by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 2, 2022 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dawn, the first in Lilith’s Brood or Xenogenesis trilogy, is excellent Afrofuturism. It’s also Octavia Butler at her best. Although published in 1979, Butler envisions a future for the Earth that’s not just possible but probable. And amid the futuristic story, she...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 3, 2022 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Octavia Butler creates a fantastical story in Wild Seed, the first book of her Patternist series. The main characters are two immortals, living in Africa and America during the years leading up to the Civil War. Doro is a body-snatching, shape shifter who believes he...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 2, 2022 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller
Upgrade is Blake Crouch’s latest thriller and it focuses on using genetics for good or evil. Main character Logan Ramsay experiences both in the course of the story. As the son of a famous geneticist, he was a tangential part of an apocalyptic genetic failure. As a...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 22, 2021 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Andy Weir creates a science fiction masterwork in Project Hail Mary. It deserves to be on every “Best of 2021” list, particularly the audiobook lists. There’s copious science within this adventure story among the stars of a distant galaxy. And also considerably more...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 23, 2020 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Three-Body Problem is science fiction based in China and written by Chinese author Liu Cixin. Despite being set in a completely different culture, the science focus offers plenty of commonalities. Plus, of course, the fascination with life on other planets. That...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 27, 2017 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Often an author’s first novel isn’t especially good, but Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is an exception to that general rule. Cline creates a future world with likable characters, plenty of action, and a noble quest. What more could a reader want? It also helps if...
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