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Master Class by Christina Dalcher

May 22, 2020

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Christina Dalcher’s debut novel, Vox, established her as one of those writers who can layer present events onto the future and make it grim, but plausible. In the novel, separation of church and state ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: dystopia, science fiction, thriller

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

March 2, 2020

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You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget. A man and his young son are walking on a desolate road surrounded by burnt trees and ashes. In the distance fires still ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, dystopia, horror, literary, Pulitzer Prize, science fiction

Recursion

December 16, 2019

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Blake Crouch’s new novel, Recursion, has left me stumped. In order to review a book, I need to be able, to some degree, to understand it and in this case I’m not sure I do. It’s about time travel and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, Crown, dystopia, science fiction, suspense, thriller

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

October 28, 2019

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It begins with the gathering up of the women. They are herded into what used to be a sports stadium and separated into groups. Based on what? Not race. Not age. No, profession. Doctors recognize ... Read More...

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The Age of Miracles

August 7, 2019

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It isn’t noticed at first, but on October 6th in some unspecified year of the not-so-distant future the scientific community notifies the world that Earth’s rotation is slowing and that a day has ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, debut, dystopia, literary, Random House

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