Tag: Science Fiction

• SWANA BOOK QUARTER ’26: FEROCIOUSLY ALIVE ON EARTH

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  October 1, 2026

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  BOOK REVIEWS, SWANA BOOK QUARTER

  With this year’s edition of the SWANA Book Quarter featuring a ravenous creature as its emblem, the choice of books will reflect its hunger – unapologetic voices reflecting on the monstrosities of the last years in particular. Anger, hunger, and a desire for a new world merging with the mourning of the old, conflicted characters…

  

• Chi-Ming Yang: Octavia E. Butler – H is for Horse (2025)

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  September 22, 2026

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  BOOK REVIEWS

  Many of us know – and love- Octavia E. Butler’s writing, and the elaborate futures and ideologies created in books like Parable of the Talents. But perhaps not much is known about the author’s early days and formative experiences. Chi-ming Yang’s “H is for Horse” aims to change that by focusing on Butler’s childhood and…