Blog à partSep 4, 2025

Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part –

« Rumor Has It », de Cat Rambo

Poursuivis par un pirate vindicatif, l’équipage du You Sexy Thing fait escalel. Mais bien entendu, rien ne va se passer comme prévu dans Rumor Has It, de Cat Rambo.

#CatRambo #extraTerrestres #PlanèteSF #scienceFiction #spaceOpera

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Blog à partAug 28, 2025

Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part –

« Devil’s Gun », de Cat Rambo

Après avoir échappé aux pirates, Niko, son équipe et le vaisseau You Sexy Thing doivent se réinventer dans Devil’s Gun, deuxième tome de la série de Cat Rambo.

#CatRambo #extraTerrestres #PlanèteSF #scienceFiction #spaceOpera

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Blog à partAug 7, 2025

Aujourd'hui sur Blog à part –

« You Sexy Thing », de Cat Rambo

Ils étaient soldats, ils sont devenus restaurateurs, les voici fugitifs à bord d’un vaisseau spatial vivant. Bienvenue dans You Sexy Thing, de Cat Rambo!

#CatRambo #cuisine #extraTerrestres #PlanèteSF #scienceFiction #spaceOpera

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Starr KNov 9, 2024

#scifimonth2024 day 08: Aye aye captain! To be honest, this book is pretty forgettable. But I remember really liking Niko- fairly certain she’s the reason I finished the book. So if I had to serve under any space captain, I’d pick Niko.

This prompt made me realize I need more space faring sci-fi in my life.

#catrambo #yousexything

Paul SemelSep 23, 2024
In my new interview with author Cat Rambo, we discuss their new hopepunk- and military fantasy-infused sci-fi space opera novel "Rumor Has It," the third book in their ongoing "Disco Space Opera" series.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-rumor-has-it-author-cat-rambo/
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#CatRambo #CatRamboInterview #CatRamboRumorHasIt #CatRamboRumorHasItInterview #CatRamboDiscoSpaceOpera #CatRamboYouSexyThing #CatRamboDevilsGun #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SciFiBooks #SpaceOpera
Exclusive Interview: "Rumor Has It" Author Cat Rambo ... .

Exclusive Interview: "Rumor Has It" Author Cat Rambo \ In which they talk about this sci-fi space opera novel.

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Paul SemelAug 7, 2024
There's a lot mercenaries can do when they retire: sleep, eat, golf... But in Cat Rambo's "Disco Space Opera" series, they open a restaurant…and still get into trouble. In this exclusive Q&A, Rambo discusses the 2nd installment, "Devil's Gun," which is now in paperback.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-devils-gun-author-cat-rambo/
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#CatRambo #CatRamboInterview #CatRamboDevilsGun #CatRamboDevilsGunInterview #CatRamboYouSexyThing #CatRamboRumorHasIt #CatRamboDiscoSpaceOpera #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera
Exclusive Interview: "Devil's Gun" Author Cat Rambo ... .

Exclusive Interview: "Devil's Gun" Author Cat Rambo \ In which she talks about this hopepunk science fiction space opera novel.

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Paul SemelJan 4, 2024
While we don't know where crime, its prevention, or its investigation will go in the future, it's fun to imagine. And even more fun to read short stories by those who are really good at imagining. Here's the link to my interview with Jennifer Brozek and Cat Rambo, editors of the criminally-minded sci-fi short story anthology, “The Reinvented Detective.”
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-reinvented-detective-editors-jennifer-brozek-cat-rambo/
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#JenniferBrozek #JenniferBrozekInterview #CatRambo #CatRamboInterview #SciFi #ScienceFiction
Exclusive Interview: "The Reinvented Detective" Editors Jennifer Brozek & Cat Rambo ... .

Exclusive Interview: "The Reinvented Detective" Editors Jennifer Brozek & Cat Rambo \ In which they discuss this sci-fi crime anthology.

paulsemel.com
November GrauJul 15, 2023
Just finished the first volume of Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, an anthology by Mike Allen. This one came out in 2008, and is very loosely themed around fire, gears and resurrection, with an unconventional introduction about a phoenix and a magical train.

The line-up of contributing authors (or "pinions" as Allen calls them), features many of the decade's big names in SFF and horror. Catherynne Valente's "The City of Blind Delight" is most closely tied to the themes and has the rich multisensory charm for which she is known. The Cats Rambo ("The Drew Drop Coffee Lounge") and Sparks ("Palisade") both make fine appearances, and Tanith Lee provides a characteristically glamorous look at another world where all the gender and sex stuff has Gone A Bit Wrong ("The Woman"), though not without a few silver linings!

There are a lot of dystopias here, and though in most cases the promised element of beauty is certainly there, as the anthology proceeded through one awful future or parallel world after another I did struggle with the downbeat vibe. There are also a couple of high fantasy numbers that have dated badly, both as regards shallow depiction of women and/or rape and in terms of general cliched style (though I guess anyone who deliberately reads a story called "Choosers of the Slain" deserves what they get).

