Lavinia Shadows

Ten Worst Novels Read in 2011 The flip side of the other list, based on structural and aesthetic assessment, on personal assessment. Not muc...

These posts are for anyone that’s interested, my stab at figuring out the impact of this recent year, as a narrative and a cluster of narrat...

Dhalgren by Samuel Delany I've admired most of Delany's books that I've read, but felt distant from them to a degree, that didn...

Vortex by Robert Charles Wilson. 2011. *This is the book that rounds things out, and gives a fuller explanation for the nature of the Hypoth...

Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi The first line of dialog in the book is "I can't believe we have to go through this again". I conc...

*Campbell Award for Lev Grossman* Significant disappointment, both for Beukes not getting the recognition, and for it going to what seems a...

2011 novel. *Quite good, all in all, although it's only going to appeal to people already decently invested in the Foreigner series,...