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The Book Thief: A tale of a girl told by Death

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak “Here is a small fact. You are going to die.” It is Death who speaks the novel’s opening lines. And Death himself, for the duration of Markus Zusak’s bestselling novel, will be our narrator. It is 1939 in Nazi Germany and whilst he takes away an increasing amount of souls, […]

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The Yiddish Policeman’s Union: How can one resist?

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon [In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.] Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union is (breathe in) an alternate history science fiction noir police […]

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Undertow: Mediocre

Undertow by Elizabeth Bear Ursula Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest (1976) is a (novella extended into a) novel that features an alien planet invaded by humanity and exploited for its resources, the natives forced into labor. An open allegory regarding the United States’ involvement in Vietnam, it is a compact novel that remains focused […]

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Gentlemen of the Road: Swashbuckling historical fiction

Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road (2007) is a swashbuckling historical fiction about a pair of Jewish vagabonds in 10th century Khazaria. Amran is a large Abyssinian, while Zelikman is a somber doctor who explains that he does not save the lives of his patients — he only “prolongs their […]

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After Dark: Staying up late

After Dark by Haruki Murakami In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us. The bars are closing and the night’s last trains are shuttling people out of the […]

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Dangerous Space: Gorgeous short stories

Dangerous Space by Kelley Eskridge Dangerous Space is a revelation. I had no idea these gorgeous short stories were out there. Put me on the list of people who will now read absolutely everything Kelley Eskridge writes, because if these are characteristic of her work, I want it all. Eskridge often makes creativity her subject, […]

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Shiny Beasts by Rick Veitch

Shiny Beasts by Rick Veitch (with Alan Moore & S. R. Bissette) Shiny Beasts is a 2007 collection of short story pieces dating from 1978-1994. Rick Veitch is an artist who worked with Alan Moore on his early run of Swamp Thing and eventually took over writing duties as well. Since Swamp Thing is a […]

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The Terror: Historical, horror, and literary fiction

The Terror by Dan Simmons The Terror is based on the British vessels HMS Erebrus and HMS Terror and their voyage to discover a northwest passage in the 19th century. Using their unknown fate as a literary springboard, Dan Simmons freely fills the gap in history as his imagination allows, and in the process has created a work of historical […]

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Let the Right One In: A bleak and chilly horror novel

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist, is a bleak and chilly horror novel that evokes classic Stephen King works like Salem’s Lot. Lindqvist is a Swedish writer and the book is set in a planned community in northern Sweden, called Blackeberg, in 1981. The novel […]

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Shaun Tan’s The Arrival

The Arrival by Shaun Tan Shaun Tan’s The Arrival is a highly acclaimed graphic novel about immigration. There are no words in this graphic novel, allowing Tan to rely entirely on images to reveal the doubts and conflicts that his characters face. On his website, Tan explains that: “In ‘The Arrival’, the absence of any […]

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