My favourite stories were both set in what is pessimistically referred to as the "real world": Michael J. DeLuca's "The Tarrying Messenger", about a self-righteous student on a cycling tour who comes upon a strange form of evangelism in the Arizona desert, has beautiful writing of a kind that seems to have fallen from fashion lately, and which draws a strong feeling of magic from sharp observations of places and buildings (and, of course, people). I also liked "The Occultation", an early one by Laird Barron. Like many Europeans I am a bit obsessed with American motel culture, especially when things get ghostly.

And finally Leah Bobet's "Bell, Book and Candle" also deserves a mention. None of the main characters in it are truly human but Bobet makes the reader identify with them as if they were, while still keeping their essential otherness and weirdness intact. That's difficult to achieve - so difficult, in fact, that I tend to avoid books with casts of non-human characters.

Anyway, although I'm by no means a fan of all speculative fiction - I skew towards horror and dark fantasy - the quality in most of these stories is high, there's plenty of variety, and I sense I will be reviewing more of these books in future! I also recommend ordering directly from Mythic Delirium: mine crossed the Atlantic impressively fast and with a signed dedication!

https://mythicdelirium.com/clockwork-phoenix-tales-of-beauty-and-strangeness

#MikeAllen #LairdBarron #LeahBobet #CatSparks #CatRambo #CatherynneValente #TanithLee #MichaelJDeLuca

#Horror #Fantasy #HorrorReviews
CLOCKWORK PHOENIX: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness • Mythic Delirium Books

The first volume in the acclaimed CLOCKWORK PHOENIX anthology series, gathering difficult to classify stories with elements of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Mythic Delirium Books
SonnenbarkeJul 15, 2023
Just finished the first volume of Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, an anthology by Mike Allen. This one came out in 2008, and is very loosely themed around fire, gears and resurrection, with an unconventional introduction about a phoenix and a magical train.

The line-up of contributing authors (or "pinions" as Allen calls them), features many of the decade's big names in SFF and horror. Catherynne Valente's "The City of Blind Delight" is most closely tied to the themes and has the rich multisensory charm for which she is known. The Cats Rambo ("The Drew Drop Coffee Lounge") and Sparks ("Palisade") both make fine appearances, and Tanith Lee provides a characteristically glamorous look at another world where all the gender and sex stuff has Gone A Bit Wrong ("The Woman"), though not without a few silver linings!

There are a lot of dystopias here, and though in most cases the promised element of beauty is certainly there, as the anthology proceeded through one awful future or parallel world after another I did struggle with the downbeat vibe. There are also a couple of high fantasy numbers that have dated badly, both as regards shallow depiction of women and/or rape and in terms of general cliched style (though I guess anyone who deliberately reads a story called "Choosers of the Slain" deserves what they get).

My favourite stories were both set in what is pessimistically referred to as the "real world": Michael J. DeLuca's "The Tarrying Messenger", about a self-righteous student on a cycling tour who comes upon a strange form of evangelism in the Arizona desert, has beautiful writing of a kind that seems to have fallen from fashion lately, and which draws a strong feeling of magic from beautiful, sharp observations of places and buildings (and, of course, people). And I also liked "The Occultation", an early one by Laird Barron. Like many Europeans I am a bit obsessed with American motel culture, especially when things get ghostly.

And finally Leah Bobet's "Bell, Book and Candle" also deserves a mention. None of the main characters in it are truly human but Bobet makes the reader identify with them as if they were, while still keeping their essential otherness and weirdness intact. That's difficult to achieve - so difficult, in fact, that I tend to avoid books with casts of non-human characters.

Anyway, although I'm by no means a fan of all speculative fiction - I skew towards horror and dark fantasy - the quality in most of these stories is high, there's plenty of variety, and I sense I will be reviewing more of these books in future! I also recommend ordering directly from Mythic Delirium: mine crossed the Atlantic impressively fast and with a signed dedication!

https://mythicdelirium.com/clockwork-phoenix-tales-of-beauty-and-strangeness

#MikeAllen #LairdBarron #LeahBobet #CatSparks #CatRambo #CatherynneValente #TanithLee #MichaelJDeLuca

#Horror #Fantasy #HorrorReviews
CLOCKWORK PHOENIX: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness • Mythic Delirium Books

The first volume in the acclaimed CLOCKWORK PHOENIX anthology series, gathering difficult to classify stories with elements of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Mythic Delirium Books
Jack Iwashyna 🫁Mar 19, 2023

So I have just discovered #CatRambo, and think their guidelines for critique writing are quite useful

http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/2014/01/31/how-to-critique-best-practices-for-workshopping/

How to Critique: Best Practices for Workshopping | The World Remains Mysterious

The World Remains Mysterious - The Weblog of Cat Rambo