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Lit Review: ‘Children of Time’ by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025, making it an opportune time to revisit, or discover for the first time, one of the most remarkable science fiction series of the 21st century. Among the finest examples of hard science fiction since Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem, ...

Lit Recap: Author Event with Zen Cho

When it was first revealed that Zen Cho’s new book would be a contemporary romance, the news came as a surprise. After all, the UK-based Malaysian author has made a name for herself in the realms of fantasy and speculative fiction with such acclaimed titles as Black Water Sister and ...

Lit Review: ‘The Scarlet Throne’ by Amy Leow

“A woman had been crushed by a goat that fell from the sky.” Thus begins Malaysian writer Amy Leow’s debut novel, The Scarlet Throne, one of the most assured and deft fantasies to have fallen in my lap in recent times. Deliberating on the case of the crushed woman—on whether ...

Lit Recap: Author event with Erica Eng

When Johor-born animator Erica Eng won an Eisner Award for her webcomic Fried Rice in 2020, she was 21 years old and still a college student. The semi-autobiographical, slice-of-life webcomic based on her experience of applying to an elite art school after secondary school was something she started as a ...