Literary

Review: <em>Dr. No</em> by Percival Everett

Dr. No reads like the author does not care whether anyone reads this book or not; he had fun writing…

3 years ago

Review: <em>Super Sad True Love Story</em> by Gary Shteyngart

Super Sad True Love Story is an engaging, literary love story that takes place in a near-future dystopian society where…

3 years ago

Review: <em>A Canticle for Leibowitz</em> by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Written in 1959, A Canticle for Leibowitz is one of the first real literary science fiction books, and an enduring,…

3 years ago

Review: <em>The Sky is Yours</em> by Chandler Klang Smith

The Sky is Yours is a genre-bending book that takes place in a wild, post-apocalyptic world with both dragons and…

3 years ago

Review: <em>Oryx and Crake</em> by Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake is an excellent book, interesting and strange, that grabs your attention and doesn’t let go. It manages…

4 years ago

Review: <em>Borne</em> by Jeff VanderMeer

Author Jeff VanderMeer is known for his surreal sci-fi Southern Reach trilogy (the first book was Annihilation, which was made…

4 years ago

Review: <em>Never Let Me Go</em> by Kazuo Ishiguro

The alternate history Never Let Me Go follows the lives of several children who grew up in a strange, special…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Girl in Landscape</em> by Jonathan Lethem

My kid is learning to play the piano, and part of that is using dynamics: playing some parts of the…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Station Eleven</em> by Emily St. John Mandel

I’m not usually a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories, but Station Eleven is a great story and exceptionally well-written. (more…)

7 years ago

Review: <em>Roadside Picnic</em> by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

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…

7 years ago