Mindscape

Multi-dimensional barriers slam down on Earth, splitting the planet into discrete, nigh-impenetrable cages. Nations, geography, and civilizations as we know it crumble, replaced by gang-run city-states. But out of this chaos and violence also come chimeric healers known as Vermittler, who have the a......more

I first read an excerpt in the Reading the Bones anthology edited by Sheree Renee Thomas and was very intrigued, so I wanted to read the full work. I don't know what to make of this book. Hairston doesn't outright explain how the world works. The reader gets the lay of the land and the history of th......more

In my last WOGF reading challenge review, I remarked on how one of the main points of Native Tongue gets bogged down amidst all the other plot threads Suzette Haden Elgin tries to bring together. That point being the attempt of a group of women Linguists to create their own language, a necessary thi......more

This was an incredibly dense and fascinating exploration of (among other things) African diasporic spiritual and aesthetic traditions, technology and its limitations and possibilities, seeing various communities as "character," alternative sexualities and kinship systems, multiple languages, multipl......more

Intended Audience: Adult Sexual content: Explicit Ace/Genderqueer characters: Yes Rating: R for language, violence, and sex Writing style: 1/5 Likable characters: 3/5 Plot/Concepts: 3/5 When the Barrier came—a cosmic and organic life-form, restricting travel between arbitrary zones on Earth—the world chang......more