Review
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Review: White Plastic Sky, Bodies, 65
Read the reviews on Delano. ●●● This trio of reviews came as part of “Couch University,” a column I write for Delano. This was a special all-sf entry. […] Native to this premise is a deeply interesting quagmire of climate politics: can a government justify killing its 50-year-olds in exchange for the collective survival of…
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Review: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
My review of The Terraformers was published in Issue 36 (autumn 2023) of Shoreline of Infinity. ●●● […] The vengeful catharsis of this scene portends the same tone for the book, but Newitz takes another path. Rather than revelling in a takedown of corporate evil and the social/environmental toxicity it embodies, the author opts for…
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Review: Birds of Paradise by Oliver Langmead
Read the review on Shoreline of Infinity. ●●● Life, both animal and vegetable, from the Garden of Eden—the literal Garden of Eden—is still around and scattered throughout the modern world. That’s the premise of Birds of Paradise: that the rose of Eden has been forever blooming through the ages, that “Owl” and “Pig” and “Rook” survive…
Jeffrey Palms 