The N3F Review of Books, Incorporating Prose Bono
Professor George Phillies, D.Sc., Editor
September 2022
Fiction
2 … A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine … Review by Perry Middlemiss
2 … All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven … Review by Perry Middlemiss
2 … All the Sounds of Fear by Harlan Ellison … Review by Perry Middlemiss
3 … The Book Club by J.H. Nadler … Review by Jason P. Hunt
5 … The Butlerian Jihad by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert … Review by Graham Bradley
6 … Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi … Review by Chris Nuttall
8 … The Dragon Proofed House by L.E. Henderson … Review by Jim McCoy
10 … Dangerous Visions #1 edited by Harlan Ellison … Review by Heath Row
11 … Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky … Review by Perry Middlemiss
12 … Hail Mary Project by Andy Weir … Review by Perry Middlemiss
12 … If It Bleeds by Stephen King … Review by Jon D. Swartz
14 … Imaginary Friends by Arlene F. Marks … Reviewed by Robert Runté
15 … Lisey’s Story by Stephen King … Review by Perry Middlemiss
15 … Me, Myself, and Bob by Phil Vischer … Review by Pat Patterson
17 … Metaphysical Machines/Maquinas Metafisicas by Heinzy Cruz … Review by Heath Row
18 … Other Rhodes by Sarah A. Hoyt … Review by Pat Patterson
19 … The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente … Review by Perry Middlemiss
19 … Penance by Paula Richey … Review by Declan Finn
21 … The Seance by John Harwood … Review by Perry Middlemiss
23 … Semper Paratus: An Anthology of the Apocalypse edited by Jamie Ibson and Chris Kennedy
… Review by Pat Patterson
24 … The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin … Review by Chris Nuttall
27 … Sleepless Hollow by Graham Bradley … Review by Michael Gallagher
29 … Songs That the Astral Crickets Shall Sing by Luis G. Abbadie … Review by Heath Row
30 … A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow … Review by Perry Middlemiss
Non-Fiction
31 … The Life & Art of Dave Cockrum by Glen Cadigan … Review by Heath Row
32 … The Story of Batman by Charles Lee Jackson II … Review by Heath Row
32 … The Story of Superman by Charles Lee Jackson II … Review by Heath Row
33 … What Is Dungeons and Dragons? by John Butterfield, Philip Parker, and David Honigmann
… Review by Heath Row
Literary Criticism
35 … The 2022 Hugos: How I Voted and Why by Tom Feller, with reviews of:
Novels
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir—
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers—
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark—
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine—
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki—
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan—
Novellas
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire—
Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky—
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard—
The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente—
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers—
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow—
Novelettes
Bots of the Lost Ark by Suzanne Palmer—
Colors of the Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim—
L’Esprit de L’Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente—
O2 Arena by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki—
That Story Isn’t the Story by John Wiswell—
Unseelie Brothers, Ltd. By Fran Wilde—
Short Stories
Mr. Death by Alix E. Harrow—
Proof by Induction by Jose Pablo Iriate—
The Sin of America by Catherynne M. Valente—
Tangles by Seanan McGuire—
Unknown Number by Blue Neustifter—
Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker—
Lodestar Award for Young Adult Novel (Not a Hugo)
Chaos on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer—
Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders—
Prose Bono
46 … How To Anthology: Part 1 by Cedar Sanderson
48 … Work vs. Writing by Becky Jones
49 … Style vs. Knowledge A. C. Cargill