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Review of The River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Posted on May 23, 2017 by H.P.

The River of Teeth has a killer concept. It riffs off a cockamamie scheme to deal with invasive vegetation and a meat shortage in America by importing hippos en masse. In Gailey’s world, Congress went forward with the scheme (at … Continue reading →

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Review of Infomocracy by Malka Older

Posted on November 8, 2016 by H.P.

Happy Election Day! I was there shortly after the polls opened, Infomocracy in hand, but heavy early voting didn’t leave many people.  There was no line so I finished Infomocracy over a leisurely breakfast instead.  Cyberpunk with a distinctly political … Continue reading →

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Review of Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on June 28, 2016 by H.P.

A frequent complaint regarding today’s short speculative fiction is that it is too frequently only nominally speculative or not really speculative at all.  I’m leery of going that far, if only because I like non-speculative fiction just fine and I … Continue reading →

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Review of The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster

Posted on January 19, 2016 by H.P.

The cover to The Drowning Eyes immediately grabbed me when I saw it—the ships and storms crashing in the background, the woman standing against the storm, compass in hand.  I was sold on weather magic.

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Review of The Builders by Daniel Polansky

Posted on November 3, 2015 by H.P.

A mouse, a stoat, a possum, a salamander, a badger, a mole, and an owl walk into a bar… …And from that one-note joke comes a pretty damn fine novella. The Captain—a scowling, one-eyed mouse—and his crew lost a civil … Continue reading →

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Review of Sunset Mantle by Alter Reiss

Posted on September 15, 2015 by H.P.

I’ve seen Sunset Mantle described a few places as an epic fantasy squeezed into a novella’s binding, but that’s not quite right. There is little-to-no magic. It is told from a single perspective and has two real characters. And the … Continue reading →

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