Lightspeed: Edited by John Joseph Adams

Reviews

If you would like information about how to submit books for review, you may send review copies to editor John Joseph Adams at the mailing address your publicist should already have on file (either for Lightspeed, Nightmare, or The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy); if you need that information, please email [email protected].

If you would like to send an email press release, please direct your inquiry to [email protected].

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Book Review: The Dorians by Nick Cutter

Reviewer Chris Kluwe says, “If you’re looking for an escape from the horrors of everyday life into the horrors of classic human hubris, you can’t go wrong with The Dorians.”

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Book Review: The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed

Melissa A Watkins recommends The Republic of Memory, a SF novel full of twists and turns and detailed world-building.

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Book Review: The Quarter Queen by Kayla Hardy

Reviewer Arley Sorg recommends The Quarter Queen for fans of Sinners and American Horror Story: Coven.

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Book Review: Aicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui

Chris Kluwe recommends Aicha, a book that reminds us why we fight for a better world.

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Book Review: The Witch by Marie N’Diaye, translated by Jordan Stump

Melissa A Watkins recommends Marie N’Daiye’s novel in translation The Witch for fans of Weapons and Wild Spaces.

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Book Review: Sauúti Terrors Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton, and Cheryl S. Ntumy, eds.

Arley Sorg recommends the new Flame Tree Collections anthology Sauúti Terrors.

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Book Review: The Franchise by Thomas Elrod

Check out Chris Kluwe’s review of the upcoming SF/F novel The Franchise by Thomas Elrod.

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Book Review: The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather’s Whiskers by Kenneth Hunter Gordon

Melissa A. Watkins recommends The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather’s Whiskers for your next dose of dreamy speculative fiction.

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Book Review: Midnight Somewhere by Johnny Compton

If you’re looking for a horror short-story collection that has a little bit of everything, Arley Sorg recommends Johnny Compton’s Midnight Somewhere.

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Book Review: Reliquary by Hannah Whitten

Reviewer Chris Kluwe recommends the underworld horrors in Hannah Whitten’s Reliquary.

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