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The complete Open Letters Monthly Archive.
A Clockwork Orange turned 50 this year and received the gift of an anniversary edition. Justin Hickey looks anew at the novel Anthony Burgess claimed to have knocked off in three weeks, and which made him famous.
Read MoreThe relationship between an alien queen and a renegade warrior forms the heart of Jae's epic SFF novel set on the desert planet Safara in "Beyond the Red," now in paperback.
Read MoreThe re-introduction of a wolf pack to Yellowstone National Park led to ecological changes even some naturalists didn't foresee - and gave rise to the daily dramas recounted in Nate Blakeslee's new book.
Read MoreAre cell phones and 'smart' technology rotting the minds of today's young people? A controversial new book makes the case.
Read MoreAncient gods and tree-born civilizations form the backdrop for Thoraiya Dyer's fascinating fantasy debut. Justin Hickey reviews Crossroads of Canopy.
Read MoreBack in the halcyon days of the 1990s, writer Fabian Nicieza and artitst Rob Liefeld created "X-Force," perhaps the worst spin-off of Marvel's "X-Men" ever to see print. A new collection invites a trip down memory lane.
Read MoreIf you're a frog in a pond or hamster in a cage or a lion in lean times, what's your easiest source of a nice quick meal? A new book explores the science of a human taboo.
Read MoreThe author of the uproarious debut Radium Baby returns with a surreal and oddly heartfelt riff on the YA genre, set in an Old West that ripples with unreality.
Read MoreA keenly felt nostalgia mixes with themes of race, loneliness, and forgiveness in Jerry Spinelli's latest novel, The Warden's Daughter.
Read MoreA gruesomely fascinating new book looks at the weird and unsettling phenomenon of venom in animal kingdom. Justin Hickey reviews.
Read MoreFantasy author Rjurik Davidson returns with the second novel of minotaurs, magic, and political unrest. Justin Hickey reviews The Stars Askew.
Read More"The Wonderments" allow the hero of Bill Broun's spellbinding debut novel Night of the Animals to talk to the animals in Regent's Park Zoo. Justin Hickey reviews.
Read MoreCoyotes have successfully infiltrated almost every niche of the American landscape and folklore. Justin Hickey tours Coyote America by Dan Flores.
Read MoreA fascinating new book reveals the wonders that are visible once humans stop thinking of fish as merely food with fins.
Read MoreA startling alien legacy is dug up out of the ground in Sylvain Neuvel's stellar debut novel Sleeping Giants. Justin Hickey reviews.
Read MoreThe book Fight Club - and even more so the movie adaptation - have cult fixtures in American culture. But after twenty years, is there anything left for a sequel to subvert? Justin Hickey reads Fight Club 2.
Read MoreIn a distant future without humans, genetically engineered members of other Earth species have evolved societies of staggering - and problematic - complexity.
Read MoreLong, long before Superman appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938, human folklore was rife with super-beings. A new book takes a look at the more-than-human.
Read MoreIn Zachary Thomas Dodson's visionary and inventive debut novel, a violent past and a dystopian future are woven together into a tale of families, legacies ... and bats. Justin Hickey reviews Bats of the Republic.
Read MoreFor over sixty years, the story of humanity's weird fascination with UFOs has been unfolding across nations and societies. A new book goes beyond easy mockery to ask some, er, probing questions.
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