Category: dystopian
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Book Review: The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley
After devouring Seed (Bri Lee) I was ready for more dystopian climate fiction. I’ve seen this one doing the rounds for at least a year now, so I finally went for it. This book was surprising in so many ways — the concepts, the language, the narrator’s own two-faced-ness — and, for the most part,…
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Book Review: Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
A haunting book about the dark side of progress, the brevity of human life, and the way we surrender to our fates. Sometimes I buy books based on colour alone. My copy of Never Let Me Go all but called out to me from a lone stand in a bookstore I had only just discovered…
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Book Review: Nuclear War, by Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War describes the collapse of civilization in unforgettable detail.
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Book Review: The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson
In The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson paints a gripping and tirelessly researched portrait of a world reshaped by climate change.