book-reviews
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 24, 2025
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. Continue reading
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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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