Gary K Wolfe Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Gary K Wolfe

... a dense and detailed portrait ... Basu’s extraordinary vi­sion of an urban future that isn’t nearly as remote as we might want it to be, ... is yet the latest example of what seems to be a remarkable period in Indian and South Asian SFF.

Gary K Wolfe

With its short time frame, characteristically vivid set­tings, and sharply drawn characters, Noor may be Okorafor’s most tightly plotted novel to date…It’s such a fast-moving tale that the real punch doesn’t quite hit you until it’s over, but it’s quite a punch.

Gary K Wolfe

Even though it appeared way earlier in the year, it occurs to me that one of the most helpful novels we could be reading now, in thinking about Afghan refugees, is E. Lily Yu's brilliant On Fragile Waves.

Gary K Wolfe

... a suspenseful and quite satisfactory thriller ... it’s a gripping tale of hidden supernatural communities battling it out in the shadows, and Devon herself emerges as a complex and conflicted figure negotiating a dark world of daunting moral challenges and toxic misogyny.

Gary K Wolfe

Accurate predictions, as we all know, are actually pretty rare in [science fiction] ... characters as memorable, engag­ing, and sympathetic as Swirsky’s four women, each seeking ways to survive in systems that don’t really seem to like them much, are almost equally rare.

Gary K Wolfe

@jamesdnicoll Do you count Robert Charles Wilson as fully Canadian, though born in the U.S.? Julian Comstock worth thinking about.