Through Darkest America – Neal Barrett Jr.
Howie Ryder’s pastoral childhood is torn from him as a brutal civil war comes home, sending him on a trek across the post-apocalyptic wilderness of Darkest America.
Category Archives: Science Fiction
In Memoriam – Harlan Ellison
A week ago today, Harlan Ellison passed away at the age of 84. The author had suffered a stroke and …
Copperhead, Vol. 2
Space western with a new sheriff in town! After the interesting if uneventful first volume introduces the main characters, things …
Copperhead, Vol. 1
After seeing the high praise from Robert Kirkman and Brian K. Vaughn, I was really expecting this one to wow …
Cryptozoic! – Brian Aldiss
Pulled from the forests of the Jurassic as an artist, called back to a totalitarian dystopia, trained to kill, and sent back into the past—Eddie Bush has become an unlikely assassin with an unpredictable future.
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1
“In a future just a few years down the road in the wrong direction, a woman’s failure to comply with her patriarchal overlords will result in exile to the meanest penal planet in the galaxy.”
Bring the Jubilee – Ward Moore
An alternate history that posits a Southern victory in the American Civil War, leading to a reconstructed North living in the shadow of a Southern empire.
“Lot” and “Lot’s Daughter” – Ward Moore
In the aftermath of nuclear war, a man named Jimmon sees all his built-up middle-class resentment explode in civilization’s twilight. Yet Jimmon reaps what he sows…
The Cosmic Rape – Theodore Sturgeon
An alien spore infects a homeless alcoholic, first steps towards infecting and dominating the world… but it expected to face a hive-mind, not a species of individuals.
The Book of Etta – Meg Elison
Etta always felt more at home on the road, taking the guise and persona of “Eddy” instead. But when slavers seize her friends and raid her home, Etta vows to avenge them.
Ubo – Steve Rasnic Tem
Abducted by roach-like aliens, Daniel is forced to undergo experiments where he re-lives history through the eyes of humanity’s most infamous murderers.
