Reviews
“Lessons in Magic and Disaster will conjure a wickedly brilliant spell on its readers in this tale about witchcraft, queer wisdom, and the pain and powers of womanhood at any age, written by one of our most wildly imaginative writers, Charlie Jane Anders.”—Amber Tamblyn, author of Listening in the Dark: Women reclaiming the Power of Intuition
“Charlie Jane Anders always goes a step further.” —Jonathan Lethem, bestselling and award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn
Praise for The City in the Middle of the Night
“A breathtaking work of imagination and storytelling… making the case for Anders as this generation’s Le Guin.” —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less
“Like a classic from another timeline… This book has notes of Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip Pullman.” —Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
“An intimate portrait of people as much as it is a piece of culturally aware social scifi — a look at our moment in history through a distorting lens of aliens and spaceships.” —NPR
“Classic SF in the mode of Ursula K Le Guin or Octavia Butler….This is a millennial’s novel, featuring young people trying to make their way through an uncaring, corrupt and intermittently violent world….Heartfelt and absorbing fiction.” —The Guardian
“Anders has written a unique book, one that uses tropes found in old-school science fiction to comment on modern side effects of class structures.” —Washington Post
“Original and gripping…The City in the Middle of the Night may be set light-years away, but it’s likely to hit too close to home.” —Paste
“An even stronger novel than Anders’ Nebula Award–winning All the Birds in the Sky; a tale that can stand beside such enduring works as Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and Dan Simmons’ Hyperion.” —Booklist, starred review
“Intricate, embracing much of what makes a grand adventure: smugglers, revolutionaries, pirates, camaraderie, personal sacrifice, wondrous discovery, and the struggle to find light in the darkness. Breathlessly exciting and thought-provoking.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
