Book Review
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The Magic of Dual Art Forms in Howl’s Moving Castle
This piece contains spoilers. Whether it’s character depth or stylistic choices, the book most often surpasses the movie. Naturally, this is because there is…
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Skeptical of the Hype: A Review of Andrew Pyper’s The Demonologist
Andrew Pyper’s The Demonologist follows Columbia professor David Ullman’s journey from skeptic to believer as he searches for his kidnapped twelve-year-old daughter. As a highly…
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Winter Wonderland? Gethen and Narnia: the Lands of Perpetual Winter
I recently went on a cruise to Bermuda. It was awful. This was partially due to the incessant swaying of the boat, the boredom that…
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Descriptive Science Fiction and Ursula K. Le Guin: An Appreciation
The first time I read The Left Hand of Darkness, I did not get very far. I didn’t make it past the first thirty pages…
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Borrowing Lives: Clone Organ Donors in Never Let Me Go
Note: This review contains spoilers. Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go takes place in a parallel universe after the Second World War, where human…
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Luminato Literary Picnic Feeds Our Appetite for the Unreal
Photo by Emily Macrae If you were to ask me what words I would like to feast on, I would reply with a menu of…
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Ultimate Dystopian Showdown: Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games
With the popularity of its movie series, the infamous rumour has resurfaced that Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is a (*cough cough*) rip-off of Koushun…
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The City of Dreams and Nightmares: Sex, Obsession, and Storytelling in Catherynne M. Valente’s “Palimpsest”
Welcome to Palimpsest: a sexually-transmitted city accessible only through dreams. Though the magical city is filled with permanent residents, human “immigrants” from our world can…
