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One woman's journey through South America - and the devastating story of our planet's disappearing …
Added to the list after reading this review www.willcycle.com/2025/02/11/the-life-cycle-by-kate-rawles by @WilliamNB@vivaldi.net
Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell
Shesheshen has …
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"God spoke to me, he says he wants me to tell you about all the times I was right and you were wrong"
It’s supposed to be a treat for Kit, a winter holiday by the coast with her sister Libby and their …
Gia's brother Nico is different from other boys. And being different can be dangerous in …
Firstly a quick warning that this isn't an entire story in itself, but the first half of a story that concludes somewhat ambiguously in the second book "Wolf Logic". I hope there will be a third on as while the main story wrapped up at the end of the second book I feel there were still quite a lot of loose ends.
I really liked the reversal of the usual chosen one narrative, that what makes the heroine Gia special in a magical family is her lack of magical powers, and it is this, not suddenly developing some magical ability, that allows her to become the hero by infiltrating the anti-magical organisation. If she does have a superpower it's likely to be her ability to accept and empathise with those different enough that many others don't. Magical ability is used effectively as a metaphor for neurodiversity or disability, and I …
Firstly a quick warning that this isn't an entire story in itself, but the first half of a story that concludes somewhat ambiguously in the second book "Wolf Logic". I hope there will be a third on as while the main story wrapped up at the end of the second book I feel there were still quite a lot of loose ends.
I really liked the reversal of the usual chosen one narrative, that what makes the heroine Gia special in a magical family is her lack of magical powers, and it is this, not suddenly developing some magical ability, that allows her to become the hero by infiltrating the anti-magical organisation. If she does have a superpower it's likely to be her ability to accept and empathise with those different enough that many others don't. Magical ability is used effectively as a metaphor for neurodiversity or disability, and I also really enjoyed the melting pop of different folklore traditions the world building allows, with the central set up being that magical creatures were oppressed or eradicated in Europe and north America, and the survivors found refuge in a somewhat tolerant south Africa.
Gia's brother Nico is different from other boys. And being different can be dangerous in Gia's world. Cape Town is …
Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless …
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
The story of rebuilding civilization after a plague nearly wipes out the human race.
Gia's brother Nico is different from other boys. And being different can be dangerous in Gia's world. Cape Town is …
In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret Killjoy spins a tale of …
“With a thoughtfully curated series of essays, poetry, and conversations, the brilliant scientist and climate expert Ayana Elizabeth Johnson has …
The Windup Girl is a biopunk science fiction novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi. It was his debut novel and …
This anthology envisions winters of the future, with stories of scientists working together to protect …
Too often solarpunk short stories seem to focus on the technology with the story added almost as an afterthought, but this excellent anthology definitely doesn't suffer from that issue. Almost every story features characters who learn and develop in their own right and exist in relationship with one another beyond the setting. The theme of winter is also a novel change with challenges and opportunities provided by ice, snow and flood rather than the more common heat and drought. (Based as I am in England's soggy south west, I really enjoyed the umbrellas that caught the kinetic energy of raindrops in Shel Graves' story). Highly recommended.
This anthology envisions winters of the future, with stories of scientists working together to protect narwhals from an oil spill, …
