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View ArticleShatterday by Harlan Ellison
The problem with reading a collection by Harlan Ellison is the introductions. Pages of them, not just to the book, but to each individual story. These are remarkable creations, constructing a...
View ArticleThe Necronomicon Tarot by Donald Tyson
The Necronomicon Tarot uses images and themes from H.P. Lovecraft's "Cthulhu" mythos. Lovecraft was a ground-breaking pulp horror writer from the 20s. No vampires or werewolves from him, no sir....
View ArticleThe Amazing Transforming Superhero edited by Terrence R. Wandtke
The book presents a series of essays analysing the changes to various comic book and movie super people, in response to the real world. Included are such intriguing diversities as the ultra patriotic,...
View ArticleHugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction by Gary Westfahl
In Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction, Gary Westfahl presents the thesis that Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories, is a seminal figure in the genesis of science fiction....
View ArticleDispatches From Smaragdine: September 2007 -- a column by Jeff VanderMeer
As September passes in Smaragdine, it is time for the Dance of Synchronicity which takes the form of a sabre dance and ensuing battle among the twenty best novelists deemed so by the Ministry of...
View ArticleThe Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited Kelly Link and Gavin J....
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is a small press zine begun in 1996 by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant. The original issue had a print run of only twenty-six copies. Over the next decade, the print...
View ArticleThe Year's Best Science Fiction: by Volume -- compiled by Rodger Turner
In 1984, Gardner Dozois gathered together what he thought was the best short science fiction of the previous year. He scrutinized as many of the magazines, collections and anthologies published in...
View ArticleAcacia by David Anthony Durham
Acacia is an empire, and at first glance, a rather benign one. It's people are apparently wealthy and happy, its subjected countries peaceful. It doesn't take long, however, before that peaceful...
View ArticleBabylon 5.1: TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick has some his thoughts on the new season's TV series, particulary Journeyman. He also gives us a list of what to watch on TV in October.
View ArticleThirteen by Richard Morgan
Dark, twisted, and violent. No one familiar with Richard K. Morgan's previous novels will be surprised to see those adjectives applied to his latest work. What they might be surprised to find is that...
View ArticleDreamsongs by George R.R. Martin
What you get here is a whistle stop tour through the author's career, from fanboy to a best-selling author, who has been called the American Tolkien. Perhaps that is an unfair comparison. Tolkien was...
View ArticleNever The Bride and Something Borrowed by Paul Magrs
Everyone living in Whitby has a secret. A small English coastal resort it may be, but it is also hides some strange and curious people. For starters, there's Mrs Claus, the maniacal owner of the...
View ArticleSwans Over the Moon by Forrest Aguirre
The author employs two main tools: an exotic vocabulary and exuberant imagery, and both require incredible discipline to work properly. A reader needs to be absolutely confident that the unfamiliar...
View ArticleThe God of the Razor by Joe R. Lansdale
To some horror fans, this early collection is a genre classic, and it certainly displays many of the admirable qualities and definitive traits we now associate with this most original of authors....
View ArticleBabylon 5.1: TV reviews by Rick Norwood
From time to time, a science fiction classic is given the direct to video treatment. The results are usually pitiful. But the only good direct to video adaptation of a SF classic for Rick is the 1992...
View ArticleNew Arrivals compiled by Neil Walsh
New Arrivals at the SF Site include the latest from Stephen Baxter, Mary Gentle, David Farland, Whitley Streiber, and L.E. Modesitt, Jr., as well as forthcoming titles from Charlie Huston, Kevin J....
View ArticleThe Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick
This wonderful collection gives us many of the author's most recent stories, dating from 2001-2007. It includes 3 Hugo winners: "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" (short story, 2002, also a Nebula nominee), "Slow...
View ArticleEmpire of Ivory by Naomi Novik
Laurence and his dragon team are returning to England after a spot of hot fighting. They have been away a long time, and expect (and deserve) a hero's welcome, but instead they hardly are noticed....
View ArticleFantastic Companions edited Julie E. Czerneda
This is a collection of stories which deal with the oftentimes symbiotic relationships between heroes in fantasy fiction and their non-human compatriots. The anthology of nineteen stories run the...
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