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caitcoy's review
3.0
After earning a doctorate in theoretical physics, the narrator returns to the haunted house of his youth which has always stayed in his mind. As a bullied eight-year old, it had terrified him but maybe now he can pin down the truth of it.
This is creepy, occasionally disturbing little story about the kinds of fears you have as a child and facing both that and the new ones as you grow older. And about the kinds of choices you might make if you could. It's intriguing even if the ending felt a bit too...pat.
This is creepy, occasionally disturbing little story about the kinds of fears you have as a child and facing both that and the new ones as you grow older. And about the kinds of choices you might make if you could. It's intriguing even if the ending felt a bit too...pat.
doodeedoda's review against another edition
How to Talk to Ghosts - R.F. Kuang
21/01/2023
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to-talk-to-ghosts/
21/01/2023
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to-talk-to-ghosts/
bookaneer's review against another edition
2.0
Individual ratings:
"Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs ** (what's the story? Ending came out of nowhere.)
"I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise" by Sarah Pinsker ** (not sure why this is fiction)
"And Yet" by A. T. Greenblatt *** (interesting)
"Pistol Grip" by Vina Jie-Min Prasad * (disappointing)
"How to Talk to Ghosts" by R.F. Kuang **** (familiar yet has a poignant message)
"Like a River Loves the Sky" by Emma Törzs ** (what's the story? Ending came out of nowhere.)
"I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise" by Sarah Pinsker ** (not sure why this is fiction)
"And Yet" by A. T. Greenblatt *** (interesting)
"Pistol Grip" by Vina Jie-Min Prasad * (disappointing)
"How to Talk to Ghosts" by R.F. Kuang **** (familiar yet has a poignant message)
secre's review against another edition
3.0
Once more, this is definitely a mixed bag, although I enjoyed it more than Issue 18 and I don't think it was because I didn't pay for this one. In terms of the fiction, there are some amazingly strong pieces here... but there are also some which are just weird or uninteresting. My favourite would have to be The Testimony of Dragon's Teeth which is a wonderful tale of witchcraft and darkness in a contemporary setting. Close contenders however would be Like a River Loves the Sky, Old Habits and The Howling Detective, which are two very different reads but both exceptionally well done.
My problem is really that I just didn't get on with either I Frequenty Hear the Music in the Very Heart of noise or Pistol Grip, finding the first so tedius that I couldn't finish it and the second just warped. It's five pages long and yet the first page is dedicated to the graphic sexual act between android and human... with a pistol grip. The poetry also didn't grab me, instewad I just found it rather pretentious. There is an excellent piece on talking to ghosts which is written as non fiction, and that alone would receive five stars. But as the rest was of limited value to me, this cannot be the rating for the issue as a whole...
My problem is really that I just didn't get on with either I Frequenty Hear the Music in the Very Heart of noise or Pistol Grip, finding the first so tedius that I couldn't finish it and the second just warped. It's five pages long and yet the first page is dedicated to the graphic sexual act between android and human... with a pistol grip. The poetry also didn't grab me, instewad I just found it rather pretentious. There is an excellent piece on talking to ghosts which is written as non fiction, and that alone would receive five stars. But as the rest was of limited value to me, this cannot be the rating for the issue as a whole...
villyidol's review against another edition
4.0
***And Yet by A.T. Greenblatt***
You‘re a 28 year old physicist specializing in quantum mechanics and multiverse theory, returning to that haunted house full of pocket universes, 20 years on from that one fateful day of your childhood, when your brother had that terrible accident.
After all those years you came back, looking for a groundbreaking scientific discovery. You might find something else.
This haunted house story, told in second person, is more sci-fi than horror. It’s a little creepy nevertheless and most of all very absorbing.
Well written, interesting narrator, even had me smiling a little towards the end. Very nice conclusion, without being overly reliant on a clever twist.
2018 Nebula finalist for Best Short Story.
Can be read here.
