#fiction

Lords of Serendipity by Randy Boyagoda review – a campus satire for this moment of crisis

This propulsive, globe-trotting tale brilliantly skewers the corruption and corporatisation of higher education It’s no secret that academia is on the blink; Canadian author Randy Boyagoda’s new novel, which is equal parts satire, dystopia and exposé, tells the story of all that’s wrong, glitchy and broken. Set across Sri Lanka, the United States and Italy, it centres on a cast of students, parents and professors, and their dealings with a common antagonist: the university. The first character we meet is Sri Lankan teen Devi, who is set on obtaining offers from “Ochpys” – her acronym for Oxfor

Guardian Culture · EN

Volcaldera Ashfall [Free] [Interactive Fiction] [Windows] [macOS] [Linux] [Android]

The Pre-historic Romance a million and three years in MS Paint to tell.

itch.io New · EN

Ted Chiang: “There’s no way to write fiction and...

Ted Chiang : “There’s no way to write fiction and guarantee your readers will understand it correctly. There is no way you will ever be able to write something so straightforward that Elon Musk will understand it the way that you intend it.”

Kottke · EN