Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
1. I'm gonna be a bit self-indulgent this week and start with something I threw out into the ether. My tweet soliciting anticapitalist discussion posts about themes in speculative fiction got much more interest than I thought. A bunch of people contacted me saying they want to contribute or already have ideas to pitch, so... Continue Reading →
Why oh why did I have to set myself Things To Do when it comes to reading? That review-a-day thing I'm planning for Wyrd & Wonder? Yeah I'm gonna have to get my read on if I'm to get up to speed with that. Of course this was always predictable for a committed mood reader... Continue Reading →
Hi Corey, thanks so much for doing the interview! I've just finished your newest book, Repo Virtual, and absolutely loved it. How have you found the experience of releasing a book this year? It's been tough, to be honest. When you spend so much time planning, researching, writing and editing a book, you really hope... Continue Reading →
Recently Finished: SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh BardugoI decided to read this on a whim without really knowing anything about it. Mainly because I'm very interested in reading Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo and I have a weird thing where I like to read authors books in order, so I can see how they... Continue Reading →
Hi Erica, thanks so much for doing the interview! First of all, congrats on the release of your new book, Busted Synapses. How has it been writing a new book in the hellscape that is 2020? Despite the book's similarity to current events, I actually wrote this book a few years before the pandemic. However,... Continue Reading →
I've been impressed by the new cyberpunk I've been reading lately. I didn't know if modern authors would have moved on from the retro-futurist vibes of their older counterparts, or whether they'd have anything worthwhile to say about 21st century capitalism. Honestly it's about time cyberpunk moved on and had something worth saying again and... Continue Reading →
The last review I wrote was for William Gibson's Neuromancer, one of the earliest trailblazers of cyberpunk literature. Well, BUSTED SYNAPSES is the newest addition to the canon and I can confidently say this book gives me so much hope for the future of the genre. Where most cyberpunk takes place in massive conurbations of... Continue Reading →
NEUROMANCER. Probably not the first cyberpunk novel (if it's even possible to identify such a thing) but arguably the one that had the most influence on the development of the genre and, from a personal perspective, the first one I ever read. There's so much juicy cyberpunk goodness to dig into here, from cyberspace-faring console... Continue Reading →
Ok, so given I'm gonna be exclusively talking about cyberpunk on the blog during SciFi Month, it's probably a good idea to talk a bit about what it is. Subgenres are fickle, amorphous things so don't take this as a comprehensive overview. I'm sure there'll be many things I leave out and probably some stuff... Continue Reading →
Yesss, I've been looking forward to SciFi Month for weeks! As much as I love Halloween and all things spooky season, science fiction is my one true love and I'm strapped in and ready for lift off. Though in all likelihood most of my reading won't involve much interstellar travel or interaction with alien species,... Continue Reading →
