After an avalanche of pre-release hype and an endorsement by no less than Stephen Colbert, Edan Lepucki’s dystopian debut, California, is finally out. If you’ve already discovered that all the buzz (“lush, intricate, deeply disturbing” —Jennifer Egan) about this character-based novel of the post-collapse was warranted, try Will McIntosh’s Soft Apocalypse. The celebrated sci-fi author’s debut […]
Imagining the apocalypse is a fun thought experiment. How would you react when the world crashes down? What could bring the world down? How would people react? Though the post-apocalyptic tale is a staple of science fiction, the tumult of the last decade or so seems to have triggered an new wave of such novels, each […]