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Far Sector by NK Jemisin and Jamal Campbell

Review: Far Sector by NK Jemisin and Jamal Campbell – Farthest from the Mainline DC Universe and All the Better For It

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Amartya Acharya

Far Sector (Review): When you suddenly have one of the best sci-fi writers of the past five years, NK Jemisin, write a Green Lantern book, ‘Far Sector’ about a lone Green Lantern in a far corner of the universe, farther than even the reaches of the Green Lantern Corps, it piques interest. NK Jemisin, as…

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A Case of the Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif

Shaping up Conspiracy Theories in ‘A Case of the Exploding Mangoes’ by Mohammed Hanif

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Ahendrila Goswami

Mohammed Hanif deftly sculpts the contours of conspiracy theories in his novel ‘A Case of the Exploding Mangoes,’ molding them into a tantalizingly explosive narrative. About the Author Mohammed Hanif (1964 – ) is a British Pakistani journalist and writer. His opinion pieces in the New York Times are just as famous as the body…

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At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

Reading A Soldier’s Mind in ‘At Night All Blood is Black’ by David Diop

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Ahendrila Goswami

At Night All Blood is Black  – Originally published: 16 August 2018 About the Author David Diop is the head of the Department of the Arts, Languages, and Literature at the University of Pau in southwest France. His area of specialization as an academic includes French and Francophone African literature from the 18th century. His research…

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern: A Tale Transcending Space, Time And Physics

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Khushveen Anand

About the author: Erin Morgenstern is a Theatre major, who found herself gravitating toward the mystic arts while studying studio art. She combined her love for art and all things mystical by painting tarot card decks. Quite green in the literary field, she tried her hand at writing novels around supernatural subjects. Doubleday, her debut…

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Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: A True Dystopian Horror for Book Lovers

Posted on October 30, 2022October 31, 2022 by Mukul Joshi

‘Stuff your eyes with wonder,’ he said, ‘live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic that any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great…

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