The Blist

  If you strand a bunch of (mostly) 20 something year old adults who work in a theme park for 35 days during a natural disaster, what do you...

This is a story that Alderman describes as feminist science fiction - a type of speculative fiction that I like to call a "what-if...

FLAMES AND FURIES! Get ready for hundreds of pages of exclamations, ejaculations, and interjections! But really, there is a lot of ejaculati...

Did you know Panem was pronounced "PAN-EM?" I sure didn't. You emphasize both syllables apparently. That's a benefit of li...

Despite being 75 years old, this novel holds up remarkably well. I think people can relate 1984 to a variety of things in their lives - an a...

Don't get me wrong, I like me a dystopian mind blow every now and again to make me feel good about my current situation, but guh-damn....

Why do people like this book? Am I missing something? I get it. Bad writing and an improbable plot that could also operate as a pasta st...

This book is up there with Ready Player One and Lock In in terms of future and technology themes. It's also similar to Mission Impossi...

The premise of this book is right up my ally...imagine that people who immigrated to the United States brought their gods, myths, and supe...

I was in Portland on business and heard that one of Portland's treasures is Powell's books. So I checked it out. If you haven...

I'd seen the Disney cartoon, the Johnny Depp version, and a creepier version on TV back when I was younger...so I thought it appropriate...

Do you know why "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a well-known phrase? It's a panagram...or a phrase that co...

My dryspell is over at last! After several boring, disappointing, and simply "meh" selections, I have come across a solid nomine...

After reading Anne Marie's great review , I put this book on my short list. Her review warned about Saramago's writing style (no pu...

There must be some kind of corollary to Murphy's Law which states that when you go into something with low expectations, you won't b...

This is the second book of the Hunger Games Trilogy and a great sequel. Collins picks up right where she left off - after Katness and Peeta...

I don’t care what you say about Portuguese communists, they write good books. Having heard of the passing of Nobel Prize winner Jose Sarama...

The Hunger Games is a Young Adult book about a world called Panem, believed to be North America. Panem consists of The Capital, which gover...