Recently, I have expressed a lot of frustration with some novels set in the midst of climate change, if not fully tackling the subject head-on. I am not surprised by these feelings, though it concerns me that at this late hour, it still feels like we are floundering on cohesive narratives that extend beyond “humans…
Continue reading ➞ The Forest On The Edge of Time – Mud Into Gods
Terrestrial History, by Joe Mungo Reed, caught my eye with its heavy title and stark cover art. Its premise was just as intriguing, promising time travel and four generations within the same family as they dealt with climate change and the colonization of Mars. And while there are some really exciting ideas at play within…
Continue reading ➞ Terrestrial History – Best Left to the Nerds
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi had me sobbing, and I cannot recommend it enough. It’s a delightful short novel that zooms in on four characters’ transformative and heartbreaking moments as they travel back in time to find answers and, hopefully, closure. The small cafe may seem unassuming, but it houses a doorway…
Continue reading ➞ Before The Coffee Gets Cold – Bittersweet
Josiah Bancroft is back with a new entry in his Hexologists series. Book two is called A Tangle of Time, and it appears that Bancroft is aiming for a more episodic take on his fantasy mystery series, very reminiscent of how the original Sherlock Holmes stories were organized. Iz and Warren Wilby have found themselves…
Continue reading ➞ The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time – Discordant Chronomancy
Originally, I was going to open this review with a roast of the book titles because they are so long, but honestly, given how appropriate the names are and how boring most fantasy book titles are I have no ground to stand on. Okay, so today I want to spend some time talking about a…
Continue reading ➞ The Light Of All That Falls/The Licanius Trilogy – A Time-Travel Cage Match
I wanted to start this review with a reference to Changes by David Bowie, but maybe that’s a little too on the nose? What about The Future’s So Bright by Timbuk 3? Probably still not quite right, and due to my lack of pop culture references to alchemy I may have to change my angle…
Continue reading ➞ Middlegame – I Didn’t Quite Go Cuckoo For It, But Still Great
I didn’t want to write this review. Strong start, right? I want to clarify that my reluctance to write critically about This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is not out of laziness or a lack of motivation. I loathe having to review writing I find profound in…
Continue reading ➞ This Is How You Lose The Time War – Long Title For A Short (Great) Book
I absolutely detest books that feel like work. I don’t mean books that make you work to understand and finish them, but books that remind you of what it is like to wake up in the morning to go to a job you find utterly dull and unsatisfying. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O (DODO…
Continue reading ➞ The Rise and Fall of DODO – Extinction Should Be Permanent
I have an interesting review for you today about a book (and series) that I am particularly attached to. Back in the blog's first year I was testing out ideas for thought pieces to complement my reviews. One of the first ones I did was this piece on perception. At the bottom of that piece…
Continue reading ➞ An Echo Of Things To Come – Time To Shine
