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Book Reviews: October 2020
This month, Chris Kluwe delves into Maria Dahvana Headley’s new translation of Beowulf, then jumps back into contemporary life by reviewing Richard Kadrey’s newest Sandman Slim adventure, Ballistic Kiss.
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This month, Chris Kluwe delves into Maria Dahvana Headley’s new translation of Beowulf, then jumps back into contemporary life by reviewing Richard Kadrey’s newest Sandman Slim adventure, Ballistic Kiss.
Arley Sorg reviews the novel Burning Roses, written by S.L. Huang, and anthologies edited by Joe M. McDermott (Evil in Technicolor) and Sheila Williams (Entanglements).
This month, LaShawn M. Wanak reviews Star Daughter, by Shveta Thakrar, Or What You Will, by Jo Walton, and Trouble the Saints, by Alaya Dawn Johnson.
This month, Chris Kluwe reviews new books from Alaya Dawn Johnson (Trouble the Saints), Andrew Irvine(Anthropocene Rag), Keith Rosson(Road Seven), and Matthew Baker (Why Visit America).
This month reviewer Arley Sorg reviews new work from Meg Elison (Big Girl), Ellen Datlow (Final Cuts), P. Djèlí Clark (Ring Shout).
This month, LaShawn M. Wanak reviews Corry L. Lee’s new novel, Weave the Lightning, Laura Lam’s Goldilocks, and Bethany C. Morrow’s A Song Below Water.
This month Chris Kluwe takes a break from launching his new novel to review some books for us. Find out what he thinks about Tamsyn Muir’s new novel Harrow The Ninth, Emily B. Martin’s Sunshield, and A Pale Light in The Black by K.B. Wagers.
Arley Sorg digs into N.K. Jemisin’s new novel The City We Became, plus anthologies edited by Patrice Caldwell (A Phoenix First Must Burn) and Jonathan Strahan (Made to Order).
This month, our reviewer takes a look at Juliette Wade’s Mazes of Power, Nino Cipri’s Finna, and the new graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.
This month, reviewer Chris Kluwe takes a look at three new novels: Race the Sands, by Sarah Beth Durst; Knight of the Silver Circle, by Duncan M. Hamilton; and Agency, by William Gibson.