Trace Elements, Donna Leon
In “Trace Elements,” a character who worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the … Continue reading →
Lot: Stories, Bryan Washington
Few writers have done for their city what Washington has done for Houston, which is to say, to articulate how … Continue reading →
The Bear, Andrew Krivak
In this arresting, exquisite novel, time acquires a new quality. When human civilization is over and there’s no hope left … Continue reading →
The Suicide Season, Jeremy Gadd
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to … Continue reading →
Alexandria, Paul Kingsnorth
Paul Kingsnorth’s Buckmaster trilogy, a much looser series, also draws to a close this year. It began in 2014 with The … Continue reading →
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, Michael Zapata
Through litanies of the names of overlooked poets and science fiction writers of color, through multiple survival stories from New … Continue reading →
The Last Wave, Pankaj Sekhsaria
Ever the aimless drifter, Harish finds the anchor his life needs in a chance encounter with members of the ancient … Continue reading →
Eco-Films
Though this has been a section at the website since 2014, the shortcode to IMDB recently changed, breaking all the … Continue reading →
The Wild Lands, Paul Greci
In Paul Greci’s The Wild Lands, Travis and his sister are trapped in a daily race to survive–and there is … Continue reading →
The Vanished Birds, Simon Jimenez
A hundred years from now, a starship engineer named Fumiko works to design starships that will help lift humanity away … Continue reading →