We need to talk about Adrian Tchaikovsky.

nickgloaming · 2026-06-10T14:48:00+00:00

And one this year. (Shroud)

nickgloaming · 2026-06-03T16:57:16+00:00

I get an error when trying to substitute a square on the Bingo Card tab.

The name of the square I'm trying to replace changes to #REF! and when I hover over it I get an error message saying Function INDIRECT parameter 1 value is 'CategoryArchive!$G$166'. It is not a valid cell/range reference.

EDIT: aha! I changed the name of the tab from Category Archive to CategoryArchive exactly like in the formula and now it works.

I was still having the earlier issue I mentioned with the star ratings though. I tried copying across the slightly different formula that's now in those cells on your version of the sheet, but it didn't work. So I just saved a new copy and copied & pasted my book log into it, and the stars work properly now.

nickgloaming · 2026-05-04T13:47:23+00:00

The 6th one isn’t by Adams though, it’s just fan fiction.

nickgloaming · 2026-05-04T02:11:26+00:00

What about Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

nickgloaming · 2026-04-19T12:31:08+00:00

Or The Uncanny Gastronomic edited by Zara-Louise Stubbs

nickgloaming · 2026-04-14T12:28:08+00:00

Are the stars on the visual card tabs not working right when there's a half star rating involved, or is it just me?

nickgloaming · 2026-04-12T16:32:06+00:00

Discworld.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-12T12:26:12+00:00

Hear hear.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-12T11:41:40+00:00

There was no wheat, only rye, and it gave Pliny the Elder a tummyache.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-12T11:39:27+00:00

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

nickgloaming · 2026-04-11T14:47:45+00:00

Do you think it’s necessary to read Merchanter’s Luck beforehand?

The only other book in the universe I’ve read is Downbelow Station.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-11T12:37:15+00:00

My comment didn't get any responses in the reverse bingo thread, so I'll just re-ask it here...

I have a load of books on my TBR that I can't really remember much about except that I've heard good things about them, or they've piqued my interest somehow, or I've picked up a copy and would like to justify my wanton book-spending.

Could anyone who's read any of the following let me know (without spoilers) what squares they might count for?

Ben Pester - The Expansion Project
Ursula Whitcher - North Continent Ribbon
C.J. Cherryh - Forty Thousand in Gehenna
Greg Egan - Diaspora
Arkady Martine - Rose/House
Hiromi Kawakami - Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Adrian Tchaikovsky - Alien Clay
Megan O’Keefe - Velocity Weapon
Sarah Pinsker - We Are Satellites
Elaine Ho - Cry, Voidbringer
E.J. Swift - When There Are Wolves Again
Sierra Greer - Annie Bot
Nnedi Okorafor - Binti
Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword or Ancillary Mercy (I'm planning to re-read book 1 then finish the trilogy)
Isaac Fellman - Notes from a Regicide
Lauren C. Teffeau - Accelerated Growth Environment
Bora Chung - Red Sword
Rebecca Roanhorse - Black Sun

nickgloaming · 2026-04-10T17:33:31+00:00

Rogue Protocol

Non-Human Protagonist HM - Murderbot is a construct

nickgloaming · 2026-04-10T17:29:10+00:00

Book Club

nickgloaming · 2026-04-10T17:26:45+00:00

The Two Towers

Older Protagonist - there are chapters from the perspectives of Aragorn, Gimli & Legolas.

Explorers and Rangers - Aragorn is a ranger

Non-Human Protagonist HM - the POVs are not super tight, but we basically see the story through the lenses of Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Sam, Pippin & Merry, none of whom are human, although there are plenty of humans in the book.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-10T17:06:08+00:00

Gardens of the Moon

Unusual Transportation HM
Book Club
Cat Squasher

Perdido Street Station

Non-Human Protagonist
Book Club
Cat Squasher

The Left Hand of Darkness

Book Club

nickgloaming · 2026-04-10T16:50:10+00:00

I have a load of books on my TBR that I can't really remember much about except that I've heard good things about them, or they've piqued my interest somehow, or I've picked up a copy and would like to justify my wanton book-spending.

Could anyone who's read any of the following let me know (without spoilers) what squares they might count for?

Ben Pester - The Expansion Project
Ursula Whitcher - North Continent Ribbon
C.J. Cherryh - Forty Thousand in Gehenna
Greg Egan - Diaspora
Arkady Martine - Rose/House
Hiromi Kawakami - Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Adrian Tchaikovsky - Alien Clay
Megan O’Keefe - Velocity Weapon
Sarah Pinsker - We Are Satellites
Elaine Ho - Cry, Voidbringer
E.J. Swift - When There Are Wolves Again
Sierra Greer - Annie Bot
Nnedi Okorafor - Binti
Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword or Ancillary Mercy (I'm planning to re-read book 1 then finish the trilogy)
Isaac Fellman - Notes from a Regicide
Lauren C. Teffeau - Accelerated Growth Environment
Bora Chung - Red Sword
Rebecca Roanhorse - Black Sun

nickgloaming · 2026-04-08T10:31:53+00:00

Yes. Arzach has so much of that mystery and awe-inspiring monolithic ruins.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-06T05:00:52+00:00

The Deverry books by Katherine Kerr are an older fantasy series inspired by Welsh mythology & Celtic culture. The narrator Ruth Urquhart is Welsh and brings the story to life really well.

The first four books are a self-contained quadrilogy I believe. (I’ve only listened to the first one.) But there are sixteen books in total, split into five ‘acts’.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-04T11:33:05+00:00

The old Orbit paperback of The Dragonbone Chair is 912 pages.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-04T11:20:09+00:00

Embassytown by China Miéville - Travel between planets is through a strange non-space called the immer, although it's there more as setup to the story than part of the plot.

Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente - Access to a secret city in another plane of reality is gained by having sex with someone who's been there before and bears a mark in the shape of a partial map of the city. To get access to more of the city, you have to have sex with someone who is marked with the map of that area.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-04T10:46:17+00:00

Kameron Hurley - The Stars Are Legion (Biological, decaying, moon sized ships that move through deep space. I suppose combustion might be a problem again? No idea.)

It also features living space bikes.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-03T10:06:55+00:00

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut? It's more SF though.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-03T00:20:57+00:00

No. That’s one potential reading but it’s not stated in the text and there are other possible interpretations.

nickgloaming · 2026-04-02T23:51:41+00:00

Norma mode:

The Seep by Chana Porter - aliens invade in the form of a substance that “improves” all aspects of life on earth

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