Dave Hutchinson’s previous novel, Europe in Autumn, showed just how tribal human beings are. We tend […]
Made to Kill, by Adam Christopher
After reading Everything I Never Told You, I needed something completely different. Adam Christopher’s Made to Kill […]
Three Moments of an Explosion, by China Miéville
Everything I’ve read by China Miéville is an exercise in weirdness. Three Moments of an Explosion, […]
The Liminal War, by Ayize Jama-Everett
Ayize Jama-Everett created a dangerous alternate world of super-powered humans in The Liminal People. We rejoin […]
The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn, by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
These days, my favorite genre books are the ones that don’t fit neatly into any […]
The Girl with All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey
The original “girl with all the gifts” was Pandora, who opened a box that released […]
The Girl in the Road, by Monica Byrne
When I first learned how to analyze stories, my teacher taught us Gustav Freytag’s Pyramid. […]
The Dead Lands, by Benjamin Percy
Benjamin Percy’s dark alternate history, The Dead Lands, takes place some generations after the end of […]
Equilateral, by Ken Kalfus
I usually write my book reviews as soon as I finish the last page, before […]
The Mechanical, by Ian Tregillis
250 years before Ian Tregillis’ stunning novel, The Mechanical, opens, Christiaan Huygens made a remarkable discovery […]