Author: Jonathan Thornton
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TO THE WARM HORIZON by Choi Jin-young (BOOK REVIEW)
“Like time, hope is something that does not stay but comes and goes.” We’ve all reacted to the pandemic differently. Whilst some people have found watching ... -
SORROWLAND by Rivers Solomon (BOOK REVIEW)
“Sometimes it seemed like there was a creature inside her, lurking, trying to bust through her bones, a demented birth. Mam would be a pile of ... -
HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER by Jeff VanderMeer (BOOK REVIEW)
“Silvina wrote that even through the poisoned landscape, we must love it. We must love what has been damaged, because everything has been damaged. And to ... -
THE ABSOLUTE BOOK by Elizabeth Knox (BOOK REVIEW)
“And it’s not just Murdoch and immigrants and implied promises about what might be done to save the NHS by the very people dismantling it. It’s ... -
Interview with Bruce Sterling (ROBOT ARTISTS AND BLACK SWANS)
Bruce Sterling helped to define cyberpunk when he edited the anthology Mirrorshades in 1986, and wrote some of the genres defining texts such as Schismatrix (1985) ... -
ROBOT ARTISTS & BLACK SWANS: THE ITALIAN FANTASCIENZA STORIES by Bruce Sterling (BOOK REVIEW)
“Ideas changed the world. Thoughts changed the world – and thoughts could be written down. I had forgotten that writing could have such urgency, that writing ... -
Interview with Tim Powers (FORCED PERSPECTIVES)
Tim Powers is a unique voice in Fantasy. He specialises in rigorously researched secret histories, in which gaps in the historical record are explained by the ... -
STORMLAND by John Shirley (BOOK REVIEW)
“You haven’t been here that long. Just wait. I don’t go for it either, but who’s in charge of Stormland, really? The perpetual storm system is! ... -
BIRDS OF PARADISE by Oliver K. Langmead (BOOK REVIEW)
“The books are a perfect example, Adam thinks, of reading to confirm one’s own beliefs: they are all theological in nature, and of a very particular ... -
Interview with JOHN SHIRLEY (Stormland)
John Shirley is one of the original cyberpunk authors, and his Eclipse trilogy, comprised of Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988) and Eclipse Corona (1990), is one ...
