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I became a fan of Isabel J. Kim instantly when I read “Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole”, a brief and witty send-up of Le Guin’s famous short story that I suspect Le Guin would have approved of. So when I heard her first novel, Sublimation, was coming out, I jumped at the chance to get an eARC from Tor and NetGalley. This is every bit what I…
I am sure I have said this before: every Sarah Gailey book is a slightly different experience. I never know quite what I’ll get. All of their books blend science fiction, horror, and contemporary fiction in such unique amounts. I actually would have a hard time pointing you to a favourite—Spread Me appears to be the winner, simply by dint of the five stars it received from me at the start of this year,…
The comps given for this one are Severance, The White Lotus, and Black Mirror, and I have to agree: Glass Houses is a science-fiction thriller very much of its time. Madeline Ashby
Kristen’s childhood was spent as a subject of livestreaming by her parents—until they died in a house fire that left her badly burned. Now grown, Kristen is working for a tech startup pioneering “emotional currency” based on the blockchain. When…
Not my usual fare, but my neighbour bought it and a different friend, who is much more into horror, had mentioned Riley Sager a few times. I didn’t learn until after I read Survive the Night that she considers it one of Sager’s weaker novels! While diehard horror fans might find something good in this, there was very little here for me.
Charlie Jordan is heading home to Ohio, effectively dropping out of college.…