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Best Novel
• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• [b: The Poppy War|35068705|The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)|R.F. Kuang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1515691735l/35068705._SY75_.jpg|56364137] by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• [b: Blackfish City|35068768|Blackfish City|Sam J. Miller|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498846831l/35068768._SY75_.jpg|56364196] by Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
• [b: Spinning Silver|36896898|Spinning Silver|Naomi Novik|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1513872748l/36896898._SX50_.jpg|58657620] by Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
• [b: Witchmark|36187110|Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1)|C.L. Polk|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1505338133l/36187110._SY75_.jpg|57809962] by C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
• [b: Trail of Lightning|36373298|Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)|Rebecca Roanhorse|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1515788168l/36373298._SY75_.jpg|52833355] by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
Best Novella
• [b: Fire Ant|39359011|Fire Ant (The Navy of Humanity Wasp Squadron Book 1)|Jonathan P. Brazee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1521857259l/39359011._SY75_.jpg|61026637] by Jonathan P. Brazee (Semper Fi)
• The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• [b: Alice Payne Arrives|39332603|Alice Payne Arrives (Alice Payne, #1)|Kate Heartfield|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528836131l/39332603._SY75_.jpg|60961729] by Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing)
• [b: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach|36187158|Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach|Kelly Robson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1506531524l/36187158._SY75_.jpg|57810004] by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novelette
• [b: The Only Harmless Great Thing|34659272|The Only Harmless Great Thing|Brooke Bolander|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518069202l/34659272._SY75_.jpg|55823786] by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
• [b: The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections|40381419|The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections|Tina Connolly|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1555252289l/40381419._SY75_.jpg|62680201] by Tina Connolly (Tor.com 7/11/18)
• [b: An Agent of Utopia|40606635|An Agent of Utopia|Andy Duncan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529627726l/40606635._SY75_.jpg|63072096] by Andy Duncan (An Agent of Utopia)
• The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births by José Pablo Iriarte (Lightspeed 1/18)
• [b: The Rule of Three|43243212|Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 1|Alex Shvartsman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544913470l/43243212._SY75_.jpg|68602299] by Lawrence M. Schoen (Future Science Fiction Digest 12/18)
• Messenger by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R.R. Virdi (Expanding Universe, Volume 4)
Best Short Story
• Interview for the End of the World by Rhett C. Bruno (Bridge Across the Stars)
• The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)
• Going Dark by Richard Fox (Backblast Area Clear)
• And Yet by A.T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 3-4/18)
• A Witch’s Guide To Escape: A Practical Compendium Of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/6/18)
• The Court Magician by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 1/18)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)
• [b: Aru Shah and the End of Time|36222611|Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet, #1)|Roshani Chokshi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1506615949l/36222611._SX50_.jpg|56242795] by Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents)
• [b: A Light in the Dark|40642087|A Light in the Dark (Dark Stars, #2)|A.K. DuBoff|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529941117l/40642087._SY75_.jpg|67703731] by A.K. Du Boff (BDL)
• [b: Tess of the Road|35046472|Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)|Rachel Hartman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1503599285l/35046472._SY75_.jpg|53793345] by Rachel Hartman (Random House)
• [b: Dread Nation|30223025|Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)|Justina Ireland|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1497900615l/30223025._SY75_.jpg|50676909] by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• [b: Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword|35343338|Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword|Henry Lien|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519050297l/35343338._SY75_.jpg|49856893] by Henry Lien (Henry Holt)
Only idiots go back to the haunted houses of their childhood. And yet.
You‘re a 28 year old physicist specializing in quantum mechanics and multiverse theory, returning to that haunted house full of pocket universes, 20 years on from that one fateful day of your childhood, when your brother had that terrible accident.
After all those years you came back, looking for a groundbreaking scientific discovery. You might find something else.
The secrets of the universe are a locked door and you might have the key. That is, if the house doesn’t kill you first.
This haunted house story, told in second person, is more sci-fi than horror. It’s a little creepy nevertheless and most of all very absorbing.
Well written, interesting narrator, even had me smiling a little towards the end. Very nice conclusion, without being overly reliant on a clever twist.
2018 Nebula finalist for Best Short Story.
Can be read here.
