Books tagged with: religious trauma

  • Songs of the EarthElspeth Cooper
    Songs of the Earth
    by Elspeth Cooper
    Fantasy

    There has been a lot of good things said about Songs of the Earth and a consummate amount of praise given to the author of this debut novel. It has even been described as the "fantasy debut of 2011" when it was first released in hardback last year and has been on my list of books to read for some ti...

  • Behold the ManMichael Moorcock
    Behold the Man
    by Michael Moorcock
    Science Fiction

    Behold the Man was originally written as a novella in 1966 and won the Nebula award for best novella. It was later expanded into a very slim novel in 1969 — although at 128 pages it could still be considered novella length. Gollancz has quite rightly chosen to include it in their SF Masterworks Coll...

  • BlopeSean Benham
    Blope
    by Sean Benham
    Science Fiction

    Blope is about segregation, plastic surgery gone wrong, and all sorts of messed up religion. For a little background, it is basically another version of history where the American Southwest becomes part of an extreme Taiwanese empire. Its ruler uses the American Southwest as an experiment & segregat...

  • In the Garden of IdenKage Baker
    In the Garden of Iden
    by Kage Baker
    Science Fiction

    Nobody knows her name, not even her. Thus, she's called Mendoza. She's the latest operative to be recruited away from horrible circumstances (in Mendoza's case, she was imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition) to serve Dr. Zeus Incorporated in its eternal quest to make money and preserve some semblanc...

  • Man Against the FutureBryan Young
    Man Against the Future
    by Bryan Young
    Science Fiction

    Man Against The Future is a collection of short stories by Bryan Young, author of “Lost at the Con”. I love short story collections, not just because I have the attention span of a small yapping dog, but they can be a great introduction to a new author or genre. They can be quite hit and miss thou...

  • Tech HeavenLinda Nagata
    Tech Heaven
    by Linda Nagata
    Science Fiction

    Tech Heaven is a science fiction novel by Linda Nagata. This is Linda Nagata's second book and is in a lot of ways, a lot better than her first (The Bohr Maker(TBM)). It's easier to read, it has a better flow and it also has a lot more to say. At the same time I think that it has lost something wh...

  • BloodstoneDavid Gemmell
    Bloodstone
    by David Gemmell
    Fantasy

    Bloodstone is the third and final volume of David Gemmell's Jon Shannow trilogy, and it brings the saga of the Jerusalem Man to a close with all of Gemmell's customary style and grace. I have said of both earlier books that I consider them among Gemmell's finest work, and I will say it again here; m...

  • A Head Full of GhostsPaul Tremblay
    A Head Full of Ghosts
    by Paul Tremblay
    Horror

    A Head Full of Ghosts was first released last year and won the coveted Bram Stokers award for Best Novel. It's also received pretty much the finest compliment a Horror novel can receive when Stephen King said of the book:   Scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty hard to scare...

  • The Bog WifeKay Chronister
    The Bog Wife
    by Kay Chronister
    Horror

    How big does a cult have to be to become a cult? Does it have to be thousands of people? Hundreds? Tens? Could one family be a cult? If you brought your children up in a remote location without access to the internet and media, it may be possible to make them believe almost anything. Like a tale abo...

  • A Forest, DarklyA G Slatter
    A Forest, Darkly
    by A G Slatter
    Fantasy

    Dealing with major changes in your life is not easy. You can find help in your community, but when you are a Witch who is hunted down, this is not so simple. Any other Witch that you come across is also being hunted or is too young to know what to do and needs a mentor. All Merhrab wants is to be le...