a review by Nalini Haynes A mythic tale of Chinese gods, Small Shen explores how Gold and Jade met and later came to work for …
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Contemporary fantasy influenced by Asian mythology
Crowd-sourcing information! I am looking for Australian or at least Western (aka English as a first language) contemporary fantasy influenced by Asian mythology for an …
Continuum 9 Monday: Misappropriations, Dystopias and F**king knights
The three panels I attended on the Monday were Misappropriations, Dystopias and F**king knights, in between wandering around, talking to people, and sitting in the bar …
Cultural Misappropriations panel with added discussion of disability
Jason Franks, Nalini Haynes, N K Jemisin, Stephanie Lai and David Witteveen as moderator discussed “How should you approach the portrayal of cultures other than …
Racebending and raceface in the 21st Century: discussion
a Continuum 9 panel, posted here to facilitate discussion Liz Barr, N. K. Jemisin and Stephanie Lai talked about “The Last Airbender, Cloud Atlas, Earthsea, …
Fall-out from N K Jemisin’s Continuum 9 GoH speech
On Saturday N.K. Jemisin delivered an intelligent, thoughtful speech calling for reconciliation and a better future where all of SFFdom and broader society would be …
Map of the Sky by Felix J Palma
a review by Elizabeth Manthos The Map of the Sky, the sequel to Felix J Palma’s bestselling novel, The Map of Time, followed once again author …
Huntress by Malinda Lo
a review by Nalini Haynes Huntress is a prequel to Ash, Malinda Lo‘s first novel, but set hundreds of years earlier. Kaede and Taisin are …
Ash by Malinda Lo
a review by Nalini Haynes Ash is a Cinderella story set in a fantasy world with a strong resemblance to the movie Ever After without some …
Eona by Alison Goodman
a review by Nalini Haynes Eona is part two of a duology by Alison Goodman. I already reviewed Eon, the first in the duology. I …
Eon by Alison Goodman
a review by Nalini Haynes Eon has been taken away from his family by a master who intends to train him to be a Dragoneye, …
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
a commentary by Nalini Haynes Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor begins with Sunny, an albino Nigerian born in the US but living in Nigeria, who discovers …
Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
a review by Nalini Haynes Madman describes Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror: “16-year-old Haruka is on a mission to find her mirror—a precious childhood …
Tights and Tiaras: next best thing
If you’ve been following Dark Matter for any length of time, you’ve probably read posts referring to a conference I attended at Monash University last …
Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan
a review by Elizabeth Vinton I am an avid collector of weird tales, especially those of the supernatural and own quite a few good collections. Recently …