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“Consider Alex Shvartsman’s THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE PLANETS the Airplane! of written space opera.” Adrienne Martini reviews new work by Alex Shvartsman
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The Best of All Possible Planets, Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing 978-1-951064-07-5, $17.99, tp) July 2026. Cover by Ethemos. Consider Alex Shvartsman's The Best of All Possible Planets the Airplane! of written space opera. Like the Zuckers' best movies, the plot is not the main draw, mostly because it serves as a reliable vehicle for delivering jokes. Far-future Earth is under attack; our heroes (Dhawan and Rada) need (literally) a McGuffin. …Read More
Department of the Vanishing, Johanna Bell (Transit Lounge 978-1-92302-355-0, A$34.99, 311pp, tp) March 2026. In a similar vein to Your Behavior Will Be Monitored, Johanna Bell's Department of the Vanishing is framed as a dossier – an amalgamation of documents produced as part of a police investigation into the activities of archivist Ava Wilde. But where Feinstein's novel leans on emails and chat logs, Bell's publisher has gone all out …Read More
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet 12/25 Apex 2/26 Remains 2/26 All eight stories in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #51 are worthwhile, but I particularly liked The Pied Piper of Cats by Claire Hanlon. Swarms of menacing cats gather on Claire's patio. She finds a woman, Agnes, who can (for a price) deal with the cats. Agnes warns her, however, that these feline hordes are drawn to and thrive on …Read More
