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Notes from Underground (2013) 4 stars

Notes from Underground

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Notes from Underground (pre-reform Russian: Записки изъ подполья; post-reform Russian: Записки из подполья, Zapíski iz podpólʹya; also translated as Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld) is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal Epoch in 1864. It is a first-person narrative in the form …

Siren Queen (Hardcover, 2022, Tordotcom) 3 stars

Siren Queen

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It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles …