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About Roseanna

A London-based reviewer mainly interested in scifi and fantasy, but occasionally prone to dabble in historical and mythological fiction. Currently an editor at Hugo and Ignyte award-winning fanzine Nerds of a Feather. When not reading, can be found playing rugby, collecting too many crafting hobbies or attempting to learn how to fight with a longsword.

A Granite Silence – Nina Allan

Posted on 27/07/2025 by Roseanna

I don’t always take notes when I read; it’s usually a thing for when I start a book with the intention of reviewing it. But despite having absolutely no such intention with A Granite Silence – I picked it up … Continue reading →

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Hugo Short Fiction Roundup

Posted on 22/07/2025 by Roseanna

Cutting it close to the wire this year, but I have now finished the Hugo finalists for Best Short Story and Best Novelette. They were… quite different, as shortlists go. Let’s start with Novelette, which I think has a pretty … Continue reading →

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A Path Through the Landscape: A Journey Into Fantasy

Posted on 20/07/2025 by Roseanna

This is a story of my route through fantasy. It’s not the only story I could tell – there are so many books I’ve read, and so many narratives I could choose to impose on them. But this is the … Continue reading →

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Six from Six – First Half of 2025

Posted on 29/06/2025 by Roseanna

The halfway point of 2025 approaches! Of the forty-nine books I’ve read in 2025 so far, there have been seven 5 star reads – this is, for me, unusual (though it does make it easier to cut down for a … Continue reading →

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Hugo Novella Roundup

Posted on 16/06/2025 by Roseanna

I’m not going to split out my Hugo Novella ballot discussion this year into separate posts, but handle it all as one. Part of that is because I’ve already reviewed several of them, another part because I cannot read one … Continue reading →

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Alien Clay – Adrian Tchaikovsky

Posted on 07/06/2025 by Roseanna

The sixth and final Hugo nominee for Best Novel, and I’ve saved… if not the best, then certainly one of the contenders for last. It’s a thoughtful, dark, critical and sometimes genuinely funny take on biology, politics and the futility … Continue reading →

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Someone You Can Build a Nest In – John Wiswell

Posted on 24/05/2025 by Roseanna

This was a difficult review to write. Not because of any internal struggle with speaking my truth or anything – I’m sure we’d all be better off if I did a little less of that – but because uncomplicatedly good … Continue reading →

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Γνῶθι σεαυτόματον, or rather, don’t – Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Posted on 16/05/2025 by Roseanna

What is the appeal of a character who does not know themself? There’s clearly something in it, in seeing emotions in someone resolutely determined they don’t have them – it’s a character arc I’ve seen plenty of in a variety … Continue reading →

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The Tainted Cup – Robert Jackson Bennett

Posted on 02/05/2025 by Roseanna

Hugo season is upon us, which means “Roseanna hastily reads a bunch of things to try to be a good voting citizen” season is also even more upon us. Over the next few weeks I’m going to trying to get … Continue reading →

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A Path Through the Landscape: My Own Route Through Science Fiction

Posted on 27/04/2025 by Roseanna

I recently did a review for Nerds of a Feather of Paul Kincaid’s new collection, Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction. In the collection, much is made of the multiplicity of the field, its fuzzy boundaries and its many … Continue reading →

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