Gordon Doherty's novelization of the Assassin's Creed: Odyssey video game wonderfully demonstrates everything aesthetically and narratively wrong with so much franchise fiction.
Author: sonofsagan
Reading “The Captive” by Skomantas (Tales from the Baltic 1)
The first in an obscure 1990s Lithuanian historical fiction series published in English, The Captive proves mildly interesting, poorly written, and narratively simple, but might be worth a look if you're interested in the pre-Christian Baltic.
Reading “The Blue Fox” by Sjón
Sjón's The Blue Fox is a compelling English translation of the Icelandic original, a magical realist historical fantasy that brings Icelandic folklore to life in a rural 19th century setting and features a rare representation of a character with Down syndrome.
Spring 2022 University Press Recommendations
A curated list of recommended books published by university presses and academic publishers in spring 2022. Recommendations tend toward my own interests and books that I think can help make a better world.
Fall 2021 University Press Recommendations
A curated list of recommended books published by university presses and academic publishers in fall 2021. Recommendations tend toward my own interests and books that I think can help make a better world.
Spring 2021 University Press Recommendations
A curated list of recommended books published by university presses and academic publishers in spring 2021. Recommendations tend toward my own interests and books that I think can help make a better world.
Fall 2020 University Press Recommendations
A curated list of recommended books published by university presses and academic publishers in fall 2020. Recommendations tend toward my own interests and books that I think can help make a better world.
Afrofuturism’s Specter: Alternate History, Racial Capitalism, and Nisi Shawl’s “Everfair”
This is the text of a paper about Nisi Shawl's Everfair originally presented at the Worlding SF conference in Graz, Austria in December 2018.
Spring 2020 University Press Recommendations
A curated list of recommended books published by university presses and academic publishers in spring 2020. Recommendations tend toward my own interests and books that I think can help make a better world.
Fall 2019 University Press Recommendations
A curated list of recommended books published by university presses and academic publishers in fall 2019. Recommendations tend toward my own interests and books that I think can help make a better world.
Genre Fantasies 