Hugos: The God engines by John Scalzi
May. 24th, 2010 03:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrThis is deliciously absurd (but not funny), about starships powered by enslaved gods. I have a huge soft spot for sf which takes supernatural phenomenon seriously in the right way, so that you actually believe there's a consistent logic behind it all without losing sense of cool that makes fantastic elements worth writing about in the first place.
Not a perfect novella, but I found it a gripping read. Quite dark and violent, in the way I like but it's not going to be to everyone's tastes.
EDIT: Heh. Am reading the sample chapters of "The Secret Feminist Cabal", written by local fan Helen Merrick, and was put off on the first page by the use of the word "cookies". Don't given into American cultural imperialism, Helen! Biscuits and tea for all!
EDIT 2: So like ten of you comment on the cookies and not one of you thinks to mention that the title of this post was about the Hugis. Man, I suck at typing.
Not a perfect novella, but I found it a gripping read. Quite dark and violent, in the way I like but it's not going to be to everyone's tastes.
EDIT: Heh. Am reading the sample chapters of "The Secret Feminist Cabal", written by local fan Helen Merrick, and was put off on the first page by the use of the word "cookies". Don't given into American cultural imperialism, Helen! Biscuits and tea for all!
EDIT 2: So like ten of you comment on the cookies and not one of you thinks to mention that the title of this post was about the Hugis. Man, I suck at typing.
