{"id":23691,"date":"2013-12-29T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T17:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=23691"},"modified":"2013-12-28T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T05:46:45","slug":"acknowledging-contributors-andrew-robins-sff-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/12\/29\/acknowledging-contributors-andrew-robins-sff-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Acknowledging Contributors: Andrew Robins &#038; SFF Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/02\/16\/whats-coming-up-7\/fractal-prince\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-18910\" title=\"Fractal Prince\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fractal-Prince-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fractal-Prince-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fractal-Prince-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fractal-Prince.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a>Currently, I am acknowledging the contributors, some regular, some one-off contributors, who joined me <strong>\u201c\u2026on Anything, Really\u201d <\/strong>this year&#8212;as a thank you for their time and energy to help make this blog an interesting place to visit.<\/p>\n<p>So of course I have to mention those who undertake reviews for the blog, chiefly <strong>Andrew Robins<\/strong> who has contributed a number of reviews over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>You can find all reviews under the Category, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/book-reviews-for-on-anything-really\/\">&#8220;Book Reviews for &#8230;on Anything, Really&#8221;<\/a> in the far right hand side bar. Andrew&#8217;s reviews favour SF and this year he has only had time to share four books with us, but nonetheless it has been good to see them pop up every few months:<a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/09\/02\/a-supernatural-underground-giveaway-plus-more-happening-here-elsewhere\/existence_b-indd\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-22202\" title=\"Existence_B.indd\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Existence-94x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Existence-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Existence-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Existence.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/02\/18\/book-review-the-fractal-prince-by-hannu-rajaniemi-reviewed-by-andrew-robins\/\">The Fractal Prince<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/08\/22\/book-review-great-north-road-by-peter-f-hamilton-reviewed-by-andrew-robins\/\">Great North Road<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/09\/04\/book-review-existence-by-david-brin-reviewed-by-andrew-robins\/\">Existence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/book-review-shaman-by-kim-stanley-robinson-reviewed-by-andrew-robins\/\">Shaman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also note that the review of David Brin&#8217;s <strong><em>Existence<\/em><\/strong> was amongst the most read posts on the blog this year.<\/p>\n<p>And for those of you who have not yet encountered Andrew through the reviews, here&#8217;s his bio:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Andrew Robins is a long time reader \u2013 and sometime reviewer \u2013 of science fiction, fantasy and history. People pay him to test stuff, mainly radios, which most of the time is more fun than it has any right to be.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, I am acknowledging the contributors, some regular, some one-off contributors, who joined me \u201c\u2026on Anything, Really\u201d this year&#8212;as a thank you for their time and energy to help make this blog an interesting place to visit. 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