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Books Read: Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
What the fuck is this novel? I mean, I know what Lightning Rods is. It’s a satire of sexual...
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Books Read: Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
Is this my favourite book of the year? Maybe not — but it’s right up there. Peregrine is an...
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Books Read: Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
I was a big fan of Lakshminarayan’s Ten Percent Thief, a deserved Clarke Award nominee. With...
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Books Read: Her First American by Lore Segal
I typically write these reviews a couple of days after I’ve read the book (there are exceptions to...
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Books Read: Private Rites by Julia Armfield
One collection and two novels down, and Julia Armfield is right up there with Nina Allan as one of...
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Books Read: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
I liked Kushner’s last novel, The Mars Room, but I’m happy to admit that parts of it went over my...
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Books Read: In Universes by Emet North
In Universes is the classic “Your Mileage May Vary” novel. I loved the central conceit. Broken...
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Books Read: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Given my patchy reading past, you’ll be surprised to hear that this isn’t my first Wyndham. I’ve...
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Books Read: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
Thanks to a very kind editor, I can choose most books I review for Locus. Although Edelweiss* has...
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Books Read: Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson
Evenson’s latest collection gathers 19 stories—mostly horror, including several that take place in...
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