Moderation, Elaine Castillo (Atlantic 978-1-838-95498-7, £17.99, 320pp, hc) July 2025. (Viking 878-0-593-48966-6, $29.00, 320pp, hc) August 2025. From a novel that grapples with how we might expand our definition of humanity to include the artificial, animal, and microbial, I turn to one that explores the fractal complexity of humanity in the here-and-just-after-now. Elaine Castillo’s Moderation is a worlds-spanning romance, and one of its worlds, the bridging world, is the ...Read More
