Rating: 5 out of 5 In Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s Winterglass, Nuawa, trained and shaped since birth to destroy the Winter Queen, won a tribute tournament and became the newest officer in her armies. Part of the reason she’s so good at…
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Review: “Mirrorstrike,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
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Review: “Winterglass,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rating: 5 out of 5 Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s Winterglass has one foot in the realm of fairy tale retellings (The Snow Queen), and one foot in fantasy. Sirapirat came under the rule of the Winter Queen 50 years ago, much like…
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Short Take: “You and I Shall Be as Radiant,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rating: 5 out of 5 Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s short story You and I Shall Be as Radiant introduces us to Feilin. She spent 50 years trying to track down a weapon that would save her planet from invasion, and found it…
Review: “Machine’s Last Testament,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rating: 5 out of 5 In Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s brilliant novel Machine’s Last Testament, Suzhen is just a petty bureaucrat. She’s a “selection agent,” who gets to decide which immigrants will get to join society in Anatta. Most immigrants have been…
Short Take: “Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Pros: Fantastic worldbuilding Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s novella Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster takes place in the same world as her book And Shall Machines Surrender [review]. In this story, a woman named Panthida…
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Review: “And Shall Machines Surrender,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Pros: An unusual and delightful world Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s And Shall Machines Surrender reveals a delightfully strange world. Dr. Orfea Leung has arrived at the Shenzhen Dyson sphere, running from her past. She’s a…