Tag: Speculative
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LAMB by Matt Hill (BOOK REVIEW)
“Leigh, finally noticing Boyd, turned and smiled absently. But she couldn’t find a way to shed her startled expression, and her eyes were bloodshot. There were ... -
MOTHTOWN by Caroline Hardaker (BOOK REVIEW)
“Melt everything down to a great white blank. Eat anything that oozes out. No one knows how it all goes in Mothtown, and no one ever ... -
THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER by Muriel Spark (BOOK REVIEW)
“There isn’t any war and peace any more, no good and evil, no communism, no capitalism, no fascism. There’s one area of conflict left and that’s ... -
SKEIN ISLAND by Aliya Whiteley (BOOK REVIEW)
“I keep her trapped in my words. I hold her prisoner, and that is what she deserves” Aliya Whiteley writes across many different genres and lengths. ... -
THE BOOK OF THE BAKU by R.L. Boyle
Sean is a 13-year-old boy who has been taken into care and eventually fostered by his estranged grandfather. His grandfather is a writer, living in a ... -
ANIMALS AT NIGHT by Naomi Booth (BOOK REVIEW)
“They’re getting drunk and reminiscing about their old lives, about gigs and parties and festivals on faraway beaches where they’d danced and played like animals at ... -
THE FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER by Iris Murdock (BOOK REVIEW)
“You will never know the truth, and you will read the signs in accordance with your deepest wishes. That is what we humans always have to ... -
TEMPORARY AGENCY by Rachel Pollack (BOOK REVIEW)
“When I was fourteen, a cousin of mine angered a Malignant One.” Rachel Pollack’s Temporary Agency (1994) is set in the same world as her classic ... -
META: GAME ON by Xander Black (BOOK REVIEW)
‘The Cyberage was one of atheism and isolationism. It was unsurprising that over the years, as people looked for meaning in their lives, new ideologies emerged.’ ... -
OVAL by Elvia Wilk (BOOK REVIEW)
“If there was no secret, there was no reason not to scroll through the messages. They looked at each other’s screens all the time. That was ...
