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Is there anything new under the apocalypse meets space opera sun? Why yes there is, in fact, and it’s all thanks to one of the best books to emerge so far this year, Project Hail Mary, courtesy of Andy Weir who is most well known for The Martian, his debut Continue Reading

One of the enduring deficits of our modern age is the inability of people to put themselves in someone else’s shoes and appreciate life from their perspective, a great irony considering the supposed hyperconnectivity of the digital era. This lack of empathy is nothing new, of course, having bedevilled humanity Continue Reading

Having the weight of destiny sitting heavily upon your shoulders is not easy for anyone. But it’s particularly onerous for Dreckly Jones, the protagonist of The Rose Daughter by Maria Lewis, a woman of supernatural origins – her father was an earth elemental and her mother a selkie – who Continue Reading