The Commodity of Time: Review of Jaroslav Kalfař’s A Brief History of Living Forever

Lillian Liao Under Review:A Brief History of Living Forever. Jaroslav Kalfař. Little Brown and Company, March 2023. “The body is political”—this, we have always known. From the body politics of the medieval times to capitalist exploitations of labour and the feminist fight for reproductive rights in the 20th (and 21st) centuries, Western history has indeed … Continue reading The Commodity of Time: Review of Jaroslav Kalfař’s A Brief History of Living Forever

I Keep Secrets: Review of Victor LaValle’s Lone Women

Jeremy Brett Under Review:Lone Women. Victor LaValle. One World, March 2023. Victor LaValle is no stranger to showcasing horror in places that already inspire a sense of dread or discomfort, whether a disorienting mental asylum in The Devil in Silver or the urban strangeness of New York City in The Changeling. With Lone Women, LaValle … Continue reading I Keep Secrets: Review of Victor LaValle’s Lone Women

The Unlikely Utopia: Review of The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

E.G. Condé Under Review:The Mimicking of Known Successes. Malka Older. Tordotcom, March 2023. “Perhaps there’s a discipline, or trans-discipline, of flexibility and reactiveness, or a calculation of the principles involved in ecosystem survival rather than the literal mimicking of known successes.” Imagine a humanity exiled from the Earth they once called home, confined to live … Continue reading The Unlikely Utopia: Review of The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

The Church of Fakes Reproduces Fakes: Review of Stories of the Eye

The Church of Fakes Reproduces Fakes: Review of Stories of the Eye Zachary Gillan Under Review:Stories of the Eye. Edited by Sam Richard & Joe Koch. Weirdpunk Books, October 2022. In 1816, seven and a half decades before H. P. Lovecraft was born, E.T.A. Hoffmann published “The Sandman”, a nightmarish story of confused identities and … Continue reading The Church of Fakes Reproduces Fakes: Review of Stories of the Eye

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