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

The whole land shall be a desolation, yet will I not make a full end: Kay Chronister’s liminal Desert Creatures

The whole land shall be a desolation, yet will I not make a full end: Kay Chronister’s liminal Desert Creatures Zachary Gillan Under Review:Desert Creatues. Kay Chronister. Erewhon Books, November 2022. The word “liminal” is having a moment on the internet. As with so many things having a moment on the internet, though, it’s being … Continue reading The whole land shall be a desolation, yet will I not make a full end: Kay Chronister’s liminal Desert Creatures

The SFF Librarian Reviews: Flowers for the Sea

SFF Librarian Reviews Jeremy Brett As a voracious reader, and as someone for whom science fiction and fantasy are part of my daily job as a science fiction librarian, I come across a lot of wonderful work in these genres. I love bringing to the attention of interested readers books and authors that bring me … Continue reading The SFF Librarian Reviews: Flowers for the Sea

A Gasp of What Could Be: A Review of Sarah Blake’s Clean Air

A Gasp of What Could Be: A Review of Sarah Blake’s Clean Air Alexander Pyles Under Review:Clean Air. Sarah Blake. Algonquin Books, February 8, 2022. It might be hard to imagine life after COVID-19: thankfully, fiction is already attempting to capture what it could be. Sarah Blake’s Clean Air imagines what our pandemic could have … Continue reading A Gasp of What Could Be: A Review of Sarah Blake’s Clean Air

A Brand New Kind of Castaway: Review of The Stranding by Kate Sawyer

A Brand New Kind of Castaway: Review of The Stranding by Kate Sawyer Natasha C. Calder Under Review: The Stranding. By Kate Sawyer. Hodder & Stoughton, June 24, 2021. From Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to Andy Weir's The Martian, castaway narratives have long been a mainstay of popular fiction. Meriting their own genre—the robinsonade—they take … Continue reading A Brand New Kind of Castaway: Review of The Stranding by Kate Sawyer

The SFF Librarian Reviews: The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente

The Tangible and Ephemeral Intimacies of Climate Fiction: Review of The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

The Tangible and Ephemeral Intimacies of Climate Fiction: Review of The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed Selena Middleton and Kristen Shaw Under Review: The Annual Migration of Clouds. By Premee Mohamed. ECW Press, September 28, 2021. Premee Mohamed's The Annual Migration of Clouds (a novella released this September from the Canadian ECW Press) … Continue reading The Tangible and Ephemeral Intimacies of Climate Fiction: Review of The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

The SFF Librarian Reviews: The Animals in That Country by Laura McKay

The World is Broken, I’m Not: Review of Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die, ed. dave ring

The World is Broken, I’m Not: Review of Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World that Wouldn’t Die, ed. dave ring Ceci Mancuso Under Review: Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World that Wouldn't Die. dave ring, editor. Neon Hemlock, 2020. Neon Hemlock’s Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Didn’t … Continue reading The World is Broken, I’m Not: Review of Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die, ed. dave ring