I'm on a roll! Here's another blog post, some small good things from this weekend.

Adding #bookstodon because the post includes a plug for S.A. Barnes, a writer who has written several genres but has three horror novels, and I've read two and both were wonderfully scary! Both books are space horror.

I also have a short list of the horror I did try, and why I didn't find them frightening (respectfully to Grady Hendrix fans: dolls are not scary).

https://hollie.eilloh.net/blog/2026/02-08/

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Sometimes we all just need to get away. But in S.A. Barnes' science fiction horror novel "Cold Eternity," a woman named Halley may have gone too far. To find out more about this scary sci-fi story, check out this exclusive interview.
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Exclusive Interview: "Cold Eternity" Author S.A. Barnes ... .

Exclusive Interview: "Cold Eternity" Author S.A. Barnes \ In which she talks about this science fiction horror novel.

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Sometimes we all just need to get away. But in S.A. Barnes' science fiction horror novel "Cold Eternity," a woman named Halley may have gone too far. To find out more about this scary sci-fi story, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-cold-eternity-author-s-a-barnes/
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Exclusive Interview: "Cold Eternity" Author S.A. Barnes ... .

Exclusive Interview: "Cold Eternity" Author S.A. Barnes \ In which she talks about this science fiction horror novel.

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Dead Silence

A ghost ship in space
Haunted by rich dead people?
I would pay for that

/Haiku

Titanic møder Event Horizon – jeg tænker, at det har været elevator pitchen på S. A. Barnes’ “Dead Silence”. Det var i al fald den tanke, der ramte mig – og nå ja, det virkede.

Claire Kovalik leder et lille sjak, der reparerer kommunikationsbøjer i udkanten af solsystemet, hvor de opfanger et svagt nødsignal. Det driver dem udenfor den del af rummet, hvor menneskelig færdsel ellers foregår, og de finder Aurora, der luksusliner, der forsvandt for mere end tyve år siden; på dens jomfrurejse. Draget af drømmen om at blive økonomisk uafhængige border de skibet og finder efterdønningerne af en massakre.

Og snart begynder Claire at se bevægelser og høre lyde. Hvilket ikke er helt nyt for hende, for hun har en traumatisk baggrund med spøgelser, der måske, måske ikke var ægte, så hun formoder, at der er tale om gentraumatisering … men hun er ikke den eneste, der ser ting, der ikke burde være der.

Aurora er et spøgelsesskib på mere end én facon.

Jeg har en forkærlighed for horror, der foregår i miljøet, som læner sig tilbage og triller tommelfingre, mens de venter på at slå de tobenede pattedyr ihjel – giv mig Antarktis, dybhavet eller det ydre rum og kombiner det med lidt monstre, og så er jeg en glad læser/lytter/seer/whatever. Så “Dead Silence” var ærligt talt lidt af en frisbee sendt afsted mod mit hoved.

Den ramte bare ikke rent.

Første del leverer varen – der er et rumskib fyldt med døde mennesker og et mysterium, som vokser; dertil leverer Barnes en interessant struktur, hvor hun bryder romanen op omkring midte, som vi ikke får afsløret. Men henimod afslutningen og forklaringen på hele miseren går luften lidt af ballonen, hjulpet af et par lettere karikerede skurke og en letbenet kapitalismekritik. Måske skyldes det blot de titelinducerede forventninger om noget mere “Dead Space”-horroragtigt, for “Dead Silence” har klart sine styrker.

#horror #SABarnes #scienceFiction

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Norwescon’s official year-round book club, Norwescon’s Bibliophiles, focuses on science fiction and fantasy books selected throughout the year by the participants. Feel free to join us for some Norwescon camaraderie and connection all year long. Once they’re announced in January, we’ll read a selection of the Philip K Dick nominees. In late spring we often read some of the Hugo nominees. The club has a Facebook page and monthly meetings. Most of the meetings are virtual, but there is an in-person meeting during Norwescon as well as two or three additional in-person meetings throughout the year.

Upcoming book discussions include:

  • October 21: Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes. A sci-fi horror novel just in time for Halloween.
  • November 18: Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Mad Max if Max were C3PO!
  • December 16: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. A new take on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court? We’ll find out.

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Note: Norwescon’s official book club has new leadership. Last month, in an elegant ceremony, Kevin Black passed the official book club scepter to Jon Lavinder and Crystal Lloyd, trusting them to coordinate Norwescon’s official year-round book club, Norwescon’s Bibliophiles.

https://www.norwescon.org/2024/09/19/norwescons-bibliophiles-update/

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Norwescon’s Bibliophiles Update: Norwescon’s official year-round book club, Norwescon’s Bibliophiles, focuses on science fiction and fantasy books selected throughout the year by the participants. Feel free to join us for some Norwescon camaraderie and connection al… (#AdrianTchaikovsky #BookClub #BrandonSanderson #DeadSilence #NorwesconsBibliophiles #SABarnes #ServiceModel #TheFrugalWizardsGuideForSurvivingMedievalEngland)

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Time to flex those brain muscles and get READING! ... it's Nuketown's 17th annual Summer Reading List.

Includes books by #MurLafferty #JamesSACorey #AlexWhite #FrankHerbert #PeterClines #DanielAbraham #NKJemisin #BrandonSanderson #JackCampbell and #SABarnes

https://www.nuketown.com/summer-reading-list-2024/

Science Fiction & Fantasy Summer Reading List 2024 - Nuketown

Summer's back and so is Nuketown's Summer Reading List. The 2024 edition features science fiction, fantasy, and horror, plus some non-fiction

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While science fiction stories are often about the person in charge, S.A. Barnes' "Ghost Station" is instead about their shrink. Which is good; since it's a sci-fi horror story. For a proper diagnosis, check out this exclusive interview I did with Barnes.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-ghost-station-author-s-a-barnes/
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Exclusive Interview: "Ghost Station" Author S.A. Barnes ... .

Exclusive Interview: "Ghost Station" Author S.A. Barnes \ In which she discusses this psychological space horror novel.

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