Mining the Genre Asteroid: An Elephant for Aristotle
“… This reinforces the clear point of view that De Camp promotes in the book, and that is one of multiculturalism and diversity being good things for people to experience and for polities to have. Time and again, having a wide and diverse group, or tribe, or nation is superior, clearly, to monoculture alternatives.”
Book Review: Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham
This is not a non-fiction book, there definitely is a protagonist and her name is Alys. But in a real way, this novel (and I am going to venture, the entire series) really has the city of Kithamar as its real protagonist and telling Alys’ story is a way to tell part of the story of Kithamar.
Review: The Warden by Daniel M. Ford
… So, once things do kick off, we get a lot of fun action sequences, a main character learning to do better and learning to adapt her city and courtly ways to the wild frontier, to tackle a problem far bigger and dangerous than she imagined, and torn between wanting to stick it out and wanting to decamp for other climes. …
Book Review: Heretic by Gregory A Wilson
… Tellisar is a big and unfamiliar city and along the way he is going to make allies, more enemies and finally come to final terms with himself, with Caron and their abilities, and just what his future and life should be, all under the Sword of Damocles hanging over him that is the Order. With plenty of action beats and adventure in the bargain.
Book Review: Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang (translation by Ken Liu)
Jumpnauts, in the end, is a very ambitious and interesting novel.
Review: The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed
The Siege of Burning Grass is a book that rewards patient and slow reading rather than skipping merrily through it. The author is engaging with weighty subjects here and you want to take this patiently and think about the central themes again and what is going on.
