Category Archives: Science-fiction

READ: Amped by Daniel H. Wilson

Last week, I reviewed Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse, a great plot-driven science-fiction novel concerning the day the robots take over. His next book, Amped, became available right after I finished with Robopocalypse, so I got to reading it right away. … Continue reading →

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READ: Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

Ever since I heard Daniel H. Wilson in an interview onQ, I’ve wanted to read Robopocalypse. I finally got my hands on a copy from the library. It was definitely worth the wait. The story The robots have become self-aware. … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins — Review

A few weeks ago, when I got really sick, I decided to give The Hunger Games a try. Sure, it’s young adult literature (so is Harry Potter, actually) and some of the comments I’d heard vilified its bad use of … Continue reading →

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The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung (review)

In translation theory, there are two main factions: the “naturalizers” and the “foreignizers” The naturalizers think that literature should be translated in a language that feels natural to the reader, as if it had been written originally in their language. … Continue reading →

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