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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 23, 2025
Iain Banks, Consider Phlebas, 1987–the first book in the magnificent Culture series. Banks is a superb writer, not only of SF but of conventionally realistic novels as well. Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 22, 2025
Kim Stanley Robinson published The Ministry for the Future in 2020, a cautionary tale for our planet on the brink. The book is chilling and in my opinion necessary. The novel is one among many, and one of the best,… Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 21, 2025
Cecilia Holland, widely admired for her historical fiction, published her only SF novel, Floating Worlds, in 1976. It ought to be better known! It is one of my favorites. It’s a space pirates novel. It’s the Mongol Horde in space.… Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 20, 2025
Extremophile (2024), Ian Green’s novel of cyberpunk dystopia, bioterrorism, wild heist/caper shenanigans, and more! more! is a delight. It was short-listed for the 2025 Arthur C. Clarke Award. A great, gritty read. Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 19, 2025
Parable of the Sower (1993) cemented Octavia Butler’s place as one of the best writers of speculative fiction in America. Shortly after publication of this novel, she was awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the so-called… Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 18, 2025
Matt Dinniman’s hilarious novel Dungeon Crawler Carl (2020) is the first in a series of novels starring Carl and Donut as they navigate a world catastrophe (emphasis on the “cat”) requiring them to survive multiple levels of a fiendishly designed… Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 17, 2025
China Miéville, one of the best writers in any genre I’ve ever read, published The Scar in 2002. It may be my favorite, but that’s a hard call. Miéville writes what has been called “New Weird” fiction. This novel is… Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 16, 2025
Is Atwood’s dystopian novel too grim for a holiday collection of quotations? Too bad–look around you. The book has come to life before our eyes. Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 15, 2025
One of the most engaging anti-hero rogues in all fantasy, Locke Lamora is even more fascinating when paired with his buddy Jean. If you haven’t read The Lies of Locke Lamora, you have a treat in store. It is Book… Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 14, 2025
Susanna Clarke’s brilliant tour de force of a fantasy novel was published in 2004. Continue reading
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