“We are but fevered stars. Here a little while, bright with promise, before we burn away.” – Obregi Book of Flowers Rebecca Roanhorse returns us to Meridian, the fantasy version of Pre-Columbian Americas in the second book of her “Between Earth and Sky” series. Book 1 ended with the slaughter of the entire ruling body
Souls are cheap. The trick is finding the right soul. Katrina Nguyen, a transgender teenager from a very unaccepting family, decides that her latest beating is one beating too many. She climbs out of her family’s apartment and boards a bus to Los Angeles, bringing along not much more than her laptop and her treasured
Magnetic and surreal, d’Errico’s arresting subjects, their piercing eyes and dynamic colors, are often juxtaposed with the cute, creepy, bizarre, and the otherworldly. I reviewed Camilla d’Errico’s hardback Rainbow Children back in 2016 (short version: I loved it) so I was delighted to see her new book Dappled Daydreams was just released by Dark Horse.
Three more novelettes, these ones by Caroline M. Yoachim, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and John Wiswell, and I can safely say that these are quite a bit darker in tone than the first three. We’ve got a dreamlike trip through time as seen by the eyes of an immortal painter (immortality in this case granted by
This is sort of a travel-edition of my usual reviews; I’m away from home for a few days and needed something suitable for reading on a plane. The first three Hugo-nominated novelettes fit the bill nicely. This year we have stories of an exclusive boutique clothing store run entirely by fairies, a tiny robot who’s
My mother died screaming my name. Isabel Ibañez’s latest Young Adult novel starts just minutes before a tragedy that changes 18-year-old Zarela Zalvidar’s life forever. Her beautiful mother, a talented flamenco dancer, is killed in a terrifying mishap, and Zarela and her arena-fighting father are left to run their family’s arena of La Giralda without
Mrs. Whitaker found the Holy Grail. It was under a fur coat. The latest collaboration between author Neil Gaiman and artist Colleen Doran starts in a flourish of flowers and calligraphy as a kind-natured pensioner buys the Holiest of Holies for 30p from a secondhand shop. The next day she’s visited by Galaad – knight
The Hugo Award finalists for 2022 were announced today, and I somehow managed this year to read three of the novels (got Project Hail Mary read just under the wire), two of the novellas, one of the novelettes, a Lodestar Award candidate, and an entire series! Winners will be announced on Sunday, September 4. Check
The nominations for this year’s Hugo Awards will be announced next month, and one book that’s showing up on a lot of Best Of lists is Andy Weir’s latest novel, Project Hail Mary. I’ve somehow missed out on Weir’s previous books (and the movie based on The Martian; I know, no excuses for that), so