Books Worth Your Time is a new quarterly feature where the Apex Magazine editorial team discuss some of the good stuff they’ve read recently. We hope you find something good to read, too!
Read MoreBooks Worth Your TimeHe was known by whites on both sides of the Atlantic as “the Indian Bonaparte,” “the Indian Wellington,” and even “the Indian King Arthur”—all sincere compliments from an Anglo perspective—even before his tragic battlefield death in 1813 ensured that his life and myth would remain inextricably bound together.
Read MoreThe Once and Future Chief: Tecumseh in (Science) FictionOur managing editor discusses some of her favorite cover art selections.
Read MoreBy the CoverI grew up without any transgender representation of any depth or value. To be fair, I also grew up with very little cisgender queer representation of any depth or value, either. There were oblique references, but typically not in the media that I was given to consume as a child.
Read MoreTropes as Erasers: A Transgender PerspectiveIn 1975, author Chinua Achebe analyzed Conrad’s portrayal of Africans in the book and accused Conrad and his novel of racism:
Read MoreAn Exploration of Racism in Heart of DarknessI can't be the only Apex reader who loves Regency romances—but in case I am, Regency romances are to Jane Austen what steampunk is to Jules Verne.
Read MoreShiny Boots and Corinthians: Writing Historical Fiction without ClichesHorror has always been a part of tabletop RPGs—when you’re fighting zombies, blundering into pit traps, and dodging dragon fire, you can’t help but sense some of your character’s peril.
Read MoreCthulhu Apocalypse and the Terrifying Tradition of Horror Role-Playing GamesCaitlín R. Kiernan’s dark fantasy novel The Drowning Girl: A Memoir and Robert W. Chambers’ supernatural story collection The King in Yellow have several themes in common—ancient malign gods, hauntings, and madness-inducing works of art, for instance—but one of the most interesting is how the two authors handle unreliable narrators.
Read MoreUnreliable Narrators in Kiernan and ChambersThe actual literary landscape in Spain is quite gloomy if compared with equivalent European markets. The situation is a mixture of “highs” and “lows”: high taxes on books, and roaring unemployment rate; low percentage of readers among the general public, minimal credibility of the successive administrations, due to mismanagement and numerous scandals. The general political climate is in turmoil, even though it seems there are timid signs of recuperation in the economic front.
Read MoreThe Invention of Speculative Fiction in Spain