THE EXTREMES
There’s an interesting novel lurking in THE EXTREMES by Christopher Priest, but it never quite makes its way to the surface
PFITZ
A witty and concise exercise in postmodern whimsy involving an imaginary city and a very real murder
KATIE
In my view the least of Michael McDowell’s novels, although KATIE contains some good, and on occasion great, elements
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (Book)
One of the more famous late Twentieth Century movie novelizations was this prose rendering of the first STAR TREK feature, credited to series’ creator Gene Roddenberry
PETER IBBETSON
A 19th Century classic (of sorts) that served as a direct forerunner to fantasy narratives ranging from THE STAR ROVER to SOMEWHERE IN TIME
THE MEN IN THE JUNGLE
A nasty ‘Nam allegory by sci fi legend Norman Spinrad
COLD FRONT
A recently republished 1980s horror novel that’s strong, descriptive and thoroughly Canadian
SKIN
The third and most widely praised of Kathe Koja’s grunge-era horror novels, resissued in a snazzy new edition
THE AWAKENING
Imaginative and ambitious vampire fiction by John Russo
MR. TURTLE
A weird one: a cyborg turtle, constructed as an instrument of war, headlines a Japanese import that functions as a bizarre speculative narrative, a philosophical fable and a surreal mind-tugger