clarkesworld Issue 220, edited by Neil Clarke. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My favorites this issue were “Never Eaten Vegetables” by H.H. Pak, “The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe” by Tia Tashiro, and “Autonomy” by Meg Elison.
This year’s nominees for the Philip K. Dick award were announced today, and I already have my copies! Looking forward to diving in as soon as I’m done with the book I’m currently reading.
YOUR UTOPIA: STORIES by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin Books)
TIME’S AGENT by_ Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom)
THE_ PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)
ALIEN CLAY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
TRIANGULUM by Subodhana Wijeyeratne (Rosarium Publishing)
Amusingly, I only had to order five. I’d picked up Triangulum last year at Norwescon, and just hadn’t gotten around to reading it yet. Guess it’s time!
Book 2 of 2025: Clarkesworld Issue 219, edited by Neil Clarke. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Favorites in this issue were “Souljacker” by Shari Paul, “Driver” by Sameem Siddiqui, and “The Coffee Machine” by Celia Corral-Vásquez.
I realized last week that somehow I got a month behind with my Clarkesworld reading, so this is actually the December issue, and the January issue is coming up next.
