Books tagged with: intimate

  • The BusinessIain M Banks
    The Business
    by Iain M Banks
    Science Fiction

    The Business is a science fiction novel by the acclaimed British author Iain M Banks. Thinking that it maybe was about time for something not so spectacular, I grabbed this book by Iain Not-M Banks while I was at the bookstore (getting The Naked God). Good thing. Even with it's high finance setting...

  • BorneJeff Vandermeer
    Borne
    by Jeff Vandermeer
    Science Fiction

    ‘We all just want to be people, and none of us know what that really means.’ Jeff VandeMeer’s Rachel summarises the theme of his latest book best. The author’s first novel since his acclaimed Southern Reach Trilogy, Van de Meer’s Borne is a surreal piece of work that examines the idea of identity in...

  • Record of a Spaceborn FewBecky Chambers
    Record of a Spaceborn Few
    by Becky Chambers
    Science Fiction

    A Hopeful Future Review kindly provided by Vanessa Smyth.  Welcome to the third and latest instalment in The Wayfarers series, Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers. This current narrative is set within the same captivating universe as the first two books and, despite a few oblique character l...

  • Galaxy's Edge: Black SpireDelilah S. Dawson
    Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
    by Delilah S. Dawson
    Science Fiction

    To the uninitiated, Star Wars is just a film. To everyone else, that is just nonsense. There are multiple films, games, books, toys, teddies and now a theme park.  A  small part of the Star War Universe  resides  in Disneyland. You can visit the outpost of Black Spire and experience what it is  like...

  • The Daughter of Doctor MoreauSilvia Moreno-Garcia
    The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    Science Fiction

    H. G. Wells is a name to conjure with. Classic stories about time machines, invisible men, alien invasions and more. He was one of the earliest genre writers in a time when the idea of genres did not exist. He just wrote what he felt like. A modern author who has taken on this mantle is Silvia Moren...

  • The Burning LandDavid Hair
    The Burning Land
    by David Hair
    Fantasy

    Epic fantasy novels are filled with fellowships from the OG to the 700-page opuses of today. What differs across all these books is how close the fellows are. Multiple character perspectives do not a fellowship make if they never meet each other, you want a close group of people all setting out on t...

  • WayseekerJustina Ireland
    Wayseeker
    by Justina Ireland
    Science Fiction

    Over the years Star Wars has become a complicated beast, even the first film was a Space Opera that had a lot going on. Throw in various timelines and you have an epic on your hands, but some of the simpler stories are the ones that work the best. The Acolyte was series that expanded on The High Rep...

  • What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were SiblingsSeanan McGuire

    As comic book fans, we really are living in the best of days, not because there is so much content to read or watch, but because the artform is established. The concept of comics, superheroes and, in this case, Marvel are well enough known that we can play with the format. Marvel has been doing it f...

  • The Serpent Called MercyRoanne Lau
    The Serpent Called Mercy
    by Roanne Lau
    Fantasy

    There are shifts in the Fantasy genre that perhaps only the ardent fan will notice. The epics of Tolkien and the 80s are still being written, but now there are more intimate stories that follow one or two characters as they graft in their small way among the wider Fantasy world. These are often cosy...

  • The Debtors GameIsabelle Mongeau
    The Debtors Game
    by Isabelle Mongeau
    Fantasy

    Twas in a café they first met, Romeo and Juliet. And twas the first day they fell into debt, because Rome-owed and Juli-eat. It feels to me that the entire system is rigged so that you never have quite enough money to escape, you work to live, and if you do not work, you do not eat. It is worse when...