Science Fiction
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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, ... -
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (Book Review)
Old science fiction! It can be endlessly entertaining in wholly unintentional ways—I owe linguistic drift alone for more than a few chuckles as I explored the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
THESE ALIEN SKIES by C.T. Rwizi (BOOK REVIEW)
This is a delightful little story – a mere 25 pages long in its Amazon listing, yet with themes that could have easily born a longer ... -
THE ALL-CONSUMING WORLD by Cassandra Khaw (BOOK REVIEW)
“But human society wasn’t built on rock and roll. No, it was cobbled from the commodified poor. When in doubt, the species creates itself something to ... -
AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS by Rivers Solomon (BOOK REVIEW)
“That’s what ghosts really are, Aint Melusine had said, the past refusing to be forgot. She’d been helping Aster scrub down X deck with ammonia and ... -
WILD SEED by Octavia E. Butler (BOOK REVIEW)
“She shook her head. She knew now how the slaves had felt as they lay chained on the bench, the slaver’s hot iron burning into their ... -
IMAGO by Octavia E. Butler (BOOK REVIEW)
“I wasn’t surprised this time. My body wanted him. My body sought to please him. What would happen to me when I had two or more ... -
ADULTHOOD RITES by Octavia E. Butler (BOOK REVIEW)
“Human beings fear difference,” Lilith had told him once. “Oankali crave difference. Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and ...
