Books

Haruki Murakami’s Kakfa on the Shore is a strange, lurid book. You float through this dreamscape of modern Japan, effortlessly switching between the real, the fantastic, and absurd. The characters drift through their story, unquestioningly, directed by powers outside of their own will. Everything in the book is subject to its own strange, internal logic—or … Read more

So, you want some science fiction books that’ll keep you glued to the pages? Look no further. I’ve compiled a list of my top 5 best sci-fi books, particularly thinking about what I would choose to get people into the genre. These are some of the very books that I first read in the genre; … Read more

I think that a lot of us are put off when we hear the words ‘science fiction‘, for whatever reason that may be. Today, I’m going to change that—to argue why science fiction is a great genre and answer… Why should I read science fiction? When we hear the words science fiction—or sci-fi, or speculative … Read more

A brief introduction to Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate How could a man be unhappy outside the camp? Such striking and evocative turns-of-phrase pack the pages of Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. Today we’ll review his war epic, often dubbed the Soviet War and Peace… Spanning across Russia’s Eastern front, from the encircled Stalingrad to … Read more