as often in collections of short stories it is a mixed bag. my three favourites - "being", was reminded of Stephen King - "the test", a really effective dystopian vignette (honorable mention "trespass", a greater than expected pulp story) - "the last day", a reflection about world's end
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Alexander reviewed The Shores of Space by Richard Matheson
Alexander rated Death of the Author: 5 stars

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
The future of storytelling is here.
Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in …
Alexander rated Inventing the Renaissance: 3 stars

Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (duplicate)
The Renaissance is one of the most studied and celebrated eras of history. Spanning the end of the Middle Ages …
Alexander rated Rocky Beach: 4 stars
Alexander reviewed Die Doppelte Nacht
review of Die doppelte Nacht
2 stars
i have to admit, i expected something like a travel journal and got some kind of a novel. a difficult spot: the meetings and observations in germany in 1958 were interesting, but maybe 'invented'. and the author's reflections about the nature of 'the german', riddled with a reference-game, were rather artificial and old fashioned.

Niourk by Stefan Wul
Alexander rated The Tainted Cup: 5 stars

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
review of The Knight of the Necropolis or, Brood of the Witch-Queen
3 stars
it's a gothic horror novel that feels like the movies from the thirties to me. you know what will happen and most of the time you are not convinced of the effects, but the mood and setting is excellent. maybe a bit too much of a chain of episodes...
Alexander rated Morning Glory Milking Farm: 3 stars
Alexander rated Creation Lake: 4 stars

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
A new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France—a propulsive page-turner of …
Alexander rated Niederdeutsches Balladenbuch: 3 stars
Alexander rated When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler: 4 stars
Alexander reviewed African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi
review of An African History of Africa
5 stars
this book sets the record straight by telling the histories of africa in their own right, not as a footnote or mere challenge to people from outside.
Badawi is visiting and citing contemporary african historians and in this way exploring the (fragile?) self image of the continent.
fascinating read!