speculative fiction
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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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