dystopia
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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. 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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The Arthur C. Clarke Awards short list, continued
The novels short-listed for this major speculative fiction award include: In my last post, I reviewed the novels by Armfield and Bradley. This post reviews the novels by Green and Woolf. Extremophile, Ian Green (2024, Head of Zeus/Bloomsbury) What an… Continue reading
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