Tag: hopepunk
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Belladonna U by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Review of series Belladonna U by Tansy Rayner Roberts including Unreal Alchemy, Holiday Brew and Practical Witching. Belladonna U is a series about a group of university students studying magic at an Australian magical university while living in a shared house and making geeky music and playing role-playing games. It’s wonderfully geeky, whimsical and fun.…
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Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
Review of Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer. Too Like the Lightning is a science fiction book that plays with the idea that utopias are always a utopia for who? It is a deeply philosophical book that borrows much from 18th century philosophy. I have read Too Like the Lightning twice and I don’t…
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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Review of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. A wonderful steampunk fantasy filled with court politics, amazing characters and hope. It is very much a fish out of water story and Maia struggles to find his feet in his new position of power. If you have ever struggled with imposter syndrome, then you can definitely…
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METAtropolis
Review of the shared world anthology series METAtropolis. The future is changed when the US fall apart into smaller city states and out of those ashes a new SolarPunk world is born. The stories are all about the intersections between technology, climate change, economy and new social structures.