**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Extasia by Claire Legrand Katherine Tegen Books, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-0062696632 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Extasia is a fiercely feminist dark novel of a post-apocalyptic community drenched in patriarchy and cult-like violent misogyny straight from The Crucible and Year of the Witching. The dogma is that women were responsible for […]
Category: dytopia
TV Review: Doctor Who Season One (2005)
March 19, 2022There’s no question that Doctor Who is a long time essential speculative fiction world. The 2005 reboot propelled the title into the lives of a new generation of people, building a wonderful world of a unique mesh of science fiction, fantasy, and, yes, horror. My first exposure to the Doctor came from horror, namely the […]
Vault Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott
March 10, 2021**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Grand Central Publishing, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1455503063 Available: New and kindle Less than a generation […]
Book Review: Oware Mosaic by Nzondi
August 24, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Oware Mosaic by Nzondi Omnnium Gatherum, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1949054163 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition I am always excited to see Afrofuturist writing getting positive recognition, so I was really looking forward to reading Oware Mosaic. The novel is set in Ghana in 2025, following worldwide natural disasters caused by climate change and […]
Book Review: Ash Rising by Katya Lebeque
November 7, 2019Post apocalyptic fairy tale. Do I have your attention yet? Ash Rising is set in the world of Cinderella, after her happily ever after. After a horrific genetic mutation that was supposed to help feed the world and instead leeches the ground of its fertility and mutates the birds of the kingdom into giant predators […]
Book Review: Calexit #1 by Matteo Pizzolo, art by Amancay Nahuelpan
December 5, 2017Calexit #1 by Matteo Pizzolo, art by Amancay Nahuelpan Black Mask Studios, 2017 ASIN: B07146NKY6 Available: Kindle ebook and comiXology Calexit #1, a new comic series from indie publishing house Black Mask Studios, presents a frightening world not far off from the current political climate. A fascist, autocratic president takes control of the United States, […]