I don’t know if this will resonate with anyone else, but I am kinda tired of science fiction books that look at the myriad looming global crises and simply wave them away with “everything is going to be fine; it will all work out.” I have recently started seeking out depictions of our future that…
Continue reading ➞ Ode To The Half-Broken – Redefining Success
Oh yeah folks, it’s time for some more politically tinged science fiction. Wait, what am I saying, the genre is inherently political. I had yet to purchase a ticket to the Richard Swan show, but when I heard his latest, The Infinite State, is about trying to jumpstart a democracy while living in an authoritarian…
Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe is an action-packed story about an executioner and an assassin colliding to either kill each other or destroy the system that oppresses them both. If you like enemies to lovers, sticky situations, and some strong ladies taking back their power, then this one is for you. The elites of New Found…
I am trying to get to a lot more novellas this year, which means the lot of you will have to put up with some quickfire reviews about some quickfire books. Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz, is a short 200-page novella about a near-future American dystopia where a collection of abandoned service robots open a…
I haven’t had the chance to check out Tender Is The Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica’s international hit, so I figured I would treat myself with her latest outing. The Unworthy is a nightmarish fever dream in which one woman chronicles her time with a cloister of women in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by climate change. The…
Continue reading ➞ The Unworthy – Bask In The Light Of The Holy
Artificial intelligence has been a mainstay within science fiction since the genre’s inception. We all know the various tales of robots, their human creators, and the inevitable rebellions that are mustered forth, just or unjust. The large language models and generative AI that are dominating the cultural discussion and banging on the doors of our…
Continue reading ➞ Mechanize My Hands To War – Forever Unto The Breach
A little while ago I read Africa Risen, a collection of short stories featuring authors from Africa focusing on the African Diaspora. It was a wonderful collection with a few authors I wanted to keep track of. One of whom was Tlotlo Tsmaase, who wrote a story called “Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition).” So when I…
I’ve been feeling alien vibes lately, thanks to some of my favorite podcasts discussing the subject. Because of this, I finally picked up The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey after it sat on my TBR for years. It’s a popular young-adult science fiction novel that came out in 2013, and you may be familiar with…
Powerless by Lauren Roberts is a fantasy romance set against a dystopian backdrop. If you’re looking for a slow burn that focuses heavily on relationship building then this is the story for you. This book will easily scratch your romantasy itch without investing in a complicated world or magic system. Citizens with Elite and Mundane…
Let's take another break from the deluge of generation ships and instead focus on another type of ship, the ark. Didn’t see that one coming did you? Or maybe you’re here to hold me to task on the books I promised to read in our Black Author Appreciation post from earlier this year. Either way,…
Continue reading ➞ Lost Ark Dreaming – An Enthralling Vision
