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30/10/2025
Red Rising – Pierce Brown: dystopian sci-fi, 2014
15/10/2025
Missing Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 from a safe distance
19/08/2025
Excited for Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 Hoping for a Press Pass
18/08/2025
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett – Dystopia
18/08/2025
When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
18/08/2025
Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire
13/08/2025
The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule – Sci fi odyssey
24/07/2025
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shanon Chakraborty
09/07/2025
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig – Gothic fantasy tale
18/06/2025
Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton – A dystopian underdog tale
01/06/2025
Silver Elite by Dani Francis – A gripping sci fi dystopia
24/05/2025
Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini
14/05/2025
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata – A stark eco dystopia
30/04/2025
Where the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler – A dystopian elegy
19/04/2025
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite – A chilling dystopia
31/03/2025
Leipzig Book Fair 2025 the good the bad the ugly and me
25/03/2025
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins – Dystopian drama
19/03/2025
Updating book covers to help you find the right book
19/02/2025
Grimoire Grammar School PTA by Caitlin Rozakis – Magic romp
16/01/2025
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
19/12/2024
Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan
21/10/2024
Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 the good the bad security and me
15/10/2024
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur – A post apocalyptic odyssey
30/09/2024
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch – A dystopian Irish family drama
09/09/2024
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Contact and Survival
17/07/2024
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer – Into a sinister unknown
13/07/2024
The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey – A science fiction epic
26/06/2024
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky – On tech rebellion
23/06/2024
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger – On life death and meaning
05/06/2024
Baby X by Kira Peikoff explores ethics of future science
29/05/2024
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley – Time travel peril
13/04/2024
General updates and some security thoughts
25/03/2024
Leipzig Book Fair 2024 the good the bad security and me
02/02/2024
Beautyland by Marie Helene Bertino – A speculative dystopia
29/12/2023
System Collapse by Martha Wells – AI, identity and peril
18/08/2023
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin – A utopia with dark secrets
23/07/2023
Translation State by Ann Leckie – Where language shapes fate
08/07/2023
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
30/05/2023
Adrian Tchaikovsky Lords of Uncreation – Apocalyptic odyssey
18/05/2023
Aliette de Bodard The Red Scholar’s Wake – Intrigue with magic
13/04/2023
Infinity Gate by MR Carey – Time travel and parallel worlds
06/02/2023
Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick – On a remote alien planet
18/01/2023
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman – A surreal dystopia
26/12/2022
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks Dalton – Climate coming of age
15/11/2022
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang – AI and identity
06/09/2022
Midnight Water City by Chris McKinney – A drowned tech city
26/08/2022
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Silvia by Moreno Garcia
18/08/2022
We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen – Cultures Collide
16/08/2022
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White – A dark epic
31/07/2022
The City Inside by Samit Basu – A tense dystopia of secrets
17/07/2022
Aurora by David Koepp – A historic space mission unravels
31/03/2022
All Thats Left in the World Erik J Brown – Teens seeking hope
07/03/2022
The Chosen Twelve by James Breakwell – Shape the world
08/09/2021
The Extinction Trials by AG Riddle – Teens versus extinction
11/08/2021
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – An interstellar rescue
12/07/2021
The Trials of Koli by M R Carey – New challenges await
05/07/2021
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro – AI and empathy
22/05/2021
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey – Cloning, ethics and love
01/05/2021
The Queens Road by RS Belcher a rebel in enemy lands
17/04/2021
Deity by Matt Wesolowski -Ancient powers and balance
07/04/2021
The Outlands by Tyler Edwards humanity in the ruins
04/12/2020
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – On choices and other lives
02/12/2020
The Hive Queen by Robin Kirk biotech ambition in dystopia
19/11/2020
The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier – Medical Dystopia
07/10/2020
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron – A Feminist Dystopia
21/09/2020
Stormblood by Jeremy Szal War and Bonds Amid – Alien Threat
01/09/2020
Motherhood and survival in The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
13/08/2020
Malorie by Josh Malerman the Bird Box survival sequel
11/07/2020
The Book of Koli by M R Carey – Post collapse faith and tech
09/07/2020
Searching for Humanity in Network Effect by Martha Wells
19/05/2020
Master Class by Christina Dalcher on power and society
20/02/2020
Riot Baby power and racism stoke Americas unrest
01/01/2020
Welcome back a new blog after the fire security and more