CAT SPARKS Lotus Blue. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson

CAT SPARKS Lotus Blue. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson

World building is the real star of Lotus Blue, the debut science fiction novel for Australian author Cat Sparks. Very quickly in this novel Sparks creates a vision of a future Australia – an already ancient land – that’s further weighed down by centuries of...
ANDREW MACRAE Trucksong. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson

ANDREW MACRAE Trucksong. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson

This debut is a fresh – and refreshing – addition to the tradition of Australian dystopian fiction. Oh, and there’s trucks. Post-apocalyptic dystopian stories have been popular for a long time now and seem increasingly so. They allow us to play out our worst...