Thus Bad Begins (2016)
"This is familiar territory for Marias, both in its forensic examination of the grey areas of personal morality, and in the way personal stories open »
Penguin Worlds Science Fiction
I have written new introductions to classic Science Fiction work by Joanna Russ, John Christopher and Vernor Vinge, to be published by Penguin in the UK »
The Moonstone - Sjón (2016)
The subtitle of the Icelandic writer Sjón's jewel-like novella is 'the boy who never was'. Known to English-speaking readers for a series of beautiful short works »
Gnostic Brooklyn (2015)
I was walking home through Clinton Hill when I met a wizard. He wore a conical straw hat and a cloak of many colors and was »
The Wake (2015)
What happens after the end? Since the portrayals of world-destroying deluges in early writings (“Gilgamesh,” the Matsya Purana, Genesis, the “Timaeus”), narratives of apocalypse have structured »