Category Archives: Speculative Australia

by Joshua Gormanns The novel Ghost Species by James Bradley on the surface seems like your stereotypical science fiction novel, dealing with the dangers of climate change and how humanity caused the problems and now tries its best to preserve … Continue reading →

by Anonymous When reading the title Ghost Species, your first associations probably include the general image of ghosts or the novel could even be assumed to be some kind of ghost story. Instead, the reader learns, within the novel’s first … Continue reading →

by Anonymous “Families, she thinks, normality. Not something she ever knew, not something she can ever provide.” The relationship between a mother and her child is special. It’s a big topic in shows like Gilmore Girls or Downton Abbey; but … Continue reading →

by Robert Strate If I had to choose one thing that all humans have in common, it would be our desire to connect with others. One of my favorite quotes is by a famed and iconic violinist, the late Isaac … Continue reading →

by Sevgi Osman In James Bradley’s Ghost Species, Kate and Jay are recruited by billionaire Davis Hucken to recreate a different species of human being through engineering. After they find a surrogate, a neanderthal with human features named Eve is … Continue reading →

by Eva Musat How have controlling villains in dystopian literature changed over time and how have they stayed the same? This is the question that I immediately thought of when reading the first 100 pages of Ghost Species, specifically when … Continue reading →

by Antigoni Karaferi Everyone’s childhood is unique and different in so many ways – that’s a fact. Each of us has different experiences and memories that will eventually shape our future selves, and if and how we choose to raise … Continue reading →

by Sarah Pauler One of the major topics in James Bradley’s novel Ghost Species is the climate crisis and how humans are or presumably already have destroyed the planet and its inhabitants. Many animals are extinct or on the brink … Continue reading →

by Julia Rapacki In Ghost Species, an aspect that caught my eye was how often characters, especially Kate and Eve, move homes during the narrative. Throughout the novel we read about several different locations and how they are perceived by … Continue reading →