I like existential, cosmic, surreal, or body horror, as well as limited fantasy, speculative fiction, non-fiction etc etc.
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Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in …
Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together …
When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with …
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Revisited some stories from off my shelf.
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look …
God Emperor of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, …
I was not able to finish this. Leto is a very cranky old man.
Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book …
It’s ok? Lots of interesting ideas. I didn’t love it, but there was plenty to chew on.
Honestly, the endless literature references felt pretty forced.
Still a great bit of work, full of heart and gentle world building.
I feel like I did not leave this book with a clear idea of what all these stories meant. I count that as a mark in its favour. Worth a read for those who enjoy Ligotti, Aickman. I’ll be back for another chew, I suspect.
"Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to …
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (titled Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle …
Pretty incredible work. If you saw Chernobyl, the series, this is what the human stories were based on.
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
