In the near-future world of Venomous Lumpsucker, everything has continued to get worse, to the point where a corporation can…
Titanium Noir is an excellent near-future alternate-history murder mystery that follows the murder of a Titan, a medically-enhanced person who…
Super Sad True Love Story is an engaging, literary love story that takes place in a near-future dystopian society where…
The Sky is Yours is a genre-bending book that takes place in a wild, post-apocalyptic world with both dragons and…
Oryx and Crake is an excellent book, interesting and strange, that grabs your attention and doesn’t let go. It manages…
(Updated for 2021) Dystopian fiction is making us scared. Stop writing it! Or, we're writing it because we're already scared,…
I’m a big fan of author David Wong, and his latest family-friendly-read-aloud-to-the-kids book, Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick,…
Dystopian fiction is making us scared. Stop writing it! Or, we’re writing it because we’re already scared, so we should…
The famous Philip K. Dick wrote some amazing books, but in his later years, penned a few stinkers. Fortunately, Ubik…
Roadside Picnic is short, bleak, and fantastic. It has a typical Russian life-is-a-meaningless-struggle-against-absurdity vibe, but there’s enough going on to…