feather_ghyll: Girl looking across unusual terrain to a full moon (Speculative fiction)
2016-02-06 09:06 am

REVIEW: The Universe Against Her

The Universe Against Her: James H. Schmitz Ace, April 1979

Set in the future among the most privileged, powerful people in the known universe as imagined in the late seventies, there’s a slight sense of paleofuturology about this story. The main character is Telzey Amberdon (all the names are a bit like that), a fifteen year old Read more... )
feather_ghyll: Girl reading a book that is resting on her knees (Default)
2012-12-09 03:27 pm

REVIEW: Girl Reading

Girl Reading: Katie Ward Virago 2012

I picked up this book in a charity shop because of the title, of course. It’s a collection of (long) short stories that all feature girls (or women) reading that, until the last story, are only tangentially linked. The stories cover various periods of time and places and, Read more... )