The Great Wild Word
Book reviews, occasional fiction/poetry from a literature lover and speculative fiction author / creative writing MFA. 100% HUMAN powered.
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Book Review: "The End of Everything" by M. John Harrison
“The End of Everything” by M John Harrison (2026)
208 pages
First, you need to know what you’re getting into.
This is a weird book. Very weird. It’s weird in its mostly-plotless form, and it’s also weird in its depiction of behaviour a...
Even before the visitor arrives, I can hear his blood
A Visitor
Even before the visitor arrives, I can hear his blood.
I know it’s the sound of blood. I always hear it. It sounds like skin stretching off a snake. Or like fungus spores blooming in black and white. It changes when the...
Australia's favourite book? "Boy Swallows Universe" by Trent Dalton - Review/deeper dive
Boy Swallows Universe, by Trent Dalton (2018). 499 pages
Boy Swallows Universe (featuring splendid fairy wren)
Boy Swallows Universe, now 8 years old, was a shooting star in the Australian literary world. It won many local awards upon rel...
Book Review: "Fabrications" by Zachary Mason
“Fabrications” by Zachary Mason (forthcoming December 2026)
Thanks to Grove Atlantic publishers for the advance reader copy of Fabrications.
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Here’s a curious and timely collection of speculative short fiction from Zachary M...
Book Review: “Luminous” by Silvia Park
“Luminous” by Silvia Park (2025)
400 pages
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Ever wondered about some of the messy finer points of how humans and robots might live and interact in an advanced future? Like, is it illegal to abuse a robot? Should humans be...
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