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Robert Jackson Bennett: Locklands (2022, Random House Publishing Group) 4 stars

A god wages war—using all of humanity as its pawns—in the unforgettable conclusion to the …

Review of 'Locklands' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

It's so hard to put into words my reaction to this book and the culmination of this mindbending fantasy trilogy about hacking the nature of reality. In many ways it's a bleak, kinda apocalyptic book—but also filled with a certain sense of optimism that empathy and humanity (whatever that means) can see a way to break cycles of oppression.

Catherynne M. Valente: The Past Is Red (Hardcover, 2021, Tordotcom) 4 stars

The future is blue. Endless blue...except for a few small places that float across the …

Review of 'The Past Is Red' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

A fascinating novella following scenes in the life of Tetley, a delightfully unreliable narrator who is "a kind of post-apocalyptic Candide, always seeing the disaster of her existence as the best of all possible worlds." including an "I hope" speech on par with American Gods' "I believe"

Janelle Monáe, Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing: Memory Librarian (Hardcover, 2022, HarperCollins Publishers) 4 stars

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, …

Review of 'Memory Librarian' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Overall a solid collection of interrelated novelettes/novellas

"The Memory Librarian" 4/5
"Nevermind" 5/5
"Timebox" 4/5
"Save Changes" 4.5/5
"Timebox Altar(ed)" 2/5