Showing posts with label dystopian fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dystopian fiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

California by Edan Lepucki





The natural world might appear to be the same as it always was, but things are a tad askew in post-apocalyptic California. Here Calvin and Frida are getting by, trying to understand what the introduction of their baby would mean under these radically different circumstances. As the couple stumble upon other inhabitants and navigate the boundaries and rules of this dystopia, you realize that the slow crawl up your spine is from the realization that what’s scary in this new world is not the new, but the old. Old grievances, old weaknesses and old compromises.


Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Monday, January 6, 2014

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee


The “curtaining sway of hair” that frames the cover of Chang-rae Lee’s phenomenal On Such a Full Sea, belongs to its protagonist, Fan. But the life story that fuels her myth is one for all of B-Mor, the closed community where Fan lives until she escapes in search of true love. As we follow Fan on her travels, Lee paints a devastating and eerie picture of an America that has lost its moral moorings. Dystopian fiction this might be, but its take on class and society also makes Sea a deeply political animal. It is Lee’s most compelling work yet.

A longer review of this book was published in the January 22 issue of The BookBrowse Review.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Flames Licking the Title


Ben Marcus's upcoming mind-blowing read, The Flame Alphabet, has one of the most arresting book jackets I have seen in a while. From the ARC, I can't tell if the hardcover will have more of a 3-D element to it but even so, it's fab! I love the idea of the flame collage elements slowly licking away at the title. Awesome design by Soonyoung Kwon for Knopf.

I expect my review to be at CurledUp close to the release date of January 17. Pre-order the book now!