Monthly Archives: April 2017

Kim Stanley Robinson’s Forty Signs of Rain

Posted on April 27, 2017 by jananson

Having tackled the environmental politics of Mars and Antarctica, Kim Stanley Robinson took on the challenge of global warming. Forty Signs of Rain is the first instalment of a trilogy and should not be judged as a stand-alone novel. Most of it … Continue reading →

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W.A. Harbinson’s The Light of Eden

Posted on April 21, 2017 by jananson

Do you remember, if you’re old enough, the beautiful painted illustrations on the covers of fantasy and science fantasy novels in the 1980s? Each would depict a scene capturing both a moment in the story and the essence of the … Continue reading →