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January is always a good month for reading: curled up in front of the fire, probably (at least in my case) recovering from the tail end of a winter cold, there’s no better way to spend an evening than...
View ArticleThe Very Best of Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott has been writing fantasy and science fiction since the 1980s, with over twenty novels to her name. This collection brings together a number of standalone short stories, as well as several...
View ArticleTransit by Johanna Sinisalo
I don’t know what they’re going to try and pin on me, but the only thing I can be charged with is destroying public property or something, not manslaughter. I’m not a murderer, definitely not that...
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The Broken Forest by Megan Derr This novella follows the Huntress Adamina as she’s summoned to a remote village, where she must venture into the eponymous forest to bring an end to the rot which is...
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In March, we’ve featured reviews on topics as diverse as magical realisim in the Swedish hinterland, a story of the Trojan War translated from German, and a deep-frozen vision of a post-apocalyptic...
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During May we kicked off two new seasonal themes: time travel, selected by Joanna, beginning with A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, and interplanetary sci-fi, selected by Rachel, beginning with Contract...
View ArticleKeep The Stars Running
I knew when I saw the premise of this collection that I was going to love it. Published by Less Than Three Press, who specialise in LGBTQ romance, this is a space anthology with a difference: its five...
View ArticleBrave New Girls
Brave New Girls is a new YA anthology with a purpose. Every story has been commissioned with one goal in mind: to highlight young women with technical skills, saving the world (or at least themselves)...
View ArticleFalling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
I’ve been meaning to pick up something by Nalo Hopkinson ever since we first started this blog, so the release of Falling in Love with Hominids was a timely reminder to get on with it. This is a...
View ArticleCyberpunk: Malaysia
For the final instalment of my transhumanist theme, I’ve picked selections from a Malaysian anthology. Cyberpunk: Malaysia is edited by Zen Cho (whose debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, I read last...
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