Joel Martinsen

Apr 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Max Brooks |Cixin Liu |Joel Martinsen

A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z(2006). A zombie apocalypse is one thing.

Jan 20, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Natasha Pulley |Max Brooks |Cixin Liu |Joel Martinsen

A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z(2006). A zombie apocalypse is one thing.

Dec 16, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Ann Leckie |Max Brooks |Cixin Liu |Joel Martinsen

If variety is the spice of life, then this otherwise accomplished volume could use some more seasoning. An acclaimed SFF novelist’s first short-story collection encourages her characters to talk it out, for good or for ill. Leckie likes to explore a theme across several works; for example, her Imperial Radch trilogy and related novels (including Translation State, 2023) examine issues of autonomy and what a person owes to themself versus their obligations to family and society at large.