Swamplandia! by Karen Russell It’s not often a book manages to maintain the balancing act between reality and fantasy, but Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! (2011) treads the line perfectly. The story opens with Hilola Bigtree, matriarch of the Bigtree family who own Swamplandia!, an alligator-wrestling theme park in the Ten Thousand Islands of the coast of […]
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Reposting to include Marion’s new review. Sleep Donation by Karen Russell In the near future, an insomnia epidemic has struck the United States. It’s caused by a dysfunction in orexin and those who acquire it can’t sleep. Eventually, they die. But there is a therapy that can help prolong life and, in some cases, even cure […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Marion Deeds´s rating: 3.5 | Karen Russell | Audio, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
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