fighting the lack of good ideas
Many people recently have asked me why I like [some] zombie and vampire stories (and, more generally, why they’re so popular right now), and after taking the time to think carefully on the topic and explain it to them in person, I thought I’d do my 3 readers a favor and write it out here…
Along with Mira Grant (Feed & Deadline reviews), I think I have found a female author I can read. G Willow Wilson’s debut novel, Alif the Unseen blends technothriller (a la Cryptonomicon), Arab mythology, statism, distrust of the government, and more. The story follows a young mixed-blood technophyte who has been making his living on…