Tak! commented on Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, after a routine …
😨 a new sarah gailey
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Tak! commented on The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 by Nnedi Okorafor (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, #2025)
The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s …
THE BEST AMERICAN Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by me and the amazing John Joseph Adams, is now available.
These stories are profound, hilarious, thoughtful, unsettling... stories that stay with you. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did and congrats to all the contributors ! 👻👀👣🤖👽🧙🏾♀️🐈⬛🫂
Tak! commented on Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
What does it mean to "be-in-kind" with a nonhuman animal? Or in Dr. Sean Kell-Luddon’s …
The #SFFBookClub selection for November 2025
Tak! rated The Tusks of Extinction: 5 stars
The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.
Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, …
Tak! commented on You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White …
This is the most fucked up thing I have ever read
Tak! commented on Arabella and the Pirates by Naomi Jessica Rose
Arabella does not want to move all the way to Cornwall to share a bedroom …
I wonder if anyone would be willing to do me a favour and read my book? It's a children's portal fantasy with a twisty/puzzly plot kind of more like the children's books of my childhood than the ones you get these days, except with diversity. And it's short, only about 30k words. Currently free on amazon (I'm plotting my escape from amazon, but it takes time). #WritingCommunity #Writing #books #bookstodon #kidlit mybook.to/yenP
I wonder if anyone would be willing to do me a favour and read my book? It's a children's portal fantasy with a twisty/puzzly plot kind of more like the children's books of my childhood than the ones you get these days, except with diversity. And it's short, only about 30k words. Currently free on amazon (I'm plotting my escape from amazon, but it takes time). #WritingCommunity #Writing #books #bookstodon #kidlit mybook.to/yenP
Tak! commented on Time Shelter by Angela Rodel
A 'clinic for the past' offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces …
Ok, I think I'm putting this down now - it has become a slog. I took a little break, thinking maybe I just needed a change of pace, but I'm just not into it.
I'm reminded a bit of when, having loved The Historian, I picked up The Shadow Land, also by Elizabeth Kostova. I spent much of the novel anticipating how the surreal elements were going to be introduced, only to eventually realize that it was just a "normal" mystery story (coincidentally also set in / revolving around Bulgaria).
Some of the concepts are intriguing, but they don't seem to be going anywhere (so far).
Ok, I think I'm putting this down now - it has become a slog. I took a little break, thinking maybe I just needed a change of pace, but I'm just not into it.
I'm reminded a bit of when, having loved The Historian, I picked up The Shadow Land, also by Elizabeth Kostova. I spent much of the novel anticipating how the surreal elements were going to be introduced, only to eventually realize that it was just a "normal" mystery story (coincidentally also set in / revolving around Bulgaria).
Some of the concepts are intriguing, but they don't seem to be going anywhere (so far).
Tak! reviewed A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
"Mom seems off."
Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns …
A House with Good Bones
5 stars
Another solid T. Kingfisher messed-up horror story. It has everything: a relatable protagonist, great writing, weirdos, and a twist.
It was obvious to basically everyone but the protagonist what was going on the whole time, but I feel like the point wasn't a big reveal of what was going on, but going along on her journey of discovery with her.
Another solid T. Kingfisher messed-up horror story. It has everything: a relatable protagonist, great writing, weirdos, and a twist.
It was obvious to basically everyone but the protagonist what was going on the whole time, but I feel like the point wasn't a big reveal of what was going on, but going along on her journey of discovery with her.
Tak! reviewed Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty
Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to …
Chaos Terminal
3 stars
Chaos Terminal didn't reel me in like Station Eternity did, and I'm not quite sure why.
It could be that it mainly revolves around Mallory and the visiting humans instead of weird aliens, or that we already met all the weird aliens and CT doesn't give us much of anything new, or it could be that I just didn't like it as much. 🤷
Chaos Terminal didn't reel me in like Station Eternity did, and I'm not quite sure why.
It could be that it mainly revolves around Mallory and the visiting humans instead of weird aliens, or that we already met all the weird aliens and CT doesn't give us much of anything new, or it could be that I just didn't like it as much. 🤷
Tak! commented on Star Sword Nemesis by Christine Love
Eris is stylish, cute, and currently in training to be the next wielder of the …
My beautiful and talented wife Christine Love has published a science fiction novel!! It's about girls in space, doing hot girl shit (murder and revolution, I think? I haven't read it, I was waiting until it was finished. I'm gonna go read it). There are swords.
loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-nemesis
For launch week the book is on sale, but it was only $5 USD to start with.
My beautiful and talented wife Christine Love has published a science fiction novel!! It's about girls in space, doing hot girl shit (murder and revolution, I think? I haven't read it, I was waiting until it was finished. I'm gonna go read it). There are swords.
loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-nemesis
For launch week the book is on sale, but it was only $5 USD to start with.
Tak! reviewed A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions
3 stars
An interesting mix of victorian(?) midwifery and eldritch mysticism. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as groundbreaking as Our Lady of Endless Worlds.
An interesting mix of victorian(?) midwifery and eldritch mysticism. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as groundbreaking as Our Lady of Endless Worlds.
Tak! commented on Time Shelter by Angela Rodel
A 'clinic for the past' offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces …
The #SFFBookClub pick for October 2025
Tak! commented on A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
The #SFFBookClub pick for September 2025
Tak! reviewed Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions …
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
3 stars
This felt to me like a much more surreal variant of North Continent Ribbon. Each story/chapter was a continuation or a tangent of a previous one, but I don't feel like the whole contributed much to a more coherent understanding of the whole picture. Overall, the vibe was very vague, and I'm not sure how much I took away from the experience.
This felt to me like a much more surreal variant of North Continent Ribbon. Each story/chapter was a continuation or a tangent of a previous one, but I don't feel like the whole contributed much to a more coherent understanding of the whole picture. Overall, the vibe was very vague, and I'm not sure how much I took away from the experience.
Tak! rated Where the Axe Is Buried: 5 stars
Where the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler
In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his …