Barnstable PatriotSeptember 2014 Short stories have never been my thing. If something captures my “reading attention” right away, I don’t…
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The Cost of Lunch, Etc. on Rain Taxi
By George LongeneckerRain TaxiNovember 2014 In short stories, the reader has only a few pages to identify with the protagonist.…
My Life, My Body: A Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review
September 2015 This pithy collection of essays and poems condenses Piercy’s sharp wit and ruthless clarity into a crystalline set…
My Life, My Body: A Review in Peace News
By Gabriel CarlylePeace NewsDecember 2015- January 2016 A self-described ‘socialist-anarchist-feminist’, the US activist and writer Marge Piercy is the author…
What Life Was Like Before Roe v. Wade in 7 Books
By Lorraine BerrySignature ReadsFebruary 10th, 2017 In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided in Roe v.…
The Human Front: A Publishers Weekly Review
Publishers WeeklyAugust 2013 Scottish author MacLeod bolsters his tight, brilliant 2001 alternate-history novella with two supporting essays and a lengthy…
The Human Front Reviewed in Locus
by Russell LetsonLocusJuly 2013 Ken MacLeod’s Sidewise Award-winning novella The Human Front first appeared as a PS Publishing singleton in…
Alternative History: The Human Front—A Review
By Pik SmeetThe Socialist Party of Great BritainSeptember 2013 Alternative history Alternative history is a strange genre. Its central premise,…
Ken MacLeod, The Human Front in Peace News
By Gabriel CarlylePeaceNewsMay 2013 ‘What if something that didn’t happen had happened differently?’ is the tricksy question at the heart…
The Human Front: A Review
By Luther BlissettMedium.comJanuary 7th, 2017 Reading The Human Front made me want to read more MacLeod. I went and picked…