Category Archives: science fiction review
Review: United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Decades ago, Japan won the Second World War. Americans worship their infallible Emperor, and nobody believes that Japan’s conduct in the war was anything but exemplary. Nobody, that is, except the George Washingtons – … Continue reading
Review: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the cute outfits … Continue reading
Review: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future. Rumors begin to spread of a species of hyperintelligent, … Continue reading
Review: Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
Buy it here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sister―and Earth’s environmental salvation. In Earth’s not too distant future, … Continue reading
Review: > rekt by Alex Gonzalez
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, Alex Gonzalez’s rekt traces a young man’s algorithmic descent into depravity in a future that’s nearly here. > be me, 26> about to … Continue reading
Review: When the Moon Hits Your Eye
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel … Continue reading
Review: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college professor Charlie Brunton receives a call from his estranged daughter Sidney, setting off a chain of events as … Continue reading
Review: Authority (Southern Reach #2) by Jeff VanderMeer
Buy it here: Amazon Bookshop Synopsis: The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X—a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all … Continue reading
Review: Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into the stickiest of webs. Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the … Continue reading
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