Magazine Review

Tar Vol Reads a Magazine: Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (September 2024)

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I’m still chugging along reading my two regular magazines, and there was plenty of short fiction that I’m really excited to talk about this month. Let’s dive in!  Clarkesworld I usually discuss each issue of Clarkesworld in the order that the stories are listed in the table of contents, but this issue has me mentally… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine: Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (September 2024)

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Fantasy Graphic Novel Review: Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

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I did not grow up reading comic books, so perhaps it’s no surprise that as an adult,  I haven’t gotten into graphic novels. I read Watchmen in college and that might be it…ever. But the English translation of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed came with enough hype from people that don’t normally read graphic novels… Continue reading Fantasy Graphic Novel Review: Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

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Fantasy Novella Review: Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

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This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Haunt Sweet Home will be released on September 3, 2024. For my money, Sarah Pinsker may be the best out there right now writing short-but-not-that-short sci-fi and dark fantasy. So when I saw she… Continue reading Fantasy Novella Review: Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

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Sci-fi Novel Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Alien Clay will be released on September 17, 2024. As far as I can tell, Adrian Tchaikovsky has been a wildly prolific sci-fi/fantasy author for a solid decade by now, but after getting popular… Continue reading Sci-fi Novel Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Fantasy Novel Review: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

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This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Sky Full of Elephants will be released on September 10, 2024. Sky Full of Elephants, Cebo Campbell’s debut novel, has been marketed almost entirely outside of genre spaces, but an audacious speculative premise and… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Magazine Review

Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (August 2024)

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Another month, another batch of short fiction to read. Let’s take a look at the two magazines I read in full this August!  Clarkesworld The August issue of Clarkesworld features a couple authors I’d immensely enjoyed in the past, so I was really excited to get to this one. And as expected, it gave me… Continue reading Tar Vol Reads a Magazine (or Two): Reviews of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus (August 2024)

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Fantasy Novella Reviews: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe and Desdemona and the Deep

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I usually publish standalone reviews of novellas that were published as standalone books, but I read two last month that had me saying a lot of the same things, so I’m breaking from my habit and writing what I believe is my first review two-pack: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson and Desdemona… Continue reading Fantasy Novella Reviews: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe and Desdemona and the Deep