Author: Christina Dalcher (website / twitter) UK Publisher: HQ Genre: Dystopic fiction, feminist fiction Silence can be deafening. Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Now the new government is in power, … Continue reading REVIEW: VOX – Christina Dalcher
Editor: Dominik Parisien (website / twitter) and Navah Wolfe (twitter) UK Publisher: Saga Press Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Buy Now: ebook | paperback | hardcover A unique anthology of all-new stories that challenges authors to throw down the gauntlet in an epic genre battle and demands an answer to the age-old question: Who is more awesome—robots or … Continue reading REVIEW: Robots vs Fairies – ed. Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe
Author: Kate Mascarenhas (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Head of Zeus Genre: Science fiction, murder mystery Release Date: 9th August 2018 Buy Now: ebook | hardcover 1967 -Four female scientists invent a time travel machine. They are on the cusp of fame: the pioneers who opened the world to new possibilities. But then one of them … Continue reading REVIEW: The Psychology of Time Travel – Kate Mascarenhas
Author: Sam Peters (twitter) UK Publisher: Gollancz Genre: Sci-Fi, crime thriller Buy Now: ebook | hardcover | paperback After a five year sabbatical following the tragic death of his wife and fellow agent Alysha, Keon Rause returns to the distant colony world of Magenta to resume service with the Magentan Intelligence Service. With him he brings an … Continue reading REVIEW: From Darkest Skies – Sam Peters
Author: Connie Willis (website) UK Publisher: Gollancz Genre: Sci-fi, romance Buy Now: ebook | paperback Briddey is about to get exactly what she thinks she wants . . . Briddey is a high-powered exec in the mobile phone industry, overseeing new products from concept ('anything to beat the new apple phone') to delivery. And she works with … Continue reading REVIEW: Crosstalk – Connie Willis
Author: Gary Shteyngart (website / twitter) UK Publisher: Granta Books Genre: literary fiction, near-future sci-fi, dystopic fiction Buy Now: ebook | paperback In a very near future a functionally illiterate America is about to collapse. But don't tell that to poor Lenny Abramov, proud author of what may well be the world's last diary. Despite his job … Continue reading REVIEW: Super Sad True Love Story – Gary Shteyngart
Author: Naomi Alderman (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Penguin Genre: Science fiction, feminism, literary fiction Buy now: ebook | paperback All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they've lost control. … Continue reading REVIEW: The Power – Naomi Alderman
Author: Becky Chambers (twitter / website) UK Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Genre: YA, Science Fiction Buy Now: ebook | paperback The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is one of those books that comes surrounded by hype. Initially self-published, it garnered enough attention to be offered a publishing deal through Hodder & Stoughton, and was shortlisted for the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet – Becky Chambers
