6 Digital Plagues More Terrifying Than Allergy Season
Digital viruses—they can brick your computer, put your personal information into the wrong hands, and, worst of all, install a…
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The Rig: A Science Fiction Novel About How We Connect
The Rig, Roger Levy’s (Icarus) return to science fiction after 12 years, is about many, many things (murder and madness,…
6 Giant Robots We Love from Sci-Fi Books
There is nothing so majestic, and yet so terrifying, as a giant robot. Towering structures of metal, built as high…
6 Science Fiction Novels to Read Between Episodes of Westworld
This past weekend, Westworld began its second season, promising 10 more weeks of enigmatic plotting, biomechanical heroes and villains, corporate intrigue,…
Witchy Winter Does Everything a Great Sequel Should Do
D.J. Butler’s Witchy Eye was one of last year’s best debuts, an imaginative, epic alternate history-cum-fantasy that spanned from Appalachian country…
6 Science Fiction Books That Will Make You Want to Give Earth a Hug
The earth is in a constant state of change. Sometimes this change is gradual. Sometimes, it is sudden. Sometimes, it…
The Body Library Is a Mindbending Metafictional Mystery
We’ve all dreamed of being a character in our favorite stories—who wouldn’t want the chance to experience a life filled…
Wonderblood Is an Impossibly Weird and, Yes, Wondrous Post-Apocalyptic Science Fantasy
Wonderblood, the debut novel by Julia Whicker, feels timeless, like a classic fairy tale rediscovered. In her novel of prophecy,…
6 Skin-Crawling Japanese Body Horror Books
No one does body horror quite like the Japanese. The genre is, by definition, deeply disturbing already, offering up mutations,…
Smoke Eaters Is an Explosive Action Movie in Book Form
A truly great action-adventure story requires balance. Sean Grigsby’s debut fantasy Smoke Eaters scales that precarious ladder with ease, with style and…
Steven Brust’s Good Guys Keep Magic Safe for Minimum Wage
There are plenty of shadowy agencies policing the use of magic in fantasy fiction, but the one in Steven Brust’s…
A Definitive Ranking of Iain M. Banks’ Culture Novels
Few science-fictional settings are as intriguing as the one created across the nine novels (and one novella) that comprise Iain…
Time Travel is Not a Toy: Tom Sweterlitsch’s The Gone World
It’s about, er, time that time travel books dealt more realistically with the horror of the concept. These are stories…
5 Books to Read After You’ve Binged on Netflix’s Altered Carbon
This weekend, the adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon arrives on Netflix, bringing to life a gritty, violent world of…
Sleep Over Is an Apocalyptic Horror Debut That Will Keep You Up All Night
Sleep Over takes a different approach than most apocalyptic novels. H.G. Bells’ debut eschews the personal focus of most of…
Disturbing Body Horror and Subversive Social Commentary Meet in The Beauty
There’s a particular intimacy to stories that trade in the tropes of what we’ve come to label “body horror.” In…
Red Dust and Dancing Horses Is an Affecting Collection of Epics in Miniature
There is no feeling quite like reading a Beth Cato story, and it’s time more people experienced the sensation. The…
