Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Reading this book felt unexpectedly comforting.The science fiction I've read often assumes that meeting another intelligent species will eventually lead to war. I'm used to stories about invasion, conquest, dominance, conflict, competition over resources, and the idea that difference inevitably turns into hostility. I loved that this book imagined solving a common problem together. Is that realistic? Maybe not?We humans, are too messy and prone to violence and aggres…
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Intruders - Mohale Mashigo
Reading Intruders felt like a breath of smoke-scented air after too many sanitized, eurocentric books. It’s as if Mohale Mashigo grabbed my usual U.S.-centric reading diet, flipped it upside down, and said: ‘Here, taste something wild, raw, and unapologetically African.’ It’s not a gentle ride — more like being dragged through myth, anger, humor, and history all at once — but it’s exactly the purge I didn’t know I needed.
► Genre: Speculative fiction, short stories — blends f…
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