The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson
February 13, 2024
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The Glad Shout is a novel that will shake many reader’s expectations of their future prospects. It portrays a potential future for many of us,
Category: Science fiction
Review of HG Wells’ War of the Worlds.
January 19, 2024
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I read War of the Worlds after seeing it on a list of subversive novels. It attempts to get its readers to question the British
Review of Clarie G. Coleman’s Terra Nullius
February 1, 2023
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Having read Claire G. Coleman’s The Old Lie, I knew she was an Indigenous Australian who wrote science fiction that commented on the historical and
Review of Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
January 15, 2023
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Ancillary Mercy is the third and final novel in Ann Leckie’s award-winning Imperial Radch series. The books are about the adventures of Breq an Ancillary
Quick review of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
February 22, 2021
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The Future of Another Timeline occurs on an alternative Earth. In this universe, some artifacts can be used for time travel. In a few locations
Quick review of The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
July 29, 2019
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The Windup Girl is one of the most imaginative dystopian science fiction novels I have read. It has fantastic world-building and is peopled with flawed
Quick review of When the Floods Came.
March 4, 2019
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When the Floods Came is a well-written and imaginative take on an apocalyptic future. The novel is set in England, where a virus has wiped
A uni essay about two of the most influential books I have read
July 29, 2017
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I wrote this personal essay for a subject in my BA in Internet Communications. It is about the influence of two books, 1984 and Stephen
Female Heroes
December 30, 2015
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Recently, some media commentators have said that female heroes are coming to the fore in science fiction because of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and
Review of Brother in the Land
May 22, 2015
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Brother in The Land begins with teenager Danny taking a break from working in his father’s corner store for a long bike ride into the English
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