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Tag: Fantasy

Review: This Water by Beverley Farmer

Tales of the otherworld.

Australian, Fantasy, Fiction, Mythology, Speculative

Review: The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin

The rich, complicated conclusion to N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy.

Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Hugo Award, Novel, science fiction

Review: The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (translated by Michael Glenny)

A devilish romp through Soviet literary society.

Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Novel, Russia, Satire

Review: The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed by Mariana Enriquez (translated by Megan McDowell)

There are plenty of scary creatures in this collection, but the real horror is what it says about the our world.

Argentina, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short stories

Review: This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

A head-spinning romp through time.

Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Novel, science fiction, Time travel

Review: Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat

Although slow to get going, Dark Rise ably sets the scene for CS Pacat’s YA fantasy trilogy.

Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer, Young Adult

Review: The Mermaid Of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

A fish-out-of-water tale that becomes something stranger.

British, Caribbean, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Novel

Review: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

An intriguing fantasy drawing on forest myths that is burdened by an unfortunate attitude to women.

British, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Novel, UK

Review: The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

The Rain Heron is a fable about environmental exploitation.

Australian, Climate change, Contemporary, Environment, Fantasy, Fiction, Spec-fic, Tasmania

Review: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees

A dreamy, mirage-like novel where things change shape before your eyes.

1920s, British, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Novel

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