Author: Jonathan Thornton
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THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN by John Buchan (BOOK REVIEW)
John Buchan – The Gap In The Curtain (1932, reissued 2021 by Handheld Press) “‘But it was worth it,’ he added, getting up and reaching for ... -
DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA by Harry Josephine Giles (BOOK REVIEW)
“An at the pairtners, futurs telt i’the wey o thir grip: ower closs or ower lowse or glydan by wi the aese o binary starns. (Ya, ... -
FAR FROM THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN by Tade Thompson (BOOK REVIEW)
“Space is the Brink of Death” “So many ways to die on the Ragtime, so little time.” Tade Thompson’s Rosewater Trilogy established him as one of ... -
THE MILL: A COSMOS by Bess Brenck Kalischer (BOOK REVIEW)
Bess Brenck Kalischer – The Mill: A Cosmos (1922, translated by W. C. Bamberger 2021) “The concave mirrors were so oddly dimmed. The big city pierced ... -
Interview with Nick Mamatas (THE SECOND SHOOTER)
Nick Mamatas is a unique author, who has been doing his own individual take on science fiction, fantasy and horror for 20 years. His novel Move ... -
THE ACTUAL STAR by Monica Byrne (BOOK REVIEW)
“The drink, the drums, the dance: as ever, these were the engines of the alteration of ordinary time. Xibalba felt so close, the liminal, the numinous, ... -
Interview with Monica Byrne (THE ACTUAL STAR)
Monica Byrne’s debut novel The Girl In The Road (2014) is a remarkable work of speculative fiction, weaving together the stories of two women in near ... -
TERMINAL BOREDOM by Izumi Suzuki (BOOK REVIEW)
Izumi Suzuki – Terminal Boredom (2021, translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O’Horan) “All the shitty stuff stops ... -
Interview with Christopher Hinz (THE PARATWA TRILOGY)
Christopher Hinz’s Paratwa trilogy was an instant cult classic on its release, with the first novel Liege-Killer (1987) winning Hinz the 1988 Compton Cook Award. It ... -
THE ART OF SPACE TRAVEL AND OTHER STORIES by Nina Allan (BOOK REVIEW)
“I begin to understand that his is what time travel actually is: we can each of us go back in time a little. We extend a ...
