- Sep 18, 2015
- 2 min
Book Review: The Martian, by Andy Weir
If I told you Andy Weir’s The Martian is packed with lists, math, and chemistry, but no aliens, you’d probably pass, right? But that...
- Aug 24, 2015
- 3 min
Book Review: The Stand, by Stephen King
In Stephen King’s foreword to the revised version of The Stand, his 1,200-page apocalyptic tale about the impact of an accidentally...
- Jun 29, 2015
- 2 min
Book Review: Uprooted, by Naomi Novik
Like her Temeraire series, Naomi Novik’s Uprooted starts with a dragon. But this creature of legend isn’t a wyrm: he’s a human wizard....
- Jun 16, 2015
- 2 min
Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
It’s not often I like a book’s narrator better than its characters. But that was my experience for much of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan...