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Benjanun Sriduangkaew

Author of Winterglass

32+ Works 443 Members 38 Reviews

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Works by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

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Cthulhu's Daughters: Stories of Lovecraftian Horror (2015) — Contributor — 229 copies
The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women (2014) — Contributor — 110 copies
The Apex Book of World SF 3 (2014) — Contributor — 87 copies
Meeting Infinity (2015) — Contributor — 80 copies
Upgraded (2014) — Contributor — 78 copies
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures (2014) — Contributor — 60 copies
Space Opera (2007) — Contributor — 53 copies
Steampunk World (2014) — Contributor — 46 copies
Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction (2014) — Contributor — 40 copies
Clockwork Phoenix 5 (2016) — Contributor — 34 copies
Clockwork Phoenix 4 (2013) — Contributor — 32 copies
The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (2014) — Contributor — 32 copies
Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt (2017) — Contributor — 28 copies
2014 Campbellian Anthology (2014) — Contributor — 23 copies
Clarkesworld: Year Eight (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies
The End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Fiction (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies
Dangerous Games (2014) — Contributor — 15 copies
Clarkesworld: Year Seven (2015) — Contributor — 13 copies
La Femme (2014) — Contributor — 11 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 108 (September 2015) (2015) — Contributor — 11 copies
FLESH: A Southeast Asian Urban Anthology (2016) — Contributor — 11 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 091 (April 2014) (2014) — Contributor — 11 copies
Apex Magazine 81 (February 2016) (2016) — Author — 4 copies
Apex Magazine 62 (July 2014) (2014) — Contributor — 4 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #283 (2019) — Contributor — 3 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #178 (2015) — Contributor — 3 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #232 (2017) — Contributor — 2 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #204 (2016) — Contributor — 2 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #144 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Other names
Ying, Maria (shared pseudonym)
Birthdate
1986
Gender
female
Nationality
Thailand
Birthplace
Thailand
Places of residence
Hong Kong, China

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More of a high 3, but quite cool. And, thank you-thank you, for getting genderless pronouns right, Ms. Sriduangkaew. I may put a slightly longer review here in the next couple days.
 
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qaphsiel | 1 other review | Feb 20, 2023 |
4 stars

Exploration of war effects on a soldier left to flounder in the aftermath of some questionable political decisions.
Quite excellent.
 
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QuirkyCat_13 | Jun 20, 2022 |
I have seen Goodreads reviews fault Stephen King for From a Buick 8 despite King's reminder “I thought of telling him I didn't know about reasons, only about chains—how they form themselves, link by link, out of nothing; how they knit themselves into the world. Sometimes you can grab a chain and use it to pull yourself out of a dark place. Mostly, though, I think you get wrapped up in them. Just caught, if you're lucky. Fucking strangled, if you're not.” Like From a Buick 8, Winterglass is a beautifully told tale without a destination.

Benjanun Sriduangkaew masterfully tells a steampunk tale of magic, alternate world technology, and ghosts. She writes of a world where women have no need for man, whether they are gladiators or generals. I read the novel wanting to know what Nuawa would do when she encountered Lusadh and the Winter Queen, but nothing happened once she did. The novel ended like it began; as an assassin chasing her prey.

Unlike other novels about the journey and not the destination, Benjanun does not write with enough passion and conflict to imbibe them with life. It was always obvious that Nuawa would meet the General and the Winter Queen. Benjanun does not jeopardize her heroine, but wraps her richly in "plot armor" as she defeats everyone she meets.

The premise and characters were interesting, but the passion and destination left me wanting. 3.5 stars out of 5, rounded up to 4 for novelty and a woman-centric world.
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Tayledras | 19 other reviews | Nov 16, 2021 |
I have seen Goodreads reviews fault Stephen King for From a Buick 8 despite King's reminder “I thought of telling him I didn't know about reasons, only about chains—how they form themselves, link by link, out of nothing; how they knit themselves into the world. Sometimes you can grab a chain and use it to pull yourself out of a dark place. Mostly, though, I think you get wrapped up in them. Just caught, if you're lucky. Fucking strangled, if you're not.” Like From a Buick 8, Winterglass is a beautifully told tale without a destination.

Benjanun Sriduangkaew masterfully tells a steampunk tale of magic, alternate world technology, and ghosts. She writes of a world where women have no need for man, whether they are gladiators or generals. I read the novel wanting to know what Nuawa would do when she encountered Lusadh and the Winter Queen, but nothing happened once she did. The novel ended like it began; as an assassin chasing her prey.

Unlike other novels about the journey and not the destination, Benjanun does not write with enough passion and conflict to imbibe them with life. It was always obvious that Nuawa would meet the General and the Winter Queen. Benjanun does not jeopardize her heroine, but wraps her richly in "plot armor" as she defeats everyone she meets.

The premise and characters were interesting, but the passion and destination left me wanting. 3.5 stars out of 5, rounded up to 4 for novelty and a woman-centric world.
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Tayledras | 19 other reviews | Nov 16, 2021 |

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