Traditional mysteries generally present one murder, with maybe some additional deaths as the plot unspools. […]
Defekt, by Nino Cipri
Nino Cipri’s Finna introduced us to the bigger-on-the-inside shopping emporium LitenVärld, a store so large […]
One Day All This Will Be Yours, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
One of my favorite mental posers to think about is where and when I might […]
The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gailey
The celebration at the beginning of Sarah Gailey’s novel, The Echo Wife, doesn’t feel like […]
Hench, by Natalie Zina Walschots
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to be the henchman. My new favorite book, […]
Just One Damned Thing After Another, by Jodi Taylor
There are few career options for historians. There’s teaching, of course, and writing for the […]
Attack Surface, by Cory Doctorow
I read the first book in this series way back in 2013. Little Brother was […]
The Space Between Worlds, by Micaiah Johnson
Like so many science fiction dystopias, The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson opens on […]
This is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
We never learn how long the war between the Agency and the Garden has been […]
Lakewood, by Megan Giddings
What would you do for money and health insurance? It’s the kind of question that […]