Science Fiction
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THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY by Laura Jean McKay (BOOK REVIEW)
“Animals are straight up like that. It’s people you have to watch out for.” “Birds are making nonsensical sounds above, but all around me, trails of ... -
GRIEVERS by adrienne maree brown (BOOK REVIEW)
“She felt along an edge of awareness in her too, the massive distinction between well and sick, the slender shade of difference between sick and dead. ... -
THE CABINET by Un-su Kim (BOOK REVIEW)
Un-su Kim – The Cabinet (2006, translated by Sean Lin Halbert 2021) “This is a story about a new species, one that has been hitherto considered ... -
A COUNTRY OF GHOSTS by Margaret Killjoy (BOOK REVIEW)
“Hron’s a country, I guess,” Sorros said, “in that we’re a collection of people with a somewhat-shared culture who commonly defend certain rough borders and principles. ... -
THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN by John Buchan (BOOK REVIEW)
John Buchan – The Gap In The Curtain (1932, reissued 2021 by Handheld Press) “‘But it was worth it,’ he added, getting up and reaching for ... -
DEEP WHEEL ORCADIA by Harry Josephine Giles (BOOK REVIEW)
“An at the pairtners, futurs telt i’the wey o thir grip: ower closs or ower lowse or glydan by wi the aese o binary starns. (Ya, ... -
FAR FROM THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN by Tade Thompson (BOOK REVIEW)
“Space is the Brink of Death” “So many ways to die on the Ragtime, so little time.” Tade Thompson’s Rosewater Trilogy established him as one of ... -
Double Star by Robert A Heinlein – Book Review
The first sci-fi novel I ever read by Robert A. Heinlein got me from the very first: If a man walks in dressed like a hick ... -
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 ...