This was nominated for the Hugos as the result of a campaign by the author, which also brought several other controversial nominees to the ballot. I'll have more to say about that when I do my Best Novel category roundup, but for now I'll report that this is not quite as awful a book as Correia's Monster Hunter International. However, it's the last book of a trilogy set in an alternate 1930s where many people have psychic/magical powers and the good ol' US of A gets a gang of misfits together on an airship to smite the Asian foe (the Germans having already been dealt with by a zombie outbreak). I'm not moved to find the first two books.
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Times Squared, by Rick Cross
Second paragraph of third chapter: Kramer had respectfully offered Lethbridge-Stewart the front passenger seat. She sat in the back with Sally and…
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The Last Pharaoh, by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett
Second paragraph of third chapter: The dull stinging sensation of a numb arm woke Tom Niven. He glanced at his watch. It was still stupid…
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Whoniversaries 30 June; and envoi
i) births and deaths 30 June 1978: death of David Ellis, who co-wrote The Faceless Ones (1967) 30 June 2015: death of Edward Burnham, who played…
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