2015 Man Booker winner Marlon James embraces epic fantasy with a non-conforming, lightning-paced tale that up-ends every expectation.
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The award-winning Sarah Pinsker finally has a collection out, and it’s excellent.
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Newman’s novel is an inspired time-travel story and a troubled look at progressive hopes.
Read moreTheir Hungry, Thirsty Roots: McGuire's latest Wayward Child
Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series continues with a story that asks, “What if life were fair?” It’s portal fantasy at its best: A door appears, a choice is made, you come back changed … if you come back at all.
Read more"How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?": The Book Born Great
If three consecutive novel Hugos have not convinced you N. K. Jemisin is a modern master, this collection will bridge the gap.
Read moreRefusing Silence: A Review of Gabino Iglesias's "Coyote Songs"
Guest Contributor Manual Aragon reviews Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias. “[Iglesias] creates a world that I know, where language knows no barriers, no walls, and moves exactly where it is most comfortable.”
Read more"Mechanical Animals": An Anthology of Animal Automata, Old and New
Biomimicry abounds in this themed collection of new and classic science fiction “at the crux of creatures and tech,” from Hex Publishers.
Read moreA Human Being Is Only Breath and Shadow: "The Book of M"
Peng Shepherd’s thrilling debut novel explodes post-apocalyptic fantasies of independence.
Read more"Finding Baba Yaga": The Perfect Book for the Season of the Witch
Jane Yolen’s novel-in-verse, Finding Baba Yaga, arrives just in time for the season of the witch.
Read more"New Fears 2": Nightmares Are the Price We Pay for Dreaming
In the second New Fears anthology, horror knows no boundaries.
Read moreWhat Feels Like Fate: Daisy Johnson’s "Everything Under"
A watery, Gothic update of Greek myth by an exciting new voice in dark fiction.
Read more"Exit Strategy": Beware the Wrath of Murderbot
In volume 4 of The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot’s climactic showdown with an evil corporation pushes the rogue SecUnit to its limits, and beyond.
Read more"Circe": A Thousand Ways to Deal with Lovers
Yes, you can turn them into pigs, but there are so many other situations women find themselves in and such a variety of possible responses. Gods and Heroes, trigger warning: not all of them act like gentlemen.
Read moreGreat Graphic Novels — Teens Struggling to Fit In
Being different is hugely consequential for teens who populate graphic novels, as well as for teens who read them.
Read moreThe Black God's Drums: Steampunk of the African Diaspora
The Black God’s Drums beats a hammer of imagination against the anvil of history and forges a dense alternate history.
Read moreMid-Summer Speculative Short Story Round Up
To mark summer’s midpoint, here are a few of the best speculative short stories Amanda has read since summer’s inauguration back in June.
Read more"Rogue Protocol": This Heartless Killing Machine Is All Heart
Murderbot is back. Its mission: help to bring down GrayCris, the evil corporation that has made thievery and killing a business model.
Read more"49 Buddhas": An Unlikely Detective, Searching for Enlightenment
A reincarnated Buddhist monk, armed with the wisdom of many lifetimes (and a little black magic), tries to solve a murder mystery and bring enlightenment to all beings.
Read more"Scythe": Why Die? The Problems with Immortality
It’s a perfect world. Just a little bit too full of people.
Read moreCloud Orca Land: "Blackfish City" and the Struggle for Utopia
Sam J. Miller’s new novel wrestles with catastrophes to come, and what kind of power might form out of the struggle.
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