This list includes reviews of stories with science fiction elements and interviews or guest blogs of authors who have written science fiction. Inclusion in this …
Speculative fiction
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A review by Nalini Haynes A group of scientists are terraforming a planet in a solar system about 20 light years from Earth. At home, …
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
A review by Nalini Haynes Mackenzie wakes from a nightmare, holding part of a crow. (My stomach clenches. Is this THAT kind of book? THAT …
Everything’s Changing by Chelsea Stickle
A review by Nalini Haynes Everything’s Changing is a collection of weird very short stories. Possibly flash fiction depending on your definition. Supernatural stories featuring …
Picard season 2
A review by Nalini Haynes Picard season 1 saw an ancient Picard head off on an adventure, revisit old friends and save the day. Season …
Deluge by Stephen Markley
A review by Nalini Haynes The Deluge is a CliFi (Climate Fiction) doorstopper at about 900 pages. Nearly the first 100 pages read like short …
Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
A review by Nalini Haynes Devon is one in a family of book eaters. They might look human at first glance but they have “book …
Upwelling by Lystra Rose
A review by Nalini Haynes The Upwelling has a bit of a back story, at least for me. It arrived as an unsolicited review book …
Yesterday is history by Kosoko Jackson
A review by Nalini Haynes Yesterday is history is a young adult queer romance crossed with the time travel story. It’s very much feels like …
Garth Jones storks strine with DMZ
Today’s guest, Garth Jones, hails from Mad Max Land. Garth is a stereotypical Australian: an irreverent larrikin from out in the sticks absolutely MARINATED in …
Animals In That Country by Laura Jean McKay
A review by Nalini Haynes Trigger warning: a pandemic. The Animals In That Country was published in 2020, so the first year of the pandemic. …
The Change by Kirsten Miller
A review by Nalini Haynes The Change’s cover features a woman’s face with a bee below her mouth, subverting Silence of the Lambs’s official movie …
The Gifts by Liz Hyder
A review by Nalini Haynes It is 1840 in Shropshire, England, when Etta spontaneously grows wings only to be shot by a surprised young man. …
Lies my memory told me by Sacha Wunsch
A review by Nalini Haynes From the title, Lies My Memory Told Me, the reader assumes Nova has false memories. This is somewhat spoilery. However, …
Manifest seasons 1–3
A review by Nalini Haynes Warning: because I’m reviewing 3 seasons of Manifest in one review there are some spoilers. A plane leaves the Caribbean …
Resident Alien season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes An alien spaceship crashes on Earth. The alien kills a human and shape-shifts to take his place while searching for …