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STAY CRAZY by Erica L. Satifka

December 18, 2016

INTERDIMENSIONAL MONSTERS IN RUST BELT America? Or just a schizophrenic’s bad day at work? Brilliant punk SF.

Grade: B PLUS

STAY CRAZY
Apex Book Company
2016

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IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS: THE LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY AFTERLIFE OF H. P. LOVECRAFT by W. Scott Poole

December 14, 2016

ENGAGING LOVECRAFT BIO focuses on social and historical context and impact, sidesteps fandom battles.

Grade: SOLID B

IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS: THE LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY AFTERLIFE OF H. P. LOVECRAFT
Soft Skull Press
2016

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THE APOTHEOSIS BREAK by Josh Rhoades and Mike Rutledge

December 4, 2016

SWASHBUCKLING AIRSHIP ADVENTURE with lots of action, set in an intriguing steampunk/Ruritania SFF world.

Grade: B PLUS

THE APOTHEOSIS BREAK (SKYSAIL SAGA, VOLUME I)
Josh Rhoades and Mike Rutledge
2016

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THE GRADUAL by Christopher Priest

November 18, 2016

MUSIC AND TIME TRAVEL intertwine in Christopher Priest’s latest poetic, dream-like fantasy tale.

Grade: SOLID B

THE GRADUAL
Titan Books
2016

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TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING by Ada Palmer

November 4, 2016

THE 25TH CENTURY, GRANDLY imagined as a world both archaic and futuristic, shines in a taut SFF thriller. B PLUS

TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING
Tor Books
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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YOU DON’T BELONG HERE by Tim Major

October 24, 2016

A STOLEN TIME MACHINE is the last desperate hope of a haunted man on the run. Fascinating SF thriller. B PLUS

YOU DON’T BELONG HERE
Snowbooks
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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THE DEEP SEA DIVER’S SYNDROME by Serge Brussolo

July 1, 2016

A DREAM ARTIST’S STRUGGLE to stay on the right side of the law; vivid French noir fantasy hits hard. B PLUS

THE DEEP SEA DIVER’S SYNDROME
Melville House Publishing
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS by John Wray

June 14, 2016

A GLORIOUSLY RAMSHACKLE EPIC about time travel, but also about love and family secrets and war crimes.

Grade: A MINUS

THE LOST TIME ACCIDENTS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2016

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STAR NOMAD by Lindsay Buroker

June 12, 2016

SMART SPACE SHOOT-‘EM-UP stars a fighter pilot desperate to get back to her war-torn planet. High action!

Grade: B PLUS

STAR NOMAD
2016

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BARREN COVE by Ariel S. Winter

June 1, 2016

EXISTENTIAL SCIENCE FICTION, elegantly done; a stranger learns a family’s secrets in a post-human world. B PLUS

BARREN COVE
Atria Books
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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