Coming Home Changed: Review of Dead Country by Max Gladstone

Coming Home Changed: Review of Dead Country by Max Gladstone Misha Grifka Wander Under Review:Dead Country. Max Gladstone. Tordotcom, March 2023. Tara Abernathy is a master necromancer. She has faced down gods. She is friends with a gargoyle, a goddess, an immortal skeleton king. She walked through a cursed desert to learn her craft, and … Continue reading Coming Home Changed: Review of Dead Country by Max Gladstone

Particles and Puzzle Pieces: Review of Quantum Radio

Particles and Puzzle Pieces: Review of Quantum Radio Alex Kingsley Under Review:Quantum Radio. A.G. Riddle. Head of Zeus, March 2023. A.G. Riddle’s Quantum Radio is a fast-paced military sci-fi adventure that morphs into alternative history. It’s full of interesting concepts, but on a narrative level it makes a lot of promises that it doesn’t quite … Continue reading Particles and Puzzle Pieces: Review of Quantum Radio

Obsession Finds a Form: A Review of The Two Doctors Górski

Obsession Finds a Form: A Review of The Two Doctors Górski Kae Petrin Under Review:The Two Doctors Górski. Isaac Fellman. Tordotcom, November 2022. Isaac Fellman’s The Two Doctors Górski feels clever in its earliest pages, perhaps excessively so. The novella opens on a room full of graduate students vying to impress each other through linguistic … Continue reading Obsession Finds a Form: A Review of The Two Doctors Górski

Murder in the Stars: Review of Mur Lafferty’s Station Eternity

Murder in the Stars: Review of Mur Lafferty's Station Eternity Jeremy Brett Under Review:Station Eternity. Mur Lafferty. Ace, October 2022. To me, the best murder mysteries are the ones that explore character, which delve into the emotional lives and backgrounds of the victims, the suspects, and even the detectives seeking to uncover the truth. The … Continue reading Murder in the Stars: Review of Mur Lafferty’s Station Eternity

The Importance of Imagined Futures: Review of Annalee Newitz’s The Terraformers

The Importance of Imagined Futures: Review of Annalee Newitz’s The Terraformers Alex Kingsley Under Review:The Terraformers. Annalee Newitz. Tor Books, January 2023. The Terraformers is a new novel by journalist and SFF writer Annalee Newitz. It tracks the progress of fictional planet Sask-E and its inhabitants. Six thousand years in the future, the concept of … Continue reading The Importance of Imagined Futures: Review of Annalee Newitz’s The Terraformers

A Way Around the Caterpillars: Review of Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

A Way Around the Caterpillars: Review of Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty Jeremy Brett Under Review:Night of the Living Rez. Morgan Talty. Tin House Books, July 2022. Despite the horror movie title, there appears on the surface to be nothing particularly speculative about the powerful new short story collection from Penobscot (Panawhaspkek) … Continue reading A Way Around the Caterpillars: Review of Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

Toward a Decolonial Ecocriticism: Review of Angry Planet by Anne Stewart

Toward a Decolonial Ecocriticism: Review of Angry Planet: Decolonial Fiction and the American Third World by Anne Stewart Kelly McKisson Under Review:Angry Planet: Decolonial Fiction and the American Third World. Anne Stewart. University of Minnesota Press, January 2023. The 2022 United Nations Climate Conference, COP27, concluded with a decision to establish a loss and damage … Continue reading Toward a Decolonial Ecocriticism: Review of Angry Planet by Anne Stewart

Reclaiming What Has Been Taken: A Review of Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth

Reclaiming What Has Been Taken: A Review of Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth Leticia Urieta Under Review:Such Sharp Teeth. Rachel Harrison. Berkley, October 2022. Stories of werewolves have long played with the notion of the wild beast inside all of us, howling to get out. In classic films like The Wolfman and An American Werewolf … Continue reading Reclaiming What Has Been Taken: A Review of Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth

Some Heroes Are Made, Not Born: Review of T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone

Some Heroes Are Made, Not Born: Review of T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone REVIEW AUTHOR NAME Under Review:Nettle & Bone. T. Kingfisher. Tor Books, April 2022. I’m always fond of the reluctant hero image: the person who, Frodo Baggins-style, would much rather be left alone to live a quiet life but takes on the mantle … Continue reading Some Heroes Are Made, Not Born: Review of T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone

A Thesis on Abiding Love and Undying Hope: Review of How to Build a Home for the End of the World by Keely Shinners

A Thesis on Abiding Love and Undying Hope: Review of How to Build a Home for the End of the World by Keely Shinners Shikha Vats Under Review:How to Build a Home for the End of the World. Keely Shinners. Perennial Press, May 2022. Early on in Keely Shinners’ How to Build a Home for … Continue reading A Thesis on Abiding Love and Undying Hope: Review of How to Build a Home for the End of the World by Keely Shinners