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Echoes and Walking Through Walls

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch draws on both mythology and scientific theory to craft its intense ride of a story. Looking into both...

Apr 1, 2021

Zone One is a novel that ends without solid answers. Its author, Colson Whitehead said as much in an interview with The Atlantic: “it's...

Mar 25, 2021

American War by Omar El Akkad is a novel not immediately identifiable as an apocalypse story. After all, apocalypse needs a pandemic,...

Mar 18, 2021

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is not named for a place that is real within the novel, like I expected before I began reading.

Feb 18, 2021

Continuing with the theme of human survival, pregnancy seems pertinent, especially given the book Future Home of the Living God.

Feb 11, 2021

Human beings like routines and traditions. Habits are comforting, one less thing to make a decision about.

Jan 26, 2021