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2018 Nebula Award Finalists
Best Novel
• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• [b: The Poppy War|35068705|The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)|R.F. Kuang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1515691735l/35068705._SY75_.jpg|56364137] by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• [b: Blackfish City|35068768|Blackfish City|Sam J. Miller|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498846831l/35068768._SY75_.jpg|56364196] by Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
• [b: Spinning Silver|36896898|Spinning Silver|Naomi Novik|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1513872748l/36896898._SX50_.jpg|58657620] by Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
• [b: Witchmark|36187110|Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1)|C.L. Polk|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1505338133l/36187110._SY75_.jpg|57809962] by C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
• [b: Trail of Lightning|36373298|Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)|Rebecca Roanhorse|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1515788168l/36373298._SY75_.jpg|52833355] by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
Best Novella
• [b: Fire Ant|39359011|Fire Ant (The Navy of Humanity Wasp Squadron Book 1)|Jonathan P. Brazee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1521857259l/39359011._SY75_.jpg|61026637] by Jonathan P. Brazee (Semper Fi)
• The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)
• [b: Alice Payne Arrives|39332603|Alice Payne Arrives (Alice Payne, #1)|Kate Heartfield|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1528836131l/39332603._SY75_.jpg|60961729] by Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing)
• [b: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach|36187158|Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach|Kelly Robson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1506531524l/36187158._SY75_.jpg|57810004] by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)
• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
Best Novelette
• [b: The Only Harmless Great Thing|34659272|The Only Harmless Great Thing|Brooke Bolander|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518069202l/34659272._SY75_.jpg|55823786] by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
• [b: The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections|40381419|The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections|Tina Connolly|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1555252289l/40381419._SY75_.jpg|62680201] by Tina Connolly (Tor.com 7/11/18)
• [b: An Agent of Utopia|40606635|An Agent of Utopia|Andy Duncan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529627726l/40606635._SY75_.jpg|63072096] by Andy Duncan (An Agent of Utopia)
• The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births by José Pablo Iriarte (Lightspeed 1/18)
• [b: The Rule of Three|43243212|Future Science Fiction Digest Issue 1|Alex Shvartsman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544913470l/43243212._SY75_.jpg|68602299] by Lawrence M. Schoen (Future Science Fiction Digest 12/18)
• Messenger by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R.R. Virdi (Expanding Universe, Volume 4)
Best Short Story
• Interview for the End of the World by Rhett C. Bruno (Bridge Across the Stars)
• The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)
• Going Dark by Richard Fox (Backblast Area Clear)
• And Yet by A.T. Greenblatt (Uncanny 3-4/18)
• A Witch’s Guide To Escape: A Practical Compendium Of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/6/18)
• The Court Magician by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 1/18)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)
• [b: Aru Shah and the End of Time|36222611|Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet, #1)|Roshani Chokshi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1506615949l/36222611._SX50_.jpg|56242795] by Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents)
• [b: A Light in the Dark|40642087|A Light in the Dark (Dark Stars, #2)|A.K. DuBoff|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529941117l/40642087._SY75_.jpg|67703731] by A.K. Du Boff (BDL)
• [b: Tess of the Road|35046472|Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)|Rachel Hartman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1503599285l/35046472._SY75_.jpg|53793345] by Rachel Hartman (Random House)
• [b: Dread Nation|30223025|Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)|Justina Ireland|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1497900615l/30223025._SY75_.jpg|50676909] by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• [b: Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword|35343338|Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword|Henry Lien|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519050297l/35343338._SY75_.jpg|49856893] by Henry Lien (Henry Holt)
kristamccracken's review against another edition
5.0
Loved! My favorite parts of this issue included:
Fiction:
"And Yet" by A. T. Greenblatt, "The Testimony of Dragon's Teeth" by Sarah Monette, "Old Habits" by Nalo Hopkinson.
Nonfiction :
"How to Talk to Ghosts" by R.F. Kuang (Seriously go read this now - it was amazing).
Poetry
"The Sea Never Says It Loves You" by Fran Wilde and "The Fairies in the Crawlspace" by Beth Cato
Fiction:
"And Yet" by A. T. Greenblatt, "The Testimony of Dragon's Teeth" by Sarah Monette, "Old Habits" by Nalo Hopkinson.
Nonfiction :
"How to Talk to Ghosts" by R.F. Kuang (Seriously go read this now - it was amazing).
Poetry
"The Sea Never Says It Loves You" by Fran Wilde and "The Fairies in the Crawlspace" by Beth Cato
birdmanseven's review against another edition
4.0
This was a very effective twist on a haunted house story.
We discuss this and other Nebula nominees on this episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-195-nebula-award-and-batmans-80th
We discuss this and other Nebula nominees on this episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-195-nebula-award-and-batmans-80th
bailym's review against another edition
Placeholder for "I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise," by Sarah Pinsker.
cathepsut's review against another edition
Review for: And Yet by A. T. Greenblatt, 4.620 words, ~10 pages, ★★★¾☆
“Only idiots go back to the haunted houses of their childhood. And yet.“
A Haunted House. Or rather a house with doors leading to parallel universes. Lovely ending, but generally not my kind of thing.
2018 Nebula Award Finalists / Short Story
Can be read for free here: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/and-yet/
Author‘s website: https://atgreenblatt.com
Update May 2019: Fixed merged review.
“Only idiots go back to the haunted houses of their childhood. And yet.“
A Haunted House. Or rather a house with doors leading to parallel universes. Lovely ending, but generally not my kind of thing.
2018 Nebula Award Finalists / Short Story
Can be read for free here: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/and-yet/
Author‘s website: https://atgreenblatt.com
Update May 2019: Fixed merged review.