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Review: <em>The Tusks of Extinction</em> by Ray Nayler

The Tusks of Extinction is a short novellette/novelito (smaller than a novella) where mammoths have been resurrected and are roaming…

2 years ago

Review: <em>Venomous Lumpsucker</em> by Ned Beauman

In the near-future world of Venomous Lumpsucker, everything has continued to get worse, to the point where a corporation can…

2 years ago

Review: <em>The Road to Roswell</em> by Connie Willis

Author Connie Willis outdoes herself with humor and heart in The Road to Roswell, where a stealthy, desperate first contact…

2 years ago

Review: <em>More Than Human</em> by Theodore Sturgeon

More Than Human is widely lauded as the first literary science fiction book, and it won the first Hugo back…

2 years ago

Review: <em>The Gone World</em> by Tom Sweterlitsch

The Gone World is brilliant: part noir murder mystery, part alternate history, part here-comes-the-apocalypse, and part thriller. It’s unique, mind-bending…

3 years ago

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>The Brief History of the Dead</em> by Kevin Brockmeier

The Brief History of the Dead is a fascinating, odd (in the best sense of the word), and deeply inventive…

3 years ago

Review: <em>The Kaiju Preservation Society</em> by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society is ridiculously fun. It’s easy to imagine author John Scalzi grinning like a maniac as he…

3 years ago

Review: <em>11/22/63</em> by Stephen King

I’m a fan of Stephen King, and 11/22/63 is one of his best. There’s more humor than horror, and a…

3 years ago