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We don’t know whether this is a dream or a memory.

Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez

The Promise by Silvina Ocampo

The Fool by Anne Serre

A Short, Sharp Shock by Kim Stanley Robinson

Welcome to America by Linda Bostrum Knausgaard

Invisible Kingdom vol 1 by G Willow Wilson

Beyonders vol 1 by Paul Jenkins

Infinite Dark vol 1 by Ryan Cady

December 15, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Space Invaders – 4/5 stars This short novel from Chile takes places in late 70s and early 80s in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship in which tens of thousands of dissenters were placed in concentration camps, killed outright, or both, often having their entire existence bureaucratically eradicated in the process. It was common practice bodies to be burned or dumped in the ocean as well. This novel is a novel of childhood as kids through a main narrator try to make sense of their world. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: a short sharp shock, anne serre, beyonders vol 1, G Willow Wilson, infinite dark vol 1, invisible kingdom vol 1, kim stanley robinson, linda bostrum knausgard, nona fernandez, paul jenkins, ryan cady, silvina ocampo, space invaders, the fool, the promise, welcome to america

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:692 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: a short sharp shock, anne serre, beyonders vol 1, G Willow Wilson, infinite dark vol 1, invisible kingdom vol 1, kim stanley robinson, linda bostrum knausgard, nona fernandez, paul jenkins, ryan cady, silvina ocampo, space invaders, the fool, the promise, welcome to america ·
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