by Justin Stewart

For the Win is a 475-page novel written by Cory Doctorow, published in 2010 by Tor and marketed for teenage readers. I was considering using the phrase “475-page science fiction novel” in the last sentence, but that would be too quick of a categorization at best, and a complete inaccuracy at worst.

The novel takes a standard science fiction premise of the 1980s and ‘90s, namely the struggle of working-class computer geniuses against tyrannical mega-corporations in a world filled to bursting by technology, globalization, and urban sprawl (a fairly concise summary of a large portion of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction), and sets it in a non-specific near-future so close to 2010 and so realistic in its portrayal of technology and society that it might as well be taking place any time between 2005 and the present.

by Justin Stewart

If you want a clever satire of popular media, nigh-incomprehensible physics, and the American tendency to demant instant gratification, this book has it! If you want a road-trip adventure story with equal parts fun, fantasy, and frequent silliness, it has that too! If you want a character study of a young man haunted by an impending and unfair death, complete with meditations of the nature of life and death, which are genuinely emotional and touching, this book offers that as well.Going Bovine is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys science fiction or fantasy, but many of those who normally do not read "genre" books are likely to find a lot to love as well.

by Tracy Campbell

At first glance, Walker's collection of poems may seem incoherent in terms of an underlying theme that ties together the book as a whole. However, this does not subtract from the logical consistency flowing from poem to poem. Instead, Walker uses myriad forms--which, incidentally, do not always follow themselves as forms--to keep the reader interested, wondering how to read the next poem

by Tracy Campbell

“What is a word worth?” Keith Staskiewicz asks in his Entertainment Weekly article that comments on the new edition of Huckleberry Finn.

by Tracy Campbell

Though it may not seem to be so, given all the new-coming books, the vampire is slowly waning as leading paranormal figure in the media world. So what’s next on the menu of savory, forbidden men?