Laila Lalami’s Surveillance Dystopia: The Dream Hotel
A spoiler-free review of Laila Lalami’s novel The Dream Hotel, exploring ambiguity, literary aesthetics, and subtle power
08
Apr
2026
Overhyped vs. Real Deep Films and Literature
How to discover inspiring new indie films while avoiding violence and outdated arthouse clichés?
10
Feb
2026
5 Bittersweet Summer Reading Recommendations
Tiny Things are Heavier, Summor in Odessa, Love on Bad Days, and more holiday or subway books beyond kitch and crime
28
Aug
2025
Nightwalking and Beautifully Designed Books
Reading recommendations: Nightwalking, The Househusband, Ultramarine,
10
Jun
2025
Robot vs. Coffee Cup (Audio Book Recommendation)
about the German artist Marc-Uwe Kling and his dystopian parody "Qualityland"
24
May
2023
Nothing to do with Magic (Book Recommendation)
Another recommendation of a novel that has probably not been translated to English yet.
14
May
2023
Dystopian, Science-Fiction, and Fantasy Literature as Social Criticism
Old editions of futuristic literature were also called “utopian-technological fiction” in German. Phantastic
13
Dec
2016