Dystopian
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BLOODBUSTERS by Francesco Verso (Book Review)
“As soon as the liquid starts flowing so does the excitement. The blood beggars lose it at the sight of available blood. The first in line ... -
THE BOOK OF KOLI by M.R. Carey (Book Review)
‘I seen now that dying wasn’t just one single thing that happens one single time. A little of it comes with every ending, collecting in the ... -
The Mystery of Speculative Fiction: THE HEALER and THE CITY AND THE CITY
Murder mysteries and speculative fiction are two very different genres. But what would happen if Hercule Poirot had an excursion into Twilight, or Detective Inspector Rebus ... -
THE CALL by Peadar O’Guilin (Book Review)
At a convention recently, I heard O’Guilin explain how he didn’t realise he was writing Young Adult fiction when he started as an author; that this ... -
LOST OBJECTS by Marian Womack (Book Review)
“And then came the giant insects, like dark angels who had climbed up from hell by mistake. The centipedes, the caterpillars, the moths and the butterflies, ... -
ZERO BOMB by M.T. Hill (Book Review)
“He couldn’t stop watching the news. Men and women at lecterns, frothing with ire. Falsehoods and weak pretexts. Lies and disinformation. Endless commentary and speculation, and ... -
INFINITE DETAIL by Tim Maughan (Book Review)
“Well, what did you think was going to happen? After you broke everything? Really? What did you think? That everything would magically take care of itself? ... -
RAVENCRY by Ed McDonald (Book Review)
The Good: Compelling characters (and creatures!), plot twists aplenty, and a return to one of the most nightmarish landscapes in fantasy, this time cranked up on ... -
What Not by Rose Macaulay (Book Review)
“I don’t care how many people we murder, the secret will leak out. Things always do leak out. Never, in the course of twenty-nine years of ... -
The Migration by Helen Marshall (Book Review)
There are aspects of Helen Marshall’s debut that feel like a young adult work – a young female protagonist in a collapsing contemporary society haunted by ...
