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Brenda Peynado wastes no time in yanking her reader into her stories – and into the burning issues that consume her. Her debut collection,
The Rock Eaters, demonstrate this superbly. Thoughts and Prayers and The Radioactives are the two tales that bookend
The Rock Eaters, and they kick off and conclude the collection with punchy yet lingering impact.
The opening of Thoughts and Prayers instantly magnetizes the topic of school shootings by folding in the presence of eerie angels with human faces and the bodies of birds; the opening of The Radioactives mashes immigration and farfetched technology into a deconstructed superhero narrative one that stirs the soul with justice and rage. Just as spectacularly, Thoughts and Prayers is a fantasy story, while The Radioactives is science fiction and within that bracket of genres, the author wields a righteous voice that s as frank as it is dreamlike.
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Editor s picks: 10 best May 2021 fiction and nonfiction books range from beach reads to Billie Eilish memoir and Bob Dylan biography
Jim Kiest, Staff writer
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Summer’s on the horizon, so it’s no surprise that many of the books being released this month are destined for the beach. This roundup of May’s notable titles includes a few as well as a pop star’s memoir and a fantastic story collection.
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“Project Hail Mary,” Andy Weir (Ballantine Books, $28.99): In books like “The Martian,” Weir has made his name with science fiction that’s both compelling and grounded in real science. “Project Hail Mary” is about an astronaut named Ryland Grace, the sole surviving member of a long-shot mission to save humanity from an extinction-level event.