Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008SPOILER ALERT: This book is impossible to discuss without revealing a few key details from the book. I don’t reveal the particulars at any point, but I do discuss things that are not fully made clear until much later in the story. If you are the type of person who likes to be surprised by [...]
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Thursday, August 14th, 2008The Road by Cormac McCarthy is by far one of the most arresting novels I have ever read. On the surface, it is a dystopian novel about a very bleak future and the dark underbelly of survival in a true post-apocalyptic environment. But at its heart, it is the story of a man trying to [...]
Dystopian Summer
Monday, July 14th, 2008I am a sucker for just about anything dealing with a dystopian vision of the future. That fascination is exactly why zombies, particularly the Romero-inspired planetary epidemic version, hold so much appeal for me. I am always on the lookout for intelligent, entertaining, and thoughtful explorations into a darker view of what is to come. [...]