Tag: metafiction
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Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup
Review of Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup. Just Stab Me Now is based on a TikTok series by Jill Bearup and written after the community begged her to write the sketch series into a full length novel repeably.
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Glass Slipper Scandal by Tansy Rayner Roberts
I picked up ‘Glass Slipper Scandal’ by Tansy Rayner Roberts, because I have always been fascinated by fairytales and fairytale retellings. The story is fairytale mashup story that plays with all the tropes.
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Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Review of Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. What happens when the children come home from their portal fantasy adventure? What happens when they are trapped in the normal world?
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The Velveteen vs. series by Seanan McGuire
Review of the Velveteen vs. series by Seanan McGuire. A funny and clever look at the superhero genre and how it treach both child and female heros. If you enjoyed The Boys, but wish it was a bit lighter in tone, this is the perfect read.
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Chicks in Chainmail
Review of the short story anthology Chicks in Chainmail edited by Esther M. Friesner. Do you remember when every computer game, heavy metal album, roleplaying game and cheep fantasy book had a chick in chainmail on the cover? Those were the inspiration for Chicks in Chainmail. The anthology looks a the stereotypes that surrounds the…
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Redshirts by John Scalzi
Review of Redshirts by John Scalzi. Redshirts is a loving satire inspired shows like Star Trek and Red Dwarf. The book is genuinely funny.
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The Magic Ex Libris series by Jim C. Hines
Review of the first two books in the series Magic Ex Libris by Jim C. Hines: Libriomancer & Codex Born. The urban fantasy series is all about the power of stories. It’s a fun rump that reads like a excellent roleplaying series.
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Indexing by Seanan McGuire
Review of Indexing by Seanan McGuire. Indexing is a book about stories, the stories that make up our life and the stories that define our identity. It is also very much a meta-fictional story, because it is a story about fairy tales. Fairy tales trying to control the stories of our world no less.
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The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Review of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. The Last Unicorn is an young adult fantasy classic that plays with fairytale story structure, metafictional elements and is quite weird and melancholy