Category Archives: Speculative Fiction

NOS4A2

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Charles Talent Manx roams the country in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith, stealing children. He doesn’t want to hurt them — oh, no! He wants to take them to Christmasland, a place not on any map, where the children will stay … Continue reading →

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Parable of the Talents

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

I’m tempted to just tell all of you that this book by Octavia Butler is even better than Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and that you must read it and leave it at that. But I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Yeine grew up in the outlying kingdom of the Darre, her mother having been disgraced and exiled from the ruling kingdom of the Arameri for falling in love with a Darre man. So Yeine is surprised when her grandfather Dekarta … Continue reading →

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Fables 8-13

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Just a quick note to say that I’m continuing to read the Fables series. This time I read volumes 8-13, Wolves through The Great Fables Crossover. I’ve continued to enjoy these in a general way, and I’m engaged by the … Continue reading →

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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

James Hogg wrote this odd, ferocious little novel in 1824, and published it anonymously. It’s hard to categorize: is it psychological mystery? Is it satire? Theological treatise, reflection on totalitarian thought? Metafiction? Crime fiction, or possibly gothic fiction? Well… yes. … Continue reading →

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Novelties and Souvenirs

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

John Crowley says at the end of Little, Big that we know the world as it is and not otherwise; that if there was ever a time when magic worked, it’s not now. Each of these fifteen stories (or fourteen … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Short Stories/Essays, Speculative Fiction | 1 Comment

Life After Life

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

No breath. All the world come down to this. One breath. Little lungs, like dragonfly wings failing to inflate in the foreign atmosphere. No wind in the strangled pipe. The buzzing of a thousand bees in the tiny curled pearl … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction | Tagged | 18 Comments

Lady Into Fox

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

This short, strange, fascinating book by David Garnett has been on my TBR list for a long time, ever since I saw Simon from Stuck In a Book recommend it lo these many years ago. (It’s number 13 on his … Continue reading →

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Terra

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Terra is a scavenger on a far-future Earth. She picks up bits of metal and wire — or better yet, precious plastic — and recycles them for credits so she and her younger brother Mica can survive. After a life-altering … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's / YA Lit, Fiction, Speculative Fiction | Tagged | 3 Comments

Fables #4-7 and 1001 Nights of Snowfall

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

In August, I read the first three volumes of Bill Willingham’s Fables series of graphic novels. I enjoyed them, and planned to read more, but my time at school became so busy that I haven’t had a chance to pick … Continue reading →

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