-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Tag Archives: book review
Book review: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin
Feminists have been reading, and re-reading, The Left Hand of Darkness for a long time. Ursula LeGuin herself has gone back to the book and its setting more than once, re-conceptualising its portrayal of gender as her feminism developed alongside and through her … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Science Fiction, Ursula LeGuin
Tagged book review, science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula LeGuin
1 Comment
Book review: Gibbon’s Decline and Fall by Sheri S. Tepper
I haven’t read any other books by Sheri Tepper, and it will be a while before I even think of doing so. It’s not because I don’t like speculative fiction, which can often be at its best (and most disturbing) … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Science Fiction, Sheri S. Tepper
Tagged book review, essentialism, intersectionality, science fiction, Sheri Tepper
Leave a comment
Book review: MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam – Margaret Atwood’s finale to the trilogy of the same name – has a lot to say about the process of storytelling. The trilogy revolves around the events that led up to the ‘Waterless Flood’ – a plague engineered … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Margaret Atwood, Science Fiction
Tagged book review, Margaret Atwood, science fiction
Leave a comment
Book review: the Sword of Shadows series by J. V. Jones
I first discovered the Sword of Shadows books as a fifteen-year-old with an increasingly serious (and at times, embarrassing) epic fantasy addiction. Jones’ bleak, wintry landscapes drew me in from the beginning, not least because of the quality of her … Continue reading