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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.
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
[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.]
I had high hopes for Chang-rae Lee’s On Such a Full Sea. A literary author turning his hand to a post-apocalyptic tale that would focus less it seems on zombies and cannibals etc.,
March 7th, 2014. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2.5 | Chang-rae Lee | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or; a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World by Rachel Cantor
[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.]
When I distill down my responses to Rachel Cantor’s debut novel, A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or; a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World,
February 21st, 2014. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | Rachel Cantor | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
[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.]
I consider the Man Booker Prize to be one of the most reliable guides to finding excellent work, much more so than say the Pulitzer or the National Book Award. And so when the long list comes out I dutifully copy it and think about picking up some of them eventually (usually when they’re out of hardcover).
December 20th, 2013. Bill Capossere´s rating: 4.5 | Ruth Ozeki | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson is the author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Sexing the Cherry and Passion. She writes beautiful prose about fascinating characters, some of whom really existed,
November 29th, 2013. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | Jeanette Winterson | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Sworn Sword by James Aitcheson
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Sworn Sword is an historical novel set in the 1060s in England. James Aitcheson is a scholar, and the story of Tancred a Dinant, a knight in the service of William the Conqueror, is painstakingly researched, opening a window into a distant period of British history.
October 11th, 2013. Marion Deeds´s rating: 3.5 | James Aitcheson | Edge | SFF Reviews | no comments |
[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.]
Orlando, by Virginia Woolf, is funny. Okay, it’s not snort-beer-out-your-nose funny, (it’s Virginia Woolf after all,) but it’s still witty and fun… probably about as “fun” as Woolf got. The writing is poetic, political and smart, and the story goes nowhere you would expect from the woman who wrote Mrs.
June 21st, 2013. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | Virginia Woolf | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
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What is it that drives us to pick up and complete a novel? A plot that carefully mortars brick upon brick, each clicking neatly together giving us no choice but to wonder “but then what?” until we look up surprised to find ourselves at the end?
May 24th, 2013. Bill Capossere´s rating: 4.5 | Kate Atkinson | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa
[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.]
We get precious little science fiction, fantasy and horror in translation, which means most of our reading is Eurocentric and a lot of it, though enjoyable, is anything but challenging. That’s why, when I saw Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales,
March 22nd, 2013. Terry Weyna´s rating: 4.5 | Yoko Ogawa | Edge, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Magic Circle by Jenny Davidson
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The Magic Circle by Jenny Davidson is the story of three young women in academia, all of whom become involved in a particular type of game that combines urban exploration with LARPing (live-action role-playing). Logical Ruth is primarily interested in games as teaching tools.
February 22nd, 2013. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 2 | Jenny Davidson | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is a romp of a first novel by Robin Sloan. It’s a perfect book for booklovers who lean toward the mysterious and fantastic, blurring genre lines throughout to afford readers a marvelous time.
The novel begins when Clay Jannon, the first-person narrator, is responding to an advertisement for a clerk in a 24-hour bookstore in San Francisco. Clay was educated as a graphic artist, but he’s finding jobs scarce since his work designing a logo and a website for a bagel bakery and acting as the “voice” of @NewBagel on Twitter — definitely a new economy sort of job.
February 15th, 2013. Terry Weyna, Ryan Skardal and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4.5 | Robin Sloan | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Previous SFF Author: C.M. Eddy_Jr
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