There’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 […]
Category: science fiction
Graphic Novel Review: Weirdling by Mike Dubisch
January 25, 2022**Cross posted from the ML Vault** Strange Fear, 2007 ISBN: 978097898113 Available: New Anna Mandretta is a crew member on a space ship in the middle of fighting a war against the alien Xax. She starts dreaming that she is a famous surgeon at Miskatonic Hospital centuries earlier dealing with a child who is […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Spectre Deep 6 by Jennifer Brody and Jules Rivera Turner, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781684424139 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Spectre Deep 6 tells the story of a diverse team of black ops called “Spectres”, an elite squad of soldiers who died in the line of duty and were reanimated by military scientists […]
Book Review: Unchosen by Katharyn Blair
October 5, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Katherine Tegen Books, 2021 ISBN-13 : 978-0062657640 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Two years ago, the world was cursed with an infection that spread through direct eye contact, turning the infected into bloodthirsty, cannibalistic killers whose personalities and intelligence degrade over time, leaving only the monster behind. An infected […]
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: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
January 20, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power Delacorte Press, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0525645627 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Seventeen-year-old Margot, trapped in a disturbing codependent relationship with her abusive mother, finally finds an escape after discovering she has a grandmother living just outside Phalene, a small […]
Graphic Novel Review: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito
September 28, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781974703760 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, comiXology Junji Ito, the master of horror manga, adapts Mary Shelley’s classic, Frankenstein in this graphic collection. Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with creating life from death. He stops at nothing to create his giant, only to […]
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 […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Eight Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds by Peter Adam Salomon PseudoPalms Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1093780673 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Eight Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds has a fascinating concept, and turns out to be more relevant to our times than I’m sure the author expected. Taking place in the near future, I’d […]
Vault Review: The Inferior by Peadar O Guilin
July 14, 2020**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.** The Inferior by Peadar O Guilin David Fickling Books, 2008 ISBN: 0385751451 Available: New […]