Jonathan Thornton
@JonathanThornt2
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Entomologist and SF PhD student. Reviews Editor for Foundation. Reviewer for Tor dot com, Fantasy Hive, GNoH. He/him. Writer. SF/F/Horror, prog, cats.
Liverpool, England
Joined July 2012
"Myth, Fantasy, and Lives Shaped by Stories in the Work of A.S. Byatt" by @JonathanThornt2
https://t.co/wNJIuxmQgW
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The fantastical elements are always there in Byatt's fiction, underpinning the fabric of the story and guiding the fates of her characters...
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Today on @TheFantasyHive I’m reviewing ChloroPhilia by @dnazproject coming from @ApexBookCompany next year
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Jonathan reviews Cristina Jurado's post-apocalyptic body horror novella CHLOROPHILIA, translated into English by Sue Burke and due for release next month from Apex
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Today on @TheFantasyHive I’m reviewing Dengue Boy by @MichelNieva a remarkable modern speculative masterpiece translated by Rahul Bery and published in February by @serpentstail
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Jonathan reviews Michel Nieva's debut dystopian DENGUE BOY, translated by Rahul Bery and due for publication in February 2025 from Profile Books
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It’s time for OUTSIDELEFT’s Week In Music, and I’m in there talking about Sleater-Kinney’s latest Little Rope and Yani Martinelli’s beautiful Polaris
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Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Outsideleft Week in Music The Very Nearly Last Week in Music
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Today on @TheFantasyHive I’m reviewing Izumi Suzuki’s Set My Heart On Fire, her first novel to be translated into English @VersoBooks
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Jonathan reviews Izumi Suzuki's first novel to be translated into English, the speculative semi-autobiographical SET MY HEART ON FIRE
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Today on @outsideleftcom my deep dive into the new deluxe edition of Rain Parade’s masterpiece Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
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Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Third Rail PowerTrip - Revisited
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Publisher, author and bookish friends! I’m working on my most anticipated list for the Fantasy Hive and what I need to cover in Foundation next year. If you have or know of a book coming out in 2025 that I should be aware of, comment here and let me know!
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Today on @TheFantasyHive I’m reviewing @jeffvandermeer ‘s return to Area X, Absolution
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Jonathan reviews ABSOLUTION, Jeff VanderMeer's return to the world of his Area X series: "some of his most strikingly beautiful and disturbing writing yet"
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Beyond thrilled that today on @outsideleftcom I’m interviewing Matt Piucci from Rain Parade, one of my all-time favourite bands!
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Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Rain Parade - This Can't Be Today
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Today on @TheFantasyHive I’m interviewing the legendary @jeffvandermeer !
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We have something very special today, as Jonathan had the opportunity to interview the seminal Jeff VanderMeer!
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We have something very special today, as @JonathanThornt2 had the opportunity to interview the seminal @jeffvandermeer! "maybe it gets the reader outside of themselves enough that they see the world in a slightly different way." More: https://t.co/HCdqcvhc0i
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Thrilled to welcome Paul March-Russell to @thefantasyhive for a guest post about Gold SF and their mission @GoldSF_Books
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Today we're joined by writer, editor, and co-founder of Gold SF Paul March-Russell, who's here to tell us about the incredible feminist SF they're currently publishing!
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Today on @TheFantasyHive I’m reviewing @R_Emrys ‘s superb first contact climate fiction novel A Half-Built Garden
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Today, Jonathan reviews Ruthanna Emrys's first-contact sci-fi A HALF-BUILT GARDEN: "an astounding work of science fictional imagination that demonstrates just how vital the genre can be at its best"
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Today I’m thrilled to be interviewing Daniel House, bassist of grunge pioneers Skin Yard, in the run up to the release of their new box set Skin Yard Select, about their music and their legacy, for @outsideleftcom
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Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Looking for Hallowed Ground – An Interview with Skin Yard’s Daniel House
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Not the news I wanted to wake up to today. Sending hugs to all my friends, especially my trans, POC and women peeps. I wish things were better.
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Only four days to go - come on people let’s push this over the edge!
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Jonathan brings us the exciting news that Influx Press are launching a Kickstarter to fund a year of exciting publishing!
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"His second novel The Escher Man (2024) is another stone-cold modern cyberpunk classic, an explosion of pulp violence that asks probing questions about our increasingly intimate relationship with technology." Excellent review from @JonathanThornt2 (mild spoilers)
Today Jonathan reviews the latest cyberpunk sci-fi from T. R. Napper, THE ESCHER MAN: "exactly the kind of whip-smart and stylishly executed science fiction I’ve come to expect from Napper" Read more: https://t.co/KaEi67ZfAm
@TitanBooks @TheEscherMan @JonathanThornt2
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Jonathan reviews Marian Womack's upcoming cli-fi short story collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK: "confirms her as one of the modern masters of the short story form" Read more: https://t.co/46uqsvUAEX
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Today on @TheFantasyHive I have something very special - an early review of Marian Womack’s wonderful new short story collection Out Of The Window, Into The Dark!
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Jonathan reviews Marian Womack's upcoming cli-fi short story collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK: "confirms her as one of the modern masters of the short story form"
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