George Orwell
May the Verse Be With You: Ode to Winston Smith
If anyone deserves an ode it’s Winston Smith! Even for those who’ve not read it, George Orwell’s 1984 conjures terror and horror. As a book, it’s a massive contribution to culture, perhaps one of the most...November 27, 2020 382 0Bina Shah discusses her career, Iowa’s Writing Program, and her latest novel “Before She Sleeps”
Bina Shah is from Pakistan, and has a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.Ed from Harvard. In addition to being brilliant, she is also an incredibly accomplished fiction author. Her stories frequently contain politics satire,...November 21, 2018 1093 0The Best Sci-Fi Novels of All Time
With so many great novels out there, it can be easy to find yourself bogged down and inundated with choices, leaving you to ask where the best place is to start. For those who consider themselves...April 12, 2018 590 0In Review: Animosity: The Rise #1
The covers: A vicious looking wolf looks up at the reader, but it’s what’s behind him that’s really disturbing: fourteen sheep are marching behind his carnivore and their eyes are glowing red. This unusual, yet appropriate,...February 5, 2017 1495 0In Review: The Machine Society
The Machine Society by Mike Brooks Published by Cosmic Egg Books, an imprint of John Hunt Publishing, on October 28, 2016. Paperback of 218 pages at $16.95. Also available as an ebook for $7.99. The cover:...November 23, 2016 1686 06 Tech Predictions Sci-Fi Got Right
Big Brother, is that you? The scary thing about sci-fi isn’t the future it paints, but just how many things it gets right. True, there might not be robots exactly like they were featured in numerous...October 2, 2014 1704 0