See Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness map here
Like Stevenson, Tolkien and other creators of fantasy worlds, Ursula K. Le Guin was a cartographer as well as a writer Source: See Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness map here Kermit WoodallKermit is an […]
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Ten Best (Completed) SF&F Series – a Subjective List
A best of list of series that are completed.
Please Stop Talking About the “Rise” of African Science Fiction | Literary Hub
Tade Thompson is a bit miffed that African SFF keeps “rising” but never seems to arrive….
What’s New In Fantasy Summer 2018: Historical Fantasy Books
In her debut column, Linnea takes a look at four fantasy series.
Graphic Novel Review: The New Adventures of Jack and Jack
Little Jack Horner, Jack B. Nimble, Jack the Giant Killer…they’re all ALIASES!
London Comic Con May 2018
London Comic Con – cohabiting costumes and cosplay (lots of pichurs!)
SHORT BOOK & TV REVIEWS: BLACK LIGHTNING & Z-RISEN OUTBREAK!
Steve’s short review of the TV show Black Lightning, and another entry into the Z-A (Zombie Apocalypse) sweepstakes. Git yer zombie on and zap ‘em!
Hollyweird Science by Kevin R. Grazier & Stephen Cass
Hollyweird Science – The Next Generation shows readers where the film industry got the science right as well as where they got it wrong.
IRONTOWN BLUES HARDBACK – John Varley
Some good news for Varley readers who were looking forward to a hardback IRONTOWN BLUES on your bookshelf. His agent, Christine Cohen, is working on getting a limited edition hardback. The best news: The hardback […]
Book Review: The Teardrop Method by Simon Avery
In Simon Avery’s novella, the interstitial dark spaces are filled with horrors and a creeping unease that drags the reader in and won’t let go
Peck and Flap Wings Until the Sky Brings Forth Machines? by Carlos Suchowolski Translated from German into English by Tanja Coen
Yes, I can see his silhouette over there, like a paper cut against the moonlight, and I know: if I lean forward I will see him floundering away…, riding away on his witch’s broom, I think, unattainable, deaf to my whine, hue and cry (And to my warning cry!), and how he vanishes into the clouds which crown the summits.
REVIEW: NOT ANOTHER ZOMBIE BOOK: “HELL IS EMPTY…” by Mark Rounds
After a two-week absence, Steve returns with a book review. Complimentary—and scathing—Steve talks about Mark Rounds’ first book.
TAINTED LOVE by Jack Strange Based on an original idea by Barny Mukherjee
I had another motive for agreeing: Veshi was charming, good-looking, and preternaturally magnetic. Of course, as an anthropologist I couldn’t get involved with a member of a people I was studying – that would have been unprofessional, to say the least.
Hacia una antología internacional fantástica neoindigenista
Call for submissions for an anthology of Spanish neo-indigenous speculative fiction.
REVIEW: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (July/August 2017)
The July/August edition of F&SF features many stories of dark fantasy and an unofficial theme of the arts.
RAISING DAVE by Jack Strange Chapter 14
There were dark stains on the pavement with police tape cordoning them off from pedestrians. I loitered around, trying to come to terms with what I’d done.
RAISING DAVE by Jack Strange: Chapters 11, 12 & 13
Our serialization of Jack Strange’s macabre tale resumes.
RAISING DAVE by Jack Strange Chapter 8
If one spell works, perhaps another one will as well.
RAISING DAVE by Jack Strange Chapter 9
In which qualms over killing Dorothy are meditated upon
RAISING DAVE by Jack Strange Chapter 7
A day late, but not a dollar short: Raising Dave continues
RAISING DAVE by Jack Strange
I woke up a third time because I sensed I wasn’t alone.
I wasn’t.
Raising Dave continues.
NEW BOOK & MOVIE REVIEWS: “THE CITYBORN” and “THE MUMMY”
Steve gives us two reviews today—one a very enjoyable book; and the other a movie. Whether you enjoy that one or not is up to you… but be aware, Tom Cruise is in it!
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