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Babel: An Arcane History by R. F. Kuang

By John Folk-Williams

Babel An Arcane History

Babel, the new standalone novel by R.F. Kuang (author of the Poppy War trilogy), has the lengthy subtitle: or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution. It may seem strange to talk about violence, revolution and academic translators in one breath, but make no mistake, this is a compelling story […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Fiction Tagged With: alternate history, colonialism, empire, friendship, identity, language, power, R.F. Kuang, racism, revolution

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

By John Folk-Williams

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

Rebecca Roanhorse has created a stark fantasy world in the weird west of her powerful novella, Tread of Angels. From its brilliant opening, as a dark and violent wind blowing off a mountain called Abaddon storms into the grim town of Goetia and slams down Perdition Street into the Eden, its main den of gambling […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Fiction Tagged With: demons, fallen world, identity, inequality, memory, murder mystery, racism, Rebecca Roanhorse

Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett – A Review

By John Folk-Williams

Destroyer of Light

Jennifer Marie Brissett has written a beautifully crafted time puzzle mystery wrapped in a new version of the Greek myth of Demeter’s search for her daughter Persephone (or Koré) in the underworld. Destroyer of Light gradually builds its world as told from multiple points of view at different times. The pieces of this puzzle deftly […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: alien life forms, altered minds, city, identity, myth, racism, religion, time

Review: Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

By John Folk-Williams

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi may be a compact novella but its powerful prose tears through the mind and heart like a sustained trumpet call of pain, anger and a kind of hope. The story can be called a fantasy, with siblings Kev and Ella, especially Ella, endowed with psychic powers that can manifest in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Fiction, Reviews Tagged With: family, fantasy, people of color, psychic powers, racism, Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi

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