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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Tobias Buckell and his latest novel, A Stranger in the Citadel

    Entrevista con un autor: Tobias S. Buckell

    Calificado como "violento, poético y de lectura compulsiva" por Maclean's, el autor de ciencia ficción Tobias S. Buckell es un escritor superventas del New York Times y ganador del Premio Mundial de…

  • Author Emily Critchley and her debut novel, One Puzzling Afternoon

    Entrevista con una autora: Emily Critchley

    Emily Critchley ha vivido en Essex, Brighton y Londres, y ahora reside en Hertfordshire, donde trabaja como bibliotecaria. Tiene una licenciatura con honores en Escritura Creativa por la Universidad…

  • Editor John Joseph Adams and his latest anthology, Out There Screaming

    Entrevista con un editor: John Joseph Adams

    John Joseph Adams es editor de la serie Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy y editor de más de cuarenta antologías, como Wastelands, The Living Dead y A People's Future of the United States…

  • Collage of favorite books

    Mis libros favoritos de 2023

    ¡Lecturas de temporada para todos! Como suele ser habitual, en 2023 se han publicado libros maravillosos, y me emociona compartir mis favoritos. Como he hecho en los últimos años, he ordenado estos…

  • Author Delilah S. Dawson and her latest novel, Midnight at the Houdini

    Entrevista con una autora: Delilah S. Dawson

    Delilah S. Dawson es la escritora bestseller del New York Times de Star Wars: Phasma, Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, The Disney Mirrorverse: Pure of Heart, Bloom, The…

  • Author Daniel Sweren-Becker and his latest novel, Kill Show: A True Crime Novel

    Entrevista con un autor: Daniel Sweren-Becker

    Daniel Sweren-Becker es autor, guionista de televisión y dramaturgo residente en Los Ángeles. Su obra "Stress Positions" se estrenó en el SoHo Playhouse de Nueva York. Creció en Manhattan. Es autor de…

  • Author Connie Willis and her latest novel, The Road to Roswell

    Entrevista con una autora: Connie Willis

    Connie Willis es miembro del Salón de la Fama de la Ciencia Ficción y Gran Maestra de la Asociación de Escritores de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía de Estados Unidos. Ha recibido siete premios Nebula y…

  • Author Lina Rather and her newest book, A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    Entrevista con una autora: Lina Rather

    Lina Rather es una autora de ficción especulativa y estudiante de posgrado que reside en el centro de Nueva York. Sus relatos cortos se han publicado en medios como Lightspeed, Podcastle y Shimmer. Su…

  • Author Hajar Yazdiha and her book, The Struggle for the People’s King

    Entrevista con una autora: Hajar Yazdiha

    Hajar Yazdiha es Profesora Adjunta de Sociología, miembro del cuerpo docente del Instituto de Investigación de Equidad y Becaria Global Azrieli de CIFAR (2023-2025). La Dra. Yazdiha obtuvo su…

  • Author Dr. Kathryn Harkup and her latest book, The Secret Lives of Molecules

    Entrevista con una autora: Dra. Kathryn Harkup

    La Dra. Kathryn Harkup es una exquímica y escritora. Completó un doctorado sobre sus sustancias químicas favoritas, las fosfinas, y continuó su investigación postdoctoral antes de darse cuenta de que…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    • By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young noblewoman is betrothed by her parents into an unwanted, arranged marriage. A young pirate struggles to survive and protect his brother from the dangers inherent in the life they have been forced to live. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death because her blood, when drunk, allows...
  • Cover image for Conventionally Yours

    Conventionally Yours

    • By: Annabeth Albert
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A common theme in novels, motion pictures and television is the fine line between love and hate. One only has to look at William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (or it’s modern reincarnation 1999’s Ten Things I Hate About You) for an example of supposed loathing turning to love...
  • Cover image for Under the Rainbow

    Under the Rainbow

    • By: Celia Laskey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a recent survey, the small town of Big Burr, Kansas has earned the title of “most homophobic town in the U.S.”  The non-profit that conducted the survey, Acceptance Across America (AAA), determines that the appropriate response to their findings is to send a task force to Big Burr. They...
  • Cover image for Upright Women Wanted

    Upright Women Wanted

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Esther just watched her best friend die. Beatriz was found to be in possession of “inappropriate” materials, and for that she was hanged in the town square. Esther’s father spoke from the podium about the dangers of “deviance” all the while keeping his eyes locked on Esther.  Beatriz’s death was a...
  • Cover image for Oona Out of Order

    Oona Out of Order

    • By: Montimore, Margarita
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine it is New Year’s Eve, 1982. Oona is 18 years old and will be 19 at midnight as the year changes to 1983. She has her whole life ahead of her, including the type of life altering “big decisions” that face everyone at that age. But, when Oona opens...
  • Cover image for Heart of Junk

    Heart of Junk

    • By: Geddes, Luke
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hmm, what could the following all have in common: an aging antique mall in Wichita, Kansas, where well established and novice sellers are struggling to keep the doors open in the age of online shopping; a child beauty pageant queen who has mysteriously vanished; and the hosts of a phenomenally...
  • Cover image for Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    • By: Swanson, Peter
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog. It is entitled “Eight Perfect Murders” and it lists the novels he feels have described unsolvable murders. These are murders in which the killers cannot be connected with their crimes. Years later...
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    Ormeshadow

    • By: Sharma, Priya
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
  • Cover image for Riot Baby

    Riot Baby

    • By: Onyebuchi, Tochi
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
  • Cover image for Made things

    Made things

    • By: Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...