Fiction Unbounders come together for a pile-on review of Margaret Atwood's latest, The Heart Goes Last
Read more“Eat Me”: An Odyssey Through Consumable Womanhood
Margaret Atwood takes on consumer culture, gender roles, and cannibalism in The Penelopiad and The Edible Woman
Read more"MaddAddam": Telling Stories to Survive
After the apocalypse, then what? Life ends, and life goes on in Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam, the finale to her post-apocalyptic trilogy.
Read moreThe Heart Goes Last and other Recent Releases by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a prolific writer. Today she releases a new novel, earlier in the year she released a book of short stories, and she contributed another story to an anthology of "cli-fi."
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"The Year of the Flood": Hope and Forgiveness in a Ruined World
Finding hope and redemption in Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood.
Read more"Oryx & Crake": Narcissism and Technology Destroy the World
Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, the first book in the MaddAddam trilogy, is speculative fiction at its finest—and it’s not for the faint of heart.
Read moreChildbirth Gothic: BELOVED, ALIEN, and ROE v. WADE
How the abortion debates of the 20th century delivered a new Gothic aesthetic
Read moreArmada: Ernest Cline, Puzzle Master, Writes Again
Ernest Cline's newest release gives gamers everywhere something to fight for: bragging rights for saving the Earth from total annihalation.
Read moreMarisha Pessl’s NIGHT FILM, Ann Radcliffe’s THE ITALIAN, and the Legacy of the Gothic Romance
How does the modern Gothic novel stack up against 1797's finest? Fiction Unbound uncovers some dark secrets.
Read more"The Strange Library": A Dream-Labyrinth of Grief
The Strange Library, a novella by Haruki Murakami with illustrations by Chip Kidd, urges the reader to delve deeper in search of its hidden meaning. Once this odd, beautiful little book catches your eye, you can't look away.
Read more2015 Hugo Awards Voting Smashes Previous Record by 65%
The old political saw that controvery builds engagement proves true regarding this year's Hugo Awards. Voting by members for the finalists far surpassed last year's totals, and we think the high participation is a testament to the vitality and engagement of the SFF community.
Read moreSarah Pinborough in America
Who knows what kind of story Sarah Pinborough is going to share next, but you can bet it will be packed tight with ideas and it will probably have some darkness lurking in the heart of it.
Read moreSpeculative Book Stack Poems
Ever notice how your books sometimes talk to you? No? Well, maybe it's just us here at Fiction Unbound.
Read moreDown the Rabbit Hole: Black Hole Edition
A carefully cultivated waste of time.
Read moreThe Origamist: César Aira’s Folded Fictions
The Musical Brain, a new collection by Argentine avant-gardist César Aira, reviewed. With monkeys.
Read moreMan Booker Prize Nominees Writing in Speculative Fiction
The list for the 2015 Man Booker Prize in Fiction was announced today, and we've rounded up the nominees writing in the realms of speculative fiction.
Read moreDown the Rabbit Hole
Make your moments of distraction more satisfying with this week's rabbit hole of speculative news, interviews and fiction.
Read moreRevive the Grendel’s-Mother/Female-Warrior/Mother Archetype, Please!
After reading Sarah Boxer's article "Why are all the Cartoon Mothers Dead?" in The Atlantic, Fiction Unbound urges authors of speculative fiction to break the pattern of orphans and buddy-buddy fathers. Bring on the power moms!
Read moreThe Dead Lands: An Apocalyptic Summer Road Trip
A review of Benjamin Percy's The Dead Lands: excellent summer reading.
Read moreCongratulations to the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award Winners!
Jeff VanderMeer and others win big for literary horror.
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