A lot of the SciFiMonth team have featured Nophek Gloss, and as soon as I got into the book I could see why. This first novel in the Graven Trilogy startles with vivid language born of an imagination that is at once hypersensitive to details of change and alive with synesthetic richness. Essa Hansen tells […]
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Border City: Lavie Tidhar’s Central Station
Lavie Tidhar creates a border city, a liminal place in Central Station that captures in great human depth a future world of interwoven nationalities, identities, destinies and lives. The city around Central Station, a vast spaceport in what was once called Israel or Palestine between the Arab and Jewish areas is one of many blended […]
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The science fiction reviews on this site are my reflections on stories and novels that have meant a lot to me. In other words, it's personal. In a time when everything gets professionalized (even fandom), I'd like to defend a space for the amateur reader as well as writer. I happen to believe that … Read More about Science Fiction Reviews
Short Fiction
The short fiction pieces that appear from time to time on this blog are parts of a work in progress set in a distant world called Indus. Very much in progress. Your thoughts and reactions will be most welcome as I keep adding people and details to this emerging world. I am a believer in indie … Read More about Short Fiction
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