Jason Heller
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'The Council Of Animals' Holds Humanity's Fate In Its ... Paws
In Nick McDonell's new novel, sentient animals control the fate of the few remaining humans — and must decide to do about the fear that humans will regroup and seize supremacy over the Earth again. → Read More
You Don't Have To Be A Complete Nerd To Love This Novel ... But It Helps
Carrie Vaughn is a veteran science fiction and fantasy author who puts her years in the scene to good use in this rollicking tale about a high-tech fantasy theme park (think Westworld) gone wrong. → Read More
'We Need New Stories' Asks: Why Are People Prone To Believing The Largest Of Lies?
Author Nesrine Malik is reclaiming the terms of defense against ignorance and bigotry, ones that she says have become rote in the mouths of some and insults in the mouths of others. → Read More
'The Rock Eaters' Explores The Boundaries Of Emotion, Possibility And Longing
Brenda Peynado's new collection yanks readers straight into her stories, punchy and powerful tales that mix the everyday and the fantastic to search for meaning in the immigrant experience. → Read More
Mother-Daughter Memoir Of Autism Exemplifies The Power Of Language
Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust is a chronicle of not only finding one's voice, but of learning to make others understand that voice. → Read More
'The Echo Wife' Layers Sci-Fi And Murder Mystery For A Twisty Treat
Sarah Gailey's new novel follows a famed geneticist whose husband uses her methods to clone her — and has an affair with the clone. When he's murdered, the two women must figure out to do next. → Read More
In 'Remote Control,' Drones Fly Over The Yam Fields Of A Near-Future Africa
Nnedi Okorafor's multi-faceted new novella follows a young girl in a near-future version of Ghana who becomes the Adopted Daughter of Death — but she can't quite figure out how that happened. → Read More
In 'Particulate Matter,' Climate Change Is Personal — And Painful
Felicia Luna Lemus' memoir chronicles her attempt to make a life in California with her new wife — dealing with casual racism and homophobia, and then, terribly, the impact of the recent wildfires. → Read More
Gently Weird 'Collective Gravities' Grounds The Extraordinary In The Ordinary
Love isn't the main subject in Chloe N. Clark's debut collection, but it's an important one — these stories dig into the ways we evolve towards each other, form bonds, and feel the earth spin. → Read More
Under The Quirk, 'Hearts Of Oak' Beats With A Thoughtful Pulse
Eddie Robson's slim but punchy new novel is set in an unnamed city, made mostly of wood. The city has a King. The King talks to a cat. It's a gem of offbeat weirdness — with a deeply thoughtful core. → Read More
Multiple Universes Fill The Pages Of 'The Lost Book Of Adana Moreau'
Michael Zapata's debut novel is a straightforward literary mystery on the surface — but his simple tale of a lost sci-fi manuscript goes deep on themes of family, displacement and mythology. → Read More
In A Dark Future, These 'Upright Women' Bring Hope
Sarah Gailey's new novella is set in a dystopian future where the United States resembles the Old West, and bands of women on horseback distribute government-approved media to distant villages. → Read More
There's Heart Amid The Ruins Of 'The Heap'
Sean Adams' debut novel is set in the collapsed remains of a gargantuan, 500-story building somewhere in the American desert, once an entire metropolis and now surrounded by scavenger camps. → Read More
'Mary Toft; Or, The Rabbit Queen' Asks Big Questions About Small Animals
Dexter Palmer's new novel is based on the strange true story of a woman who confounded the medical and scientific establishments of 18th century England by claiming she'd given birth to rabbits. → Read More
These 5 Fire-Breathing Books Will Warm The Hearts Of Dragon Fans
Has the end of Game of Thrones and the long wait for the next Song of Ice and Fire book got you, uh ... dragon? We've rounded up some of this year's best scales-and-wings reads to help fill the void. → Read More
'Saturday Night Ghost Club' Celebrates The Wonders And Horrors Of Being A Kid
Craig Davidson's new novel follows a group of kids through a strange summer of hunting urban legends — it's a coming-of-age story that's also about loss, particularly what we lose when we grow up. → Read More
A Noir Stalwart Builds A New Old World In 'The Grand Dark'
Richard Kadrey — known for his Sandman Slim series of supernatural noirs — reinvents himself in grand fashion with The Grand Dark, a diesel-punk fantasy set in a simulacrum of Weimar Germany. → Read More
This 'Spectral Hue' Has A Shimmering Life Of Its Own
Craig Laurance Gidney's debut adult novel is set in a marshy, mysterious rural town where a community of artists, students and townspeople are united by visions of a strange, pinkish-purple color. → Read More
We're Gonna Miss Him: Roky Erickson Brought Soulfulness To Psychedelia
Roky Erickson was rock music's ambassador to inner space. Throughout a career that spanned six decades, Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson — who → Read More
We're Gonna Miss Him: Roky Erickson Brought Soulfulness To Psychedelia
Through a career that spanned six decades, the psychedelic pioneer captivated the rock establishment while remaining at an arm's length from the mainstream. → Read More