ALIENATION
It’s the end of another year. Where do we want to be by this time next year? Have we learned anything? Have we become better people? Steve tries to make some serious points about being a fan.
REVIEWS: MARCH-APRIL 2021 F&SF and FREAKY
Steve reviews the March-April F&SF and then the newish movie “Freaky.” Should you watch it? Maybe, if you’re younger than, say, 30. Otherwise… meh.
F&SF NOV-DEC 2020 REVIEW
This week Steve reviews the November-December issue of F&SF. It’s also the second-to-last issue that will be edited by C.C. Finlay, who wants to return to writing. It’s a fine issue to end the year on!
F&SF REVIEW: MAY-JUNE 2020
Steve reviews the May-June issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and finds that it holds treasures for the readers of both science fiction and fantasy!
Review: EX LIBRIS: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore
Get your library card out, because you’re going to want to check out the anthology EX LIBRIS: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore.
OF BOOKS AND FLYING MEN…
This week Steve tells you where to get even MORE GREAT SF/F for next to nothing! And if you were reading this column four years ago you might have read the rest. Just sayin’.
Scide Splitters: Little Green Men—Attack! – edited by Robin Wayne Bailey & Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Scide Splitters examines a new humorous science fiction anthology from Baen Books, featuring stories from Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jody Lynn Nye, Esther Friesner, Elizabeth Moon, Allen Steele, Robert Silverberg, James Gunn, and more.
Anthology Review: Galactic Empires edited by Neil Clarke
If you like space operas in small bite sized chunks, then you can’t go wrong with Galactic Empires.
FAREWELL TO ANOTHER FRIEND, FANNISH MEMORIES… and STORYBUNDLES!
Another friend gone; Steve mourns Debbie Miller; also