This is one of those books where the concept given to you by the back-cover blurb really doesn’t adequately explain how the book is going to be. The themes I thought it was going to tackle, it didn’t necessarily, but…
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Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
I wasn’t sure that this book was going to be up my alley, but after hearing a lot of good things about it and after seeing some of the awards and nominations this book got last year, I decided to…
Far Beyond the Stars
The 13th episode of the 6th season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is titled “Far Beyond the Stars”. In it, Captain Benjamin Sisko experiences hallucinations in which he is a science fiction writer in the 1950s names Benny Russell,…
Dice Tales by Marie Brennan
If you read my various RPG posts as well as my book reviews, you know that when it comes to roleplaying games, I care far more about the story than I do about the mechanics or the rules. I want…
Girl Over Paris by Gwenda Bond, Kate Leth, and Ming Doyle
So, when this miniseries was announced, I just about died of excitement. I mean, Gwenda Bond, whose books I love, Kate Leth, whose books I love, and Ming Doyle, whose art I love. There’s basically no better team in my…
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
This novella is the second installment in the Binti series, and in an unusual turn of events for my recent reviews, I’ve actually already read the first one (and loved it). In fact, I loved the first one so much,…
Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
It’s probably for the best that I only end up reading a book like this every three to five years. Not that I intend to space them out that way, or even really know what I’m getting into when I…
Invasive by Chuck Wendig
About two months ago, I had a small ant infestation in my apartment. I’d bought a houseplant that brought some of the pests with it and it took me a couple of weeks to wipe them all out. Mercifully there…
Wonder Woman: A Return to Compassion
There’s a quote from Gail Simone (a very well-regarded comic writer) that’s been going around a lot since the new Wonder Woman movie came out. “If you need to stop an asteroid, you call Superman. If you need to solve…
The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher
A confession: this is the first book I’ve started reading since writing these book reviews that I could not make myself finish. For all the rest of my bad reviews, I’ve kept reading out of pure spite to be able…