Previous SFF Author: John Taine
WOLE TALABI is a full-time engineer, part-time writer and some-time editor from Nigeria. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Lightspeed Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Terraform, Omenana, Abyss & Apex, The Kalahari Review, the anthologies Imagine Africa 500, Futuristica Vol. 1 and several other places. He edited the anthologies These Words Expose Us and Lights Out: Resurrection. He currently lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Shigidi and The Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
Shigidi and The Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi is a new addition to the fantasy heist genre, one that brings a sense of freshness due to its backdrop of Yoruba folktale/myth and a sense of depth thanks to its focus on character, as well as a moving close.
The narrative is set in a world of gods and spirits who have organized themselves into companies and regions and who are,
Bill Capossere´s rating: 4.5 | Wole Talabi | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi
Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi is a collection of sixteen science fiction stories by the author of Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (one of my most pleasurable reads lately). As with any story collection, Convergence Problems varies in impact of each individual piece, but if I wasn’t blown away by any of the tales save one, the collection as a whole is nicely consistent along the 3-4 scale,
Bill Capossere´s rating: 3.5 | Wole Talabi | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: John Taine
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