Review: The Case of the Late Pig, by Margery Allingham by Rich Horton Margery Allingham (1904-1966) was one of the “big four” women writers during the so-called “Golden Age of Detective Fiction”, the others being […]
Graeme Cameron, Amzing columnist, has written his first novel, and it’s science fiction (surprise!). It’s a sardonic, funny, well-written, quite engaging book full of surprising characters and events. If we like it enough (and buy it), maybe he’ll write a sequel or two. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
Review: Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson by Rich Horton This is the first novel I read by Marilynne Robinson, which I suspect is true for many readers. Shortly before it appeared, in 2004, I read an […]
Review: Espedair Street, by Iain Banks by Rich Horton I really enjoy Iain M. Banks’ SF novels, particularly Use of Weapons, one of his Culture novels. I have also generally enjoyed those of his mainstream […]
Publisher: Hachette Audio Audible publish date: 2018 Print Publish Date: 2010 Series: […]
Review: Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell by Rich Horton David Mitchell is a personal favorite writer of mine, particularly for Cloud Atlas (2004) and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010). I’ve been working […]
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #46 – Spring 2025 Published by Pulp Literature Press, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Spring 2025. Editor in Chief: Jennifer Landels; Senior Editor: […]
Recent Short SF/F Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton Here I’m taking a look at some recent SF or Fantasy short stories I read recently. I’ll begin by helping celebrate the 50th outing of Lady Churchill’s […]
Review: Collisions, by Alec Nevala-Lee a review by Rich Horton Alec Nevala-Lee is building a repuation as one of the best biographers of science, with his previous books Astounding (about a science fiction magazine and […]
Is being a hero a selfless act if the hero has nothing they’re sacrificing? Author Bishop O’Connell explores what a hero really looks like in the Big Idea for his newest novel, Stain of a […]
Old Bestseller Review: The Wings of the Morning, by Louis Tracy by Rich Horton A year or two ago I happened across this book in an antique store. It’s a novel I had never heard […]
Although they may not be classically “good” movies for summer viewing, these three movies are worth watching in my opinion: Brick, Jurassic World Rebirth, and Thunderbolts* (*aka The New Avengers). Although they were all flawed, I found them eminently watchable. See what you think!
David Agranoff’s latest 25th Century Five and Dime post did a fine job of looking into the late Barry Malzberg’s career and contributions (I’ll never forgive him for being right about the space program and […]
Capsule Review: The Essence of the Thing, by Madeleine St. John by Rich Horton The Essence of the Thing is a very short novel (about 47,000 words), by Madeleine St. John. It was published in […]
December 19th, 2024, at the age of eighty-five, Barry N. Malzberg passed away, and the Science Fiction world lost a legend. As a committed Dickhead, I often think of that fandom as a small club, […]
Another resurrected review — this was on my SFF Net blog in 2002. Review: Perdido Street Station, by China Miéville by Rich Horton China Miéville’s second novel, Perdido Street Station, was published in the U. K. […]
Hugo Novel Ballot Review: Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky a review by Rich Horton This is the sixth and last of my reviews of novels on the 2025 Hugo Award final ballot. Service Model is […]
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date: August 6, 2013 Print length: 400 pages ISBN-10: 0-374-10787-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10787-1 Author: Toby Barlow Babayaga by Toby Barlow doesn’t really know what kind of book it is. Sometimes […]
Inspiration can come from anywhere, even from a nautical legal case from the 1700s. Author Adam Oyebanji lets us glimpse into some marines’ tragic pasts in the Big Idea for his newest novel, Esperance. Dive […]
Review: The Adventures of Mary Darling, by Pat Murphy by Rich Horton Pat Murphy’s new novel, The Adventures of Mary Darling, is a clever mashup of Peter Pan and Sherlock Holmes — the one sentence […]
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #132, Vol. 35 No. 2. Publisher: The Copper Pig Writer’s Society. Managing Editor and Art Director: Diane L. Walton. Issue Designer: […]
Hugo Ballot Review: Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell by Rich Horton Here is a review of the fifth of six nominees for the Best Novel Hugo that I have read. […]
Review: Miss Mackenzie, by Anthony Trollope by Rich Horton I continue my reading of the immensely enjoyable mid-Victorian writer Anthony Trollope. I have so far mostly concentrated on his two most famous sequences of novels: […]
My latest Substack post covers my thoughts on the current Hugo Best Novel final ballot: https://open.substack.com/pub/richhorton314252/p/the-2025-hugo-best-novel-ballot Rich Horton Rich Horton was a short fiction columnist for Locus for 20 years, and has edited some two […]
Author Guy Gavriel Kay believes that sometimes, summarizing a book can be a disservice to it. So how do you talk about your novel in a way that encapsulates everything you want it to, without […]
It has occurred to Steve that many of the SF books he grew up reading are totally unknown to today’s readers; after all, there are now dozens (if not hundreds) of new books published annually. He’s trying to change that in a small way. George O. Smith is a pretty good SF writer who’s somewhat dated, but still worth reading, Steve thinks.
Two astronauts leap across the low-gravity environment of Earth’s moon. We can see that they are astronauts in that their spacesuits, although crude and antiquated, are still broadly recognisable in concept. In detail, though, the […]
Resurrected Review: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri by Rich Horton This is a review of Jhumpa Lahiri’s first novel, that I wrote back in 2006 or so. I should add that my potted bio below […]
Music. magic. and undead creatures; The Black Fire Concerto has really got it all. Read on to see how metal music paved the way for author Mike Allen’s newest novel. MIKE ALLEN: Whatever could have […]
LIBROS Torre de Papel Ediciones ha publicado el libro “La quinta tierra” de Eduardo Burgos. Pueden comprar el libro aquí. Además la misma editorial ha publicado la tercera entrega de “Pandemia Z” titulada “Asedio”. Como […]
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