Remember when I said that Killing the Children isn't only horror? Reading this second volume, it's kind of hard not to bonk myself on the head, because the horror elements, my friends, are nothing if not manifold. Let's get this out of the way: Should you pick up the second volume of this comic book?... Continue Reading →
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven asks not only “Can we imagine the future?” but “What is the price for that future?” It's a brilliant work, revolving around the relationship between George Orr (who may or may not be a reference to George Orwell) and his psychiatrist, William Haber. Bend me your ear... Continue Reading →
Release Date: 21 April 2020Published by: ACEGenre: Fucked if I know. Fantasy, sci-fi elements.Pages: 369Format: HardbackReview Copy: Courtesy of the author. The Girl and the Stars is a spectacular opening act to what promises to be one of the finest trilogies of this new decade*. So many of my fellow bloggers have spoken to the... Continue Reading →
It's been a long time coming, this. Philip K. Dick's look at an alternate version of the world where the Germans and the Japanese won World War 2 is nothing short of a spectacular example of speculative fiction. How does he do it? How does Dick create such a mortifying vision of the world such as... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 