Subjective Chaos
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Subjective Chaos 2020: the Results
As we all know this has been a funny old year but even with all of that noise we (the agents of Subjective Chaos) have been battling our own demons to get the books read and to argue about our favourites. Congratulations to all of our winners: Fantasy: Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri Science Fiction: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Blurred Boundaries: Godhunter by David Mogo Novella: The Deep by Rivers Solomon Short Story: The Migration Suite: A study in C Sharp Minor by Maurice Broaddus Series: Rosewater Trilogy by Tade Thompson
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Review: This is How to Lose the Time War by Amal Al-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
I feel like everyone else that I know has already read this and loved it but I have just absorbed it and I have feelings that I simply must share. Gosh I loved this novella. Its poetic and epic and visceral and it really got to me in a way that I didn’t expect. Red is an operative of the agency she is aware that there is an enemy operative who is trailing her and she feels that she has finally met her match. One encounter Red finds a letter from her opponent, reads it and then decides to continue the correspondance at great risk to both of them.…
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Review: To be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers
This novella is a long slow punch to the gut. I adore Becky Chambers writing I have loved her Wayfarers sequence and whilst this is not part of that universe it shares enough DNA that it feels similar. Ariadne, Chikondi, Elena and Jack are crew members on a mission from Earth to travel to four different envrionments on moons and planets for science! As ever with Chambers work there is a quiet humanity to her work where hope and doing things for the joy of them are celebrated and the work that four people undertake as well as how they interact and manage to get on. The emotional is…
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Subjective Chaos Nominations 2020
Subjective Chaos has started and these are the works that have been nomintated by the group. I’m really excited because I’m going to be reading outside my comfort zone and I’ll be reading some shorter fiction when I tend to read for novels for preference. Come with me on this journey for I shall not be sleeping as look at what we have nominated…. Best Short Fiction This Book Will Find You by Sam Beckbessinger, Lauren Beukes & Dale Halvorsen (The Outcast Hours edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin) Doll Seed by Michele Tracy Berger (Fiyah Magazine Issue 11) The Migration Suite: A Study in C Sharp Minor by…
