Book Reviews
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Blackwing by Ed McDonald
THE GOOD: Tattoos that turn into crows, child-sorcerers that’ll cut you in two (vertically, diagonally, horizontally, they’re not fussy like that), veritable doomsday weaponry, ancient beings that ... -
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
“The settlers of Everfair had come here naively at best, arrogantly at worst. Due to the orders of the king they had found the country seemingly ... -
The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster
“I’ve found the biggest difference between a common crook and a – a superhuman abomination is usually a few degrees of being good at your job.” ... -
The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
When you understand what the world is, you have two choices: Become a part of that world and perpetuate that system forever and ever, unto the ... -
The Emperor’s Railroad by Guy Haley
You only got an idea of what the Gone Before might have been like from up high. I could see the lines of the streets and ... -
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
‘None of you have ever seen anyone like me,’ I said. ‘I come from a people who live near a small salty lake on the edge ... -
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
“Some books have to be sad to get across the ideas the author wants to talk about. Victor Hugo is describing a very sad part of ... -
HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
“This is all it takes for people to plunge into insanity: one night alone with themselves and what they fear most.” Witches have a long history ... -
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
“One day the Singularity would elevate humans to cybernetic superbeings, and maybe then people would say what they meant. “Probably not, though.” All The Birds In ... -
Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack
“By its own reality, ecstasy makes people see that suffering is real. And without purpose. Ecstasy is a light that illuminates pain.” In Unquenchable Fire (1988), Rachel Pollack ...
