SELECTED REVIEWS

The Map of Lost Places by Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner

"In The Map of Lost Places, Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner have mapped out a disturbingly unique trip into horror. Featuring stories from both classic authors and up-and-coming writers, this anthology rips apart familiar tropes to reveal terrifying new looks at our world that will shake readers to their core."

– Jason Sanford, author of Plague Birds, finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards

New Adventures in Space Opera by Jonathan Strahan

"There is no better or more expert editor working in SF; impeccable taste, great range, excellent choices. Anyone interested in space opera will want to buy New Adventures in Space Opera."

– Adam Roberts, author of The This

Letters From an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss

"Literary, lyrical, lovely. An elegant waltz through history and literature, with a fantastical turn."

– Marie Brennan, author of The Memoirs of Lady Trent series

Central Station by Lavie Tidhar

[STAR] ". . . a fascinating future glimpsed through the lens of a tight-knit community. Verdict: Tidhar (A Man Lies Dreaming; The Violent Century) changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells."

– Library Journal, starred review

Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

"A fun, zippy book about high cuisine in low places… turns into a rich, complicated exploration of why we love food and how it connects us to memory and family."

– The Washington Post

Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K.A. Teryna translated by Alex Shvartsman

"What is most impressive here is the range of these glittering stories, from cyberpunk to folklore, generation starship to dream invasion. Again and again, I laughed in astonishment at turns of phrase and twists of the mundane into the surreal. With her brooding sense of the absurd, K.A.Teryna will teach you a new way to embrace the fantastic. I needed to read these stories — you do too!"

– James Patrick Kelly winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards 

Broken Paradise by Eugen Bacon

"Bacon is a masterful storyteller known for creating surreal landscapes and characters."

– Dave Jeffery, Shepherd.com

The Grief Hole by Kaaron Warren

"Kaaron Warren's The Grief Hole is a powerhouse of a novel; creepy, disturbing, and genuinely moving. Theresa's interventions and, of course, the devastating aftermaths will haunt you long after you finish this book."

– Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil’s Rock

The Last Pantheon by Tade Thompson and Nick Wood

"The Last Pantheon is a really interesting and engaging novella that clearly loves the comics genre but also uses it to explore questions about Africa's history and future directions for its many countries. A reminder of Tade Thompson's inventiveness and a fine tribute to the late Nick Wood this is highly recommended!"

– Runalong the Shelves

Cities Are Forests Waiting to Happen by Cécile Cristofari

"A smart, elegiac, nuanced vision of a future where whales and rogue AI try to come to terms with sentience and change."

– Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author

Futures to Live By by Ana Sun

"Ana's writing is exquisitely beautiful and perfectly navigates solarpunk and climate fiction, from the fears and anxieties of our times to the hopes and credible solutions of a desirable future. Extremely recommended reading!"

– Renan Bernardo, Nebula and Ignyte Awards finalist

Ecoceanic by Tarun K. Saint and Francesco Verso

"This is a spectacular collection of stories from the Global South and the ocean covering most of our planet. Whenever technologies alter human societies at a rapidly accelerating pace, Science Fiction becomes the preferred mode of literature. This book is one sign of that great shift into visionary futurism deployed to reveal the utopian possibilities still alive in our present time. It's a delight to read."

– Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

"[The Tea Master and the Detective] is a window onto a beautifully developed world that widens the meaning of space opera, one that centers on Chinese and Vietnamese cultures and customs instead of Western military conventions, and is all the more welcome for it."

– Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times

ChloroPhilia by Cristina Jurado and translated by Sue Burke

"ChloroPhilia —an unsettling, enticing novella about evolution in overdrive—is Cristina Jurado's most recent work in English. Like her collection Alphaland, which came out in English in 2018 and then was reissued in 2023, ChloroPhilia offers readers Jurado's unique vision of the world, in which the bizarre and grotesque erupts into the mundane world."

– Strange Horizons