Tagged: science fiction

The DoloriadMissouri Williams (MCD x FSG Originals 978-0-37460-508-7, $17.00, 240pp, tp) March 2022. Missouri Williams’ debut novel, The Doloriadcomes close to spiffing up Mónica Ojedas Jaw...

LakeloreAnna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel and Friends 978-1-250-62414-7, $18.99, 304pp, hc) Mar 2022. Cover by Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor. The delicate contemporary fantasy Lakelore uses author Anna-Marie McLemore’s famously...

Kaleidotropic 22/4Zoo landscape 22/4Escape Pod 22/4Drabblecast 22/4 I start with spring Kaleidotropic, which does a good job of sticking to a few thematic threads throughout the...

BitterAkwaeke Emezi (Knopf Books for Young Readers 978-0593309032, 272pp, $17.99, hc) February 2022. Cover by Shyama Golden. Content warning: sexual violence, anti-black racism. I would be...

The Thorn PathAG Slatter (Titan Books 978-1-78909-437-4, $15.95, 384pp, tp) Jun 2022. During the last decade, beginning with the collection Sourdough and other stories, AG Slatter...

FaceJoma West (Tordotcom 978-1-25081-029-8, $26.99, 272pp, hc) Aug 2022. We already live in a world where appearance is currency for many, identity is performative and status...

NeedleLinda Nagata (Mythic Island 978-1-937197-40-7, $19.00, 356pp, tp) July 2022. Cover by Sarah Anne Langton. Decades ago, my fantasy of humanity’s far, far future was shaped...

fifteenth of JanuaryRachel Swirsky (Tordotcom 978-1-25019-894-5, $15.99, 240pp, tp) Jun 2022. If you’ve ever read any of Rachel Swirsky’s short fiction, then you’re familiar with her...

LapvonaOttessa Moshfegh (Jonathan Cape 978-0-59330-026-8, $27.00, 272pp, hc) June 2022. It should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed Ottessa Moshfegh’s career that her...

The book of the nightHolly Black (Thurs 978-1-250-81219-3, $27.99, hc, 320pp) May 2022. Bestselling YA author Holly Black makes her long-awaited adult debut with the dark...