Eric de Roulet explores how Premee Mohamed's fiction depicts the experience of living under a totalitarian regime, and how it reflects real-world experiences.

A journal for exploring the ideas and themes that stand behind, inform, and develop out of, speculative fiction.

We go straight from defeating Apophis in the first episode (following a cliffhanger at the end of the last season!) – including truly hilarious CGI of NASA’s shuttle, and also the hilar…

JAMES PATRICK KELLY August, 2026   978-1-958880-41-8 trade paperback, 5.5 x 8.5​​ Pre-order copies below; or buy print or ebooks of this title from these dealers  (more to come) ​Cover art by Devrim…

A short trailer for my essay "His Family of Monsters" for Speculative Insight. Wherein I look at (some of) the ways in which John Wiswell's novels use asexual and aromantic perspectives to build…

A Canadian plays an American and an Englishman plays a Russian in what is basically propaganda for “can’t we just all get along?” … does that make it Canadian propaganda? I …

JAMES PATRICK KELLY August, 2026   978-1-958880-41-8 trade paperback, 5.5 x 8.5​​ Pre-order copies below; or buy print or ebooks of this title from these dealers  (more to come) ​Cover art by Devrim…

Traitors' Nest, Frances Hardinge (First Ink UK 978-1-52909-064-2, £16.99, 448pp, hc) August 2026. (Amulet 978-1-4197-9414-8, $19.99, 400pp, hc) September 2026. For the villagers who farm the valley where Frances Hardinge's Traitors' Nest begins, their world is arranged in a straightforward hierarchy. The lord in the castle sends commands through his bailiff, who talks to local leaders like the game warden Joett, who organizes the farmers accordingly, and sends their complaints …Read More

A short trailer for my essay "His Family of Monsters" for Speculative Insight. Wherein I look at (some of) the ways in which John Wiswell's novels use asexual and aromantic perspectives to build…

A journal for exploring the ideas and themes that stand behind, inform, and develop out of, speculative fiction.

A curated list of recommended books published by university presses and academic publishers in 2026.

Hey! It’s time for Reviews and Interviews season! There are lots of reviews of recent releases, but also backlist titles. I can’t wait for the reviews of...

In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

I just realised I should have started this rewatch next year… for the thirtieth anniversary of season 1. Across this season, many things have happened! There’s a lot of Teal’c bac…

Apparently I last read, and reviewed, this in 2012. Most of the reason for that is that my sister had my copy for some reason, and she’s just returned it to me. This was published in 1989, an…

A short trailer for my essay "His Family of Monsters" for Speculative Insight. Wherein I look at (some of) the ways in which John Wiswell's novels use asexual and aromantic perspectives to build…