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Synchronicity as Dread: @strangelibrary.com reviews Michael Cisco’s BLACK BRANE (@clashbooks.bsky.social)

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July 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM

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A Tale of Abuse, Fascism, and Rebellion: @whiterxbbit.bsky.social reviews Samantha Mills' THE WINGS UPON HER BACK, out this week from @tachyonpub.bsky.social
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April 22, 2024 at 8:13 PM

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"Reading its pages will leave you feeling vindicated in your sneaking suspicion that more technology doesn’t actually help." From the archives: Madi Simcock-Brown reviews BREAKING THINGS AT WORK by Gavin Mueller (@versobooks.bsky.social)
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April 21, 2024 at 9:58 AM

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Erasing Dualities: @chloroformtea.bsky.social reviews Sofia Samatar's THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN, out now from @tordotcom.bsky.social
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April 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM

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Oh? Then I Have Questions: @mariakalberto.bsky.social reviews THIS IS NOT A SCIENCE FICTION TEXTBOOK, edited by Mark Bould & Steven Shaviro (Goldsmiths Press)
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April 15, 2024 at 9:19 PM

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The Financial Ghost, Eternal: @hpbookcraft.bsky.social reviews Amy Bride’s FINANCIAL GOTHIC (University of Wales Press)
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April 12, 2024 at 1:22 PM

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Entangled in Meaning: Bruce J. Krajewski reviews THE BOOK CENSOR'S LIBRARY (Restless Books) by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated by Sawad Hussain & Ranya Abdelrahman
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April 5, 2024 at 3:24 PM

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The Morality of Nature: @dlewis.bsky.social reviews THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo (@tordotcom.bsky.social)
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April 3, 2024 at 6:42 PM

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Calls for Reviews & Essays: July 2024
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April 1, 2024 at 12:33 PM

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Toward a Substantive Vision of Time: Gareth A. Reeves reviews Ben H. Winter's ambitious new thriller, BIG TIME (Mulholland Books)
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March 26, 2024 at 10:11 PM

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"Iron Council turns the ideological infrastructure of the masters—the magical agency of the railway—against them." From the archives: @chaosbogey.bsky.social's "Golem of Memory: Revolutionary Interruptions, Railway Imaginaries, and China Miéville’s Bas Lag"
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March 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM

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Reading and Writing From Somewhere: @casella.bsky.social reviews ETHICS FOR APOCALYPTIC TIMES by Daniel Shank Cruz (Penn State University Press)
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March 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM

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A Punishing Climate: Joe P.L. Davidson reviews THE 14TH STORM by Daniel J. Mooney (Legends Press)

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March 13, 2024 at 3:07 PM

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Watching an Artist Grow Up: @ossuary.bsky.social on Stan Stanley and THE HAZARDS OF LOVE
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March 11, 2024 at 2:26 PM

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"A stirring appeal for literary theory in the face of its proclaimed obsolescence." From the archives: @gerrycanavan.bsky.social reviews INVOKING HOPE by Phillip E. Wegner (@uminnpress.bsky.social)
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March 10, 2024 at 1:32 PM

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Which Way Utopia? Kurt Schiller reviews THE LOST CAUSE by Cory Doctorow (@torbooks.bsky.social)
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March 8, 2024 at 2:14 PM

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A Long Way To A Big, Friendly Planet: @alexyquest.bsky.social reviews Hao Jingfang's JUMPNAUTS, translated by Ken Liu, out next week from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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March 6, 2024 at 2:35 PM

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Overstaying a Magical Vacation: Electra Pritchett reviews THE BOOK OF LOVE by Kelly Link (Random House)
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March 4, 2024 at 9:49 PM

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Calls for Reviews & Essays: June 2024
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March 1, 2024 at 7:28 PM

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Check out our latest Wow! Signal, collecting articles, reviews, interviews and more from around the web:
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February 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM

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A Deafness of the Whole Body: Gareth A. Reeves reviews Sven Holm's TERMUSH, translated by Sylvia Clayton (FSG Originals)
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February 28, 2024 at 10:29 PM

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The SFF Librarian Reviews: A STRANGER IN THE CITADEL by Tobias S. Buckell (@tachyonpub.bsky.social)
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February 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM

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Love and Power, Give and Take: @glassglassmadeof.bsky.social revisits Patricia A. McKillip's THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD, out in a 50th anniversary edition from @tachyonpub.bsky.social next week.
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