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Author: Jonathan Thornton

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Jonathan Thornton

Jonathan Thornton is from Scotland but grew up in Kenya, and now lives in Liverpool. He has a lifelong love of fantasy and science fiction, kicked off by reading The Lord Of The Rings and Dune at an impressionable age. Nowadays his favourite writers are Michael Moorcock, John Crowley, Gene Wolfe, Patricia McKillip and Ursula Le Guin. He has a day job working with mosquitoes, and one day wants to finish writing his own stories. You can find Jonathan on Twitter at @JonathanThornt2.

  • Book ReviewsFolkHorrorSpeculative
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 27, 2024
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    THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Before her return, Wenna thought many times about what it would be like to see her family again and a few times, with half-guilty yearning, of ...
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  • Body HorrorBook ReviewsHorrorScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 19, 2024
    840
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    CHLOROPHILIA by Cristina Jurado, translated by Sue Burke (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Is it true that all the fields used to be green?”  The old man paused to pull a kerchief from the back pocket of his tunic ...
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  • Book ReviewsScience FictionSpeculativeTranslationUtopian/Distopian
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 17, 2024
    1575
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    DENGUE BOY by Michel Nieva translated by Rahul Bery (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Nobody loved Dengue Boy. I don’t know if it was his long beak or the constant, unbearable buzzing sound his wings made as they rubbed together, ...
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  • Book ReviewsSpeculativeTranslation
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 13, 2024
    1442
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    SET MY HEART ON FIRE by Izumi Suzuki, translated by Helen O’Horan (BOOK REVIEW)

    Izumi Suzuki – Set My Heart On Fire (1983, translated by Helen O’Horan 2024)   “I’m passionate, of course. Passion is something that occurs naturally. Yet ...
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  • Book ReviewsScience FictionSpeculativeUtopian/Distopian
    By Jonathan Thornton
    November 22, 2024
    1162
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    ABSOLUTION by Jeff VanderMeer (BOOK REVIEW)

    “There is a crevice in the black sea with a light pouring out. The stranger lives there, peering up at us. Something lives with him close, ...
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    By Jonathan Thornton
    November 15, 2024
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    Interview with Jeff VanderMeer (ABSOLUTION)

    Jeff VanderMeer is one of the key voices in modern speculative fiction. With works like City Of Saints And Madmen (2001) he helped pioneer the New ...
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  • BlogGuests Posts
    By Jonathan Thornton
    November 13, 2024
    978
    1

    Why Feminists Are Reinventing The Future – Again – GUEST POST by Paul March-Russell (GOLD SF)

      Gold SF: why feminists are reinventing the future – again  by Paul March-Russell   Feminist SF? Oh yeah, wasn’t that a 70s thing? Le Guin, ...
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  • Book ReviewsClimate FictionFirst ContactScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    November 11, 2024
    908
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    A HALF-BUILT GARDEN by Ruthanna Emrys (BOOK REVIEW)

    “When I think of a tree, I think of moving between the branches, and how whenever I reach out I find a new branch that takes ...
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  • Book ReviewsClimate FictionScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    October 23, 2024
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    OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK by Marian Womack (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Everyone knows information is sacred. People have died in its pursuit, by accidents or else killed.” “There are no more icebergs. They only exist in our ...
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  • Book ReviewsCyberpunkScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    October 18, 2024
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    THE ESCHER MAN by T. R. Napper (BOOK REVIEW)

    “I’m doing this because memory is sacred, Mister Ebbinghaus. Memory is civilization. My job is to defend that civilization. The people you work for are trying ...
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