Tak! commented on Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, …
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Tak! reviewed Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
A dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's …
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5 stars
How lovely to briefly imagine that organizations like the Ku Klux Klan were the result of otherworldly sorcery instead of human cowardice
Tak! reviewed The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
An impulsive word can start a war. A timely word can stop one. A simple …
Mdang, what a novel
5 stars
The most surreal aspect of this novel set in a magical empire spanning multiple worlds is the theme that a person spending their life being quietly competent would be universally recognized and celebrated
Tak! reviewed Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang
Quarrels are made in an apartment flat, baijiu is served in a state of surveillance, …
The City and the City meets Dark City
4 stars
Tak! reviewed Ark by Veronica Roth
On the eve of Earth’s destruction, a young scientist discovers something too precious to lose, …
A bite-sized apocalypse
3 stars
A nihilist philosophy treatise couched as hard scifi
3 stars
Fairly translucent allegory involving an idealistic communist society contrasted with a cynical hypercapitalist one, and some typical liberty vs. responsibility discourse, but some interesting viewpoints and contexts are presented
Tak! reviewed The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie
Chaos. Fury. Destruction.
The Great Change is upon us...
Some say that to change the …
A phenomenal wrapup of The Age of Madness
5 stars
Tak! reviewed Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
From one of the most exciting new storytellers in epic fantasy, Son of the Storm …
Son of the Storm
4 stars
Son of the Storm is well-written and original, a refreshing change from the vast sea of samey eurofantasy