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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 24, 2025

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Russell Hoban’s eccentric masterpiece, Riddley Walker, was published in 1980. Push past the weird spellings. Read it aloud to yourself if you have to. A must-read.

Cover of Russell Hoban's novel "Riddley Walker"
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 23, 2025

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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.

cover of "Consider Phlebas" by Iain Banks
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 22, 2025

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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, in Robinson’s prolific career.

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I should also point you to a great review of Icehenge, one of Robinson’s other novels, recently posted HERE.