Station Eleven reframes contagion as infrastructural collapse, exposing ecological and logistical fragility.| NiCHE
I can’t believe how fast this last week flew by, but it was a very busy week on our end. As usual, spending all week running around to appointments and then taking care of Mom after an outpatient procedure. Mom is recovering nicely, and I got to take […]| Leah's Books
The summer months went out with a bang, literally, since my neighbors think that 5 hour firework shows should be had at least once a month. I was able to attend a Korean culture fair on Labor Day weekend with some friends, and it was a really fun […]| Leah's Books
Another Wednesday, another meme!! WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam over at Taking On A World Of Words with a lovely little community of folks where we talk through the three Ws. What are we reading, What have we recently finished, and What’s next to read! I honestly don’t know why I bother to write down what […]| Lost In The Narrative
From creator Ugo Bienvenu for Titan Comics, System Preference is a dystopian sci-fi tale in a bright but difficult future for humanity. With data storage at a premium in a world filled with an obsession for social media, historical treasures are being deleted to create space for holiday photos. One man takes it upon himself […] The post REVIEW: System Preference by Ugo Bienvenu appeared first on Grimdark Magazine.| Grimdark Magazine
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Halfway there! And I’m doing better than it might appear in that I’m in the middle of another 7 books and just have to decide what the final 3 will be. This was a sobering but satisfying pair of no…| Bookish Beck
Weird climate fiction descends into horror in Argentinian author Michel Nieva's 2023 novel Dengue Boy, translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery. The subtitle could be 'Revenge of the mutant human mosquito' and it's not for the faint-hearted. This is magical realism taken to the limit.| Market Garden Reader
Exceptionally well written with a great storyline combining the Catholic, dystopian, and romance genres into one excellent novel!| A Catholic Girl Reads
Final novel in the Liberty Trilogy and brings this dystopian world to a close.| A Catholic Girl Reads
Blurb: An exhilarating dystopian YA recalling The Last of Us and Divergent—Climate Of Chaos is a hard-hitting survival story featuring a disabled protagonist that explores the chilling effects of climate change and medical debt. In dystopic Seattle, storms have devastated Earth’s population, a new virus is spreading, and the privileged live inside domes controlled by Aegis Corp. Healthcare is earned by hours accrued working in Aegis’s pharmaceutical factories. If you run short on ho...| Jonathan Pongratz
Dead Happy by Josh Silver My Rating: 5 stars! Cover Rating: 6/10 It’s ok and it makes sense for the book, but it’s not really something that would automatically capture my attention. Publisher: Rock the Boat Publish Date: May 2nd, 2024 Number of Pages: 416 Received: Netgalley provided an e-arc in exchange for an honest…| The Book Raven
I have come to accept that I may have a slight obsession with translated Japanese fiction. While this journey has roots in the works of Haruki Murakami, it has since blossomed to incorporate so man…| I Would Rather Be Reading
When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of…| Bewitching Books, Ravenous Reads
Blurb: When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch’s name… Read more →| Jonathan Pongratz
Congratulations to this year’s Cybils Award Winner in Young Adult Speculative Fiction: Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer! I was honored to serve on the selection committee for this categ…| What's Not Wrong?
With 2023 brought to a standstill in entertainment thanks to the much-needed SAG-AFTRA strikes, you’d think 2024 would also be pretty poor when it comes to movies. Well, think again, because at least when it comes to scifi movies, 2024 will be an incredible year for original stories. Scroll on to see the new scifi […]| TechTheLead
Previously: A literary eulogy Earlier when I’ve paged through my past blog posts to locate my favorite for a particular year, one usually jumped out at me. For 2018, I find myself torn between two favorites. The tiebreaker in a case like this is: Do I have anything more to say on the subject? On […]| Jim Nelson
“1984” is one of my favorite novels. I’ve easily read it six times, and I’ll surely read it several more before I pass on. For such an intense read, it’s a surprisingly quick one; no more than a couple of hours long. The story is told with such clarity and economy that there’s virtually no […]| clontzville.com