Nicky Drayden is a writer that I think not enough people know about. Longtime readers will recall that I have enormous respect for her inventively weird imagination, and Escaping Exodus is an outstanding example of what she does best. It is about a society of humans living on generation ship—but it is no ordinary generation … Continue reading Escaping Exodus (2019), by Nicky Drayden
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The Prey of Gods (2017), by Nicky Drayden
This book is a wonderful mishmash of science fiction and fantasy, set in a near-future South Africa and following the adventures of an ensemble of characters as a coming show-down between Old Gods and newly sentient robots takes shape. The narrative alternates between wildly diverse viewpoints, all of which are so fascinating to follow that … Continue reading The Prey of Gods (2017), by Nicky Drayden