The Weird Comedy of Transformers: Leah Silver’s Mate with a Mongoose
I wrote this novella back and forth. It’s short, not a full-fledged novel, and has few details. Many plots have been skipped, […]
Month: April 2023
Ann Leckie’s “State of Translation” Is a Fascinating Space Opera With Strong Personal Stakes
Ten years ago this summer, I read a pre-reading copy of Ann Leckie’s stunning debut novel, Ancillary Justice. Along with its publicist’s […]
what i need is a literary mood ring
A short and wildly incomplete list of story (and song) moments that evoke emotions I want to experience repeatedly and on demand: […]
count the casualties
Yoon Ha Lee’s short story “Counting Casualties” is a gripping tale that delves into the dark themes of war, sacrifice, and the […]
Have you ever stopped to think about a paragraph?
The first sentence of Angélica Gorodischer’s The Heist of the Empire is more than 200 words long – two hundred and seventeen, […]
Five sci-fi stories set in an environmentally friendly future
It is easy to imagine a world transformed by human ingenuity, from a pre-civilized, verdant wilderness to a lifeless desert surrounded by […]
8 Benefits of Keeping a Reading Journal
You may have heard of reading a journal but are wondering what all the fuss is about, or if you should start […]
11 Ways to Start Your Next Adventure
Rumor has it that spring is here. Hyacinths and daffodils would agree if the endless rain didn’t (gone, April showers!), so I […]
Alaya Dawn Johnson’s Broken World Library Is The Library You’ve Never Visited
In decades of reading SFF, I’ve never encountered a world quite like the library in Alaya Dawn Johnson’s Library of Broken Worlds. […]
The Only Way Is Through: Overcoming the Reading Slump
For most of my life, I wasn’t entirely convinced by the notion that reading was declining. I suspect, like so many things, […]
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