Books tagged with: fascism

  • RoboteerAlex Lamb
    Roboteer
    by Alex Lamb
    Science Fiction

    Alex Lamb's Roboteer paints a picture of a future, that in the political climate of today, feels far too possible.  In this book, a war rages between two sides of humanity, two different and opposing ideologies and lifestyles.  One side, combining genetic and induced mutation with advanced technolog...

  • RUR & War with the NewtsKarel Capek
    RUR & War with the Newts
    by Karel Capek
    Science Fiction

    R.U.R. (Russum's Universal Robots) is a "play" written almost 100 years ago and first introduced the world to the word "robot" which was derived from the Czech word "robota" meaning serf labor or hard work. ?apek has actually credited his brother (the painter and writer Josef ?apek) as the actual in...

  • The World Jones MadePhilip K Dick
    The World Jones Made
    by Philip K Dick
    Science Fiction

    I must admit that one of the reasons I picked up this novel is that it has my surname on it, the other being that it is of course Philip K Dick who still rates as one of my favourite authors. Written back in 1956 The World Jones Made is one of the authors very early novels and tells the story of Flo...

  • The SpearJames Herbert
    The Spear
    by James Herbert
    Horror

    Review by Arron Clegg. James Herbert has long been regarded by many people as Britain’s finest horror writer of the 20th century and with his 5th novel The Spear it is hard to argue against such claims. It is a horror novel that has it all, ghosts, the occult and Nazis. The writing in this book is q...

  • Echo CyclePatrick Edwards
    Echo Cycle
    by Patrick Edwards
    Science Fiction

    Above all genres, science fiction is my favourite. Why? Because anything can happen. You can have epic space battles between alien races you cannot pronounce or go in the other direction and create a subtle alternative reality where words have the power to kill. Ideas run the entire gamete and they...

  • Some Desperate GloryEmily Tesh
    Some Desperate Glory
    by Emily Tesh
    Science Fiction

    Stories are often told from the side of good, the plucky underdog who fights against the armies of evil only to be victorious, but what about a book told from the side of the agitators, the terrorists the anarchists? These are all labels and Emily Tesh sets out to prove in Some Desperate Glory that...

  • Bang Bang BodhisattvaAubrey Wood
    Bang Bang Bodhisattva
    by Aubrey Wood
    Science Fiction

    What is the near future going to be like, utopian, dystopian, a bit of both. Chances are that it will be just as messed up as the past and the present. The future may be a little grim, but that does not mean it cannot be fun. Aubrey Wood’s future is as bright as neon, but also as dark as pitch. Bang...

  • JubileeStephen K. Stanford
    Jubilee
    by Stephen K. Stanford
    Science Fiction

    What made people think that the middle of the desert was the right place to build a town like Los Vegas where people from around the world flock to get their vice on? It was the fact that it was in the middle of nowhere, safe from prying eyes and it was desperate to for people to visit. There should...

  • The Glass BoxJ Michael Straczynski
    The Glass Box
    by J Michael Straczynski
    General Fiction

    Some of the best speculative fiction starts with an idea that is not far removed from the normal, a simple nudge to reality can lead to many places. In the case of J. Michael Straczynski’s The Glass Box , this place is a psychiatric hospital. The reason for being sent there? New government legislati...

  • Cabaret in FlamesHache Pueyo
    Cabaret in Flames
    by Hache Pueyo
    Horror

    When is a vampire not a vampire? When it is a Gul. These strange creatures are part of everyday life in this version of Brazil, the secret for the humans who want to survive is to stay at home after curfew, lest they be eaten by Guls or taken for enemies of the state by the Fascists who run the coun...