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"Tool of War": Blood Is Not Destiny

October 6, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Paolo Bacigalupi, Tool of War. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — Paolo Bacigalupi, *Tool of War*. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

Paolo Bacigalupi's Tool of War examines questions of biological determinism, free will and the unforeseen consequences of genetic engineering.

Carmen Maria Machado's New Gothic: "Her Body and Other Parties"

September 22, 2017 Theodore McCombs

Carmen Maria Machado's astonishing short story collection queers reality itself.

Invite The Twilight Pariah Into Your Imagination

September 15, 2017 Sean Cassity

The Twilight Pariah, part ghost story, part murder mystery, swings from the craftily conventional to the truly inventive.

Fiction Unbound Reviews: Best Online Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines

September 8, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Whether reading online or listening to podcasts during your commute, some of the best writing in speculative fiction is debuting in online venues.

“Borne”: A Biotech-Apocalypse Love Story

July 21, 2017 Mark Springer

Jeff VanderMeer's new novel is a rare science fiction treasure.

"The Reluctant Queen": Durst's Woodland World Comes of Age

June 30, 2017 The Unbound Writers

In the second book of Sarah Beth Durst's The Queens of Renthia fantasy series, an ordinary woman finds that to save her family she may first have to save the world.

In "Mapping the Interior," Native Fathers and Sons, Haunted by the Past

June 23, 2017 Mark Springer

Native American ghost story? Psychological thriller? Portrait of a young mind struggling to cope with unspeakable grief and existential rage? Stephen Graham Jones's haunting novella is all of the above, and more.

"Death's End": Cixin Liu's Masterpiece Trilogy, Concluded

June 16, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Death's End brings Chinese science fiction luminary Cixin Liu's mind-blowing trilogy to its inevitable and spectacular end.

In “The Refrigerator Monologues,” Valente Lets the Fridged Girlfriends Scream

June 9, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Catherynne M. Valente's salty collection of comic-book women in refrigerators, reviewed.

"Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman and Viking Relics

May 26, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology pairs perfectly with a visit to “Vikings: Beyond the Legend” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

"The Book of Joan": Burning Is an Art

May 12, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Lidia Yuknavitch's dystopian fever dream, reviewed.

"American Gods": The Mythology of an Accepting America

May 5, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Fiction Unbound staff close the books for a night of adaptation television with Neil Gaiman's American Gods' premiere on Starz

Legacies of Loss in Ann Claycomb's The Mermaid's Daughter

April 28, 2017 Fiction Unbound

Fiction Unbound reviews Ann Claycomb's debut novel The Mermaid's Daughter

Manic Pixie Dream Girl: The Queen of Blood

April 7, 2017 The Unbound Writers

Think fairies are cute? Not when Sarah Beth Durst gets a hold of them. These woodland sprites have a bite. Only one woman will be able to keep these wild things under control, will it be our hero?

The Haunting Resonance of "The Seven Autopsies of Nora Hanneman"

March 17, 2017 Sean Cassity

The Seven Autopsies of Nora Hanneman is a haunting collection of surreal turns and beautiful emotional honesty.

"The Sparrow" at 20 Years: A Space Theodicy

March 3, 2017 The Unbound Writers

It's Lent. What better time to contemplate Catholics in space? Theodore McCombs and CS Peterson discuss The Sparrow, A Canticle for Leibowitz and The Book of Strange, New Things.

"The Expanse": Syfy's Ambitious TV Series Fulfills Devoted Readers' High Hopes

February 10, 2017 Lisa Mahoney

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"The Expanse" frightens and thrills with a plot as old as literature: an unstoppable monster threatens to kill everyone but is resisted by imperfect heroes.