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WIRE MOTHER
By Isabel J. Kim
- Wow!!! This is a powerful statement on AI, digital personas and where we could be headed in the future. And the ending! A huge punch with very few words. For me, this is the likely winner. (But one more to read before I officially decide)
— May 09, 2026 12:52PM
By Isabel J. Kim
- Wow!!! This is a powerful statement on AI, digital personas and where we could be headed in the future. And the ending! A huge punch with very few words. For me, this is the likely winner. (But one more to read before I officially decide)
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SIX PEOPLE TO REVISE YOU
By J. R. Dawson
I had already been anticipating Dawson’s upcoming novel this summer. Not only because it’s a queer romance; but because I don’t read a lot of contemporary fiction and it actually sounded good. So I’m not surprised to find a story by them on this year’s Hugo list; even if it’s a short story. A poignant, emotional little story. With a perfect ending.
— May 09, 2026 10:09PM
By J. R. Dawson
I had already been anticipating Dawson’s upcoming novel this summer. Not only because it’s a queer romance; but because I don’t read a lot of contemporary fiction and it actually sounded good. So I’m not surprised to find a story by them on this year’s Hugo list; even if it’s a short story. A poignant, emotional little story. With a perfect ending.
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MISSING HELEN
By Tia Tashiro
- A very interesting and clever idea. I often wonder if we didn’t ban cloning so early how might it have shaped our world. Seeing internet, AI, and basic other technologies shape the world around us; and even ourselves its nature to wonder what if? Tia Tashiro certainly makes you wonder about what a copy of yourself might get up to and how you might compare or, more importantly, differ
— May 09, 2026 04:04AM
By Tia Tashiro
- A very interesting and clever idea. I often wonder if we didn’t ban cloning so early how might it have shaped our world. Seeing internet, AI, and basic other technologies shape the world around us; and even ourselves its nature to wonder what if? Tia Tashiro certainly makes you wonder about what a copy of yourself might get up to and how you might compare or, more importantly, differ
Mel (Epic Reading)
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LASER EYES AIN’T EVERYTHING
By Effie Seiberg
- a sharp strike at ableism and the fight for accessibility. I love the logical argument made in the end. In fact we might need a literal Dr. Croc to start smashing to create change… and that’s not metaphorical smashing that’s overt obvious broken concrete and buildings… Effie Seiberg might be onto something.
— May 08, 2026 10:10PM
By Effie Seiberg
- a sharp strike at ableism and the fight for accessibility. I love the logical argument made in the end. In fact we might need a literal Dr. Croc to start smashing to create change… and that’s not metaphorical smashing that’s overt obvious broken concrete and buildings… Effie Seiberg might be onto something.
Mel (Epic Reading)
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IN MY COUNTRY
By Thomas Ha
- There are no kings. Yet there are king like people. This is an amazing commentary, without ever saying so, on the United States future if it stays on its current course. Clever, brilliant, and all around saying one thing without ever saying anything at all.
— May 08, 2026 09:54PM
By Thomas Ha
- There are no kings. Yet there are king like people. This is an amazing commentary, without ever saying so, on the United States future if it stays on its current course. Clever, brilliant, and all around saying one thing without ever saying anything at all.
Mel (Epic Reading)
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1) 10 Vision of the Future by Samantha Mills
- Amazing!!! Love the despair parallel to the hope, the suffering side by side with love, and the overall answer that we can’t control our circumstances only how we react and who we do it with.
Now I really need to get to her novel which has been on my TBR for some time.
— May 08, 2026 09:53PM
- Amazing!!! Love the despair parallel to the hope, the suffering side by side with love, and the overall answer that we can’t control our circumstances only how we react and who we do it with.
Now I really need to get to her novel which has been on my TBR for some time.
Mel (Epic Reading)
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I’m using this ‘book’ as my placeholder to count the six nominated short stories for the Hugo’s I am reading. Got the nominee package the other day and want to read as many as I can to ensure I vote accordingly.
— May 08, 2026 09:53PM
