Review: “Devolution” by Max Brooks
Did you know that Mel Brooks’ son is responsible for some of the most foundational zombie books of the 21st century? Max Brooks’ The Zombie Survival Guide debuted in 2003 and ascended the charts until it attained international bestseller status, becoming a fixture on...
Review: “Agency” by William Gibson
William Gibson burst onto the sci-fi scene in 1984 with his groundbreaking paperback original Neuromancer, which provided the foundation for a whole new genre called cyberpunk (and which was influenced heavily by Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner). Gibson even coined the...
Review: “Providence” by Max Barry
I became aware of Australian writer Max Barry (at that time, spelled Maxx Barry) when he debuted with his first novel Syrup, which concerns a marketing graduate who comes up with a scintillating new idea for Coca-Cola but is beset by backstabbing challenges. It’s an...
Review: “Eight Perfect Murders” by Peter Swanson
Peter Swanson’s breakthrough novel was 2015’s The Kind Worth Killing, a twisty, cat-and-mouse crime novel that ended up as one of my favorites of that year. After, I sought out his debut novel The Girl with a Clock for a Heart, another very interesting psychological...
Review: “A Lush and Seething Hell” by John Hornor Jacobs
John Hornor Jacobs boasts a fun back story: He burst onto the horror scene at 40 years old with a book called Southern Gods, which began as a rough draft written during NanoWriMo and ended up on the nomination ballot for the horror genre’s esteemed Stoker award for...
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