The Power: The Fantasy You Didn’t Know You Needed
Thoughts on The Power by Naomi Alderman The Power is a story set in a frame. A man, 5,000 years in the future, pitches this book as a way to help readers visual...
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Testing the Waters of Modern Icelandic Literature
Book review: The Whispering Muse by Sjón Because I started learning Icelandic this year, I decided it would be a good time to check out some Icelandic literatur...
North Korea Is Not for the Faint of Heart
I saw Suki Kim on The Daily Show a few nights ago. Although I barely registered the content of her interview, I heard enough to decide her book would probably b...
Brotherhood and Modern Philosophy: The Great Glass Sea
Book Review: The Great Glass Sea by Josh Weil As I read this book, I was sure I would not write a review about it. The Great Glass Sea is a dense, complex story...
Now with 100% More Civilization
Book Review: Three Princes by Ramona Wheeler Three Princes is a book that seems to be based on the question “What if Egypt never stopped being great?” In Three ...
Come at Me, NSA
Book Review: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald No Place to Hide is the culmination of a year’s...
Meanwhile in Civilized Space
Book Review: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice is an awesome book. I know I’m not the only person with that opinion because it won a Nebul...
Married to the Sea
Book Review: Sea Change by S. M. Wheeler Sea Change is a delightfully written coming-of-age fairy tale, but the old school kind of fairy tale in which there is ...
In Which Time Travel Is the Hip, New Thing
Book Review: The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma (translated by Nick Caistor) The Map of Time weaves together the stories of three 19th century London characters:...
New Work, Old Work, What’s the Difference Once Your Head’s Blown Off
Book review: Makers by Cory Doctorow Ever since I read Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson last year, I’ve been captivated by the make...