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Diversity in Speculative Fiction: Under the Whispering Door
Welcome to Diversity in Speculative Fiction, formerly Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune, a meditative contemporary fantasy about grief, loss, and enduring love.
Diversity in Speculative Fiction: The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Welcome to Diversity in Speculative Fiction, formerly Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, a Chinese-inspired high fantasy novella…
Diversity in Sci-Fi: The Vanished Birds
Welcome to Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez, a touching debut novel about found family and connections with others.
Diversity in Sci-Fi: The Seep
Welcome to Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing The Seep by Chana Porter, a surreal speculative fiction novel about a peaceful alien invasion that transforms Earth into a blissful utopia, where capitalism no longer exists and anyone can be anything they want to be.
Diversity in Sci-Fi: We Cast a Shadow
Welcome to Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, a satirical dystopian novel about a Black father who wants to turn his biracial son white through an experimental medical procedure.
Diversity in Sci-Fi: Salvation Day
Welcome to Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing Salvation Day, a creepy thriller set on a spaceship whose original inhabitants died ten years ago… and never left.
Diversity in Sci-Fi: Ancestral Night
Welcome to Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing Ancestral Night, a space opera starring a traumatized salvager and a sexy pirate villain.
Diversity in Sci-Fi: Gideon the Ninth
Welcome to Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing Gideon the Ninth, a space opera about a lesbian necromancer and her cavalier that incorporates fantasy, mystery, and horror elements. The perfect spooky book for the beginning of October!
Diversity in Sci-Fi: Here and Now and Then
Welcome to Diversity in Sci-Fi! Today we are reviewing Here and Now and Then, a poignant time travel novel about a man torn between his love for his daughter in the past and his loyalty to his fiancée in the present.
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