Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
November was supposed to be SciFi Month. I mean, it still was for everyone else and, while I usually have a theme for events like this, I had opted for a chaotic lack of a plan this time round. In the end that turned out to mean not taking part at all cos of a... Continue Reading →
I'm dead happy to welcome Erica L. Satifka back to Parsecs & Parchment. I'm firmly of the opinion she's one of the most exciting writers out there at the mo. If you've not read her stuff yet check out my reviews of her rural cyberpunk novella BUSTED SYNAPSES and her new short story collection HOW... Continue Reading →
Having read Erica L. Satifka's rural cyberpunk novella Busted Synapses last year and chatted to her about it a little bit on this blog, I thought I knew what kinds of stories to expect going into How to Get to Apocalypse i.e. stories about working class people doing their best to navigate the grim technological... Continue Reading →
This is a post that does exactly what it says on the tin. But it also serves as my official announcement post that Parsecs & Parchment is reorienting! That's right bookwyrms, going forward I've decided I want to be championing and talking about and celebrating the diverse array of small press books out there. The... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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