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Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir, Translated by Robin Moger

By John Folk-Williams

Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir

Mohamed Kheir’s Sleep Phase, beautifully translated by Robin Moger (who also translated Kheir’s story collection, Slipping) brought to mind related neurodivergent conditions that I once wrote about on my mental health blog, Storied Mind. To experience the world as derealized is the feeling that the world around you is not quite real or completely strange […]

Filed Under: International Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction in Translation Tagged With: city, consciousness, identity, memory, Mohamed Kheir, neurodiversity

Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse by S.B. Divya

By John Folk-Williams

Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse

Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse and other Possible Situations by S.B. Divya, author of Machinehood and Meru, is a deeply interesting collection of fourteen stories, many quite short, all of them posing life-changing choices for each central character. The prose is supple, ranging from lushly sensuous description to stripped down action. The author perfectly matches […]

Filed Under: Short Fiction Tagged With: choice, consciousness, cyborg, evolution, love, neurodiversity, pain, S.B. Divya, transhuman, uploaded minds

The Fallen by Ada Hoffman – A Review for #SciFiMonth

By John Folk-Williams

#SciFiMonth The Fallen by Ada Hoffman

As the second book in Ada Hoffman’s The Outside series, The Fallen picks up where The Outside left off but is less concerned with a continuing adventure than with deep probing of all the major characters. There is plenty of action as well, but I was totally absorbed in understanding the minds and backgrounds of […]

Filed Under: SciFiMonth Tagged With: altered minds, artificial intelligence, colonialism, community, neurodiversity, plurality, religion, transformation

More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

By John Folk-Williams

More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

Continuing on my list for Vintage Science Fiction Month, I read Theodore Sturgeon’s 1953 novel, More Than Human. This was my introduction to Sturgeon’s work, and I’m in awe of his accomplishment. From the beginning, it’s clear you’re in the hands of a master. Forget genre, this is just great fiction writing. More Than Human […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Vintage Science Fiction Tagged With: conscience, gestalt, mind, morality, neurodiversity, people of color, psychic powers, psychotherapy, telepathy, Theodore Sturgeon

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