Generations of tortured human aliens trapped on a toxic planet, driven by constant hunger and war, is Dosadi’s experiment, and it’s a success. For the Annoyances are made for revenge and cunning, and they have learned to pass through the shimmering God Wall to take revenge on the Universe that created them…

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan, he wondered if he had made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and no teaching experience, he was about to become the fastest-fired English teacher in Japanese history? Overseas in Japan, it chronicles a decade of living in a foreign…