by NRB | 5 Sep 2019 | Fiction, SFF |
What makes a hero? Lavie Tidhar’s novel explores another history behind the one we know, one peopled by those with superpowers. Superheroes are pretty much everywhere you turn these days, whether it is the bright colours of the Marvel cinematic universe, the...
by NRB | 31 Aug 2017 | SFF |
Gailey has delivered a fun, fast-paced, wild-west-style romp set in a possible America. Sarah Gailey’s River of Teeth has a killer alternative history premise – a riff on an actual plan by the US Government in the early 20th century to import and farm hippopotamuses:...
by NRB | 2 Feb 2017 | Fiction |
Underground Airlines is set in modern day USA – basically the same except for one overwhelming difference: the Civil War never happened, and slavery still exists. This novel is quite a feat.Ben H Winters has woven a provocative idea into a compelling narrative, driven...
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