This week at Left Bank Books, as December begins and Christmas is upon us, a number of books—Staff Picks (all of us have them, please check out the list)—are being offered at discount for on-line purchase. For Wednesday, the 5th, my particular pick is…
China Miéville’s novel Embassytown is, to my mind, one of the best science fiction novels published in the last decade. Not necessarily the best novel published as science fiction, but one of the best examples of what science fiction at novel length can do.
Maybe that’s a fine distinction, possibly one without a difference, but what I want to talk about now is what I mean by “science fiction” in this context and recommend a first-rate experience.…