Canadian freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer
For the Scottish paediatric surgeon, see James Henderson Nicoll. For people with a similar name, see James Nicol (disambiguation).
James Nicoll
Born
(1961-03-18) March 18, 1961 (age 63)
Nationality
Canadian
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James Nicoll, 2001 photo
James Davis Nicoll (born March 18, 1961)[1] is a Canadian freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer, former security guard and role-playing game store owner, and also works as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club.[2][3] As a
Usenet personality, Nicoll is known for writing a widely quoted epigram on the English language, as well as for his accounts of suffering a high number of accidents, which he has narrated over the years in Usenet groups like rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom. He is now a blogger on Dreamwidth and Facebook, and an occasional columnist on Tor.com. In 2014, he started his website, jamesdavisnicoll.com, dedicated to his book reviews of works old and new; and later added Young People Read Old SFF, where his panel of younger readers read pre-1980 science fiction and fantasy, and Nicoll and his collaborators report on the younger readers' reactions.
^Silver, Steven. "SF Birthday Calendar: March". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
^Wheeler, Andrew (2006-11-20). "SFBC's Top 50 Books List Goes Walkabout". Science Fiction Book Club. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
^Nicoll, James Davis (2022-01-31). "Five Flawed Books That Are Still Worth Rereading". Tor.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-02-01. Most importantly for me at the time, the paperback fit nicely in my security-guard uniform's inside pocket and helped me stay awake through long night shifts.
James Davis Nicoll (born March 18, 1961) is a Canadian freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer, former security guard and role-playing game store...
James Henderson Nicoll FRCS(G), JP (30 September 1863 – 15 August 1921) was a Scottish paediatric surgeon and professor of surgery at Anderson's University...
Common Orbit — Becky Chambers - Wayfarers, book 2, reviewed by JamesNicoll; at JamesNicoll Reviews; published April 10, 2017; retrieved October 11, 2017...
JamesNicoll Ogilvie (1860–1926) was a Scottish minister. He was minister of Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh from 1905 to 1919 and Moderator of the General...
Vice-Admiral Sir JamesNicoll Morris KCB (1763 – 15 April 1830) was a Royal Navy officer who served through the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary...
James Nicol, Nichol, Nicholl or Nicoll may refer to: James Nicol (geologist) (1810–1879), Scottish geologist James Nicol (minister) (1769–1819), Scottish...
Retrieved 28 January 2022. Guess You Need Some Bringing Down; by JamesNicoll; at JamesNicoll Reviews; published October 28, 2021; retrieved November 9, 2021...
2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018. Nicoll, James (March 11, 2017). "I'm Not Just One of Your Many Toys". JamesNicoll Reviews. Archived from the original...
"provid(ing) a captivating human center to the apocalyptic background." JamesNicoll praised Kowal for being willing to include historically accurate racial...
and his manipulation of the conventions of epic fantasy." In 2009, JamesNicoll said that Thomas Covenant would win a "special lifetime achievement award"...
Earth. The Tau Ceti system is also a common setting in science fiction. JamesNicoll, writing for Tor.com, attributes this to a confluence of factors that...
2008; retrieved September 18, 2018 The Steerswoman, reviewed by JamesNicoll, at JamesNicoll Reviews; published April 22, 2014; retrieved September 18, 2018...
thought." The poem has also been reviewed more recently. In a 2015 review, JamesNicoll writes "Martinson’s creative approach to astronomy and related matters...
2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018. Nicoll, James (March 11, 2017). "I'm Not Just One of Your Many Toys". JamesNicoll Reviews. Archived from the original...
Royal Air Force officer JamesNicoll (born 1961), Canadian video game reviewer Kinley McNicoll, Canadian soccer player Ronald McNicoll (1906–1996), Australian...
her world feel real, historical, and populated with actual humans." JamesNicoll, while conceding that his own expectations in terms of worldbuilding...
New York Times, Theodore Sturgeon simply declared the novel "Good." JamesNicoll, conversely, called it "not a good novel", with "characters (who) are...
July 8, 2014; retrieved October 10, 2019 Raise Your Glass!, by JamesNicoll, at JamesNicoll Reviews; published October 9, 2016; retrieved October 10, 2019...
Best of Eric Frank Russell — Eric Frank Russell, reviewed by JamesNicoll, at JamesNicoll Reviews; published November 9, 2014; retrieved September 7,...
was "enjoyable at first" but eventually "burdensome to the narrative." JamesNicoll considered it to be "hilarious", and noted its "ample LGBTQ+ representation"...
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James Nicoll, 2001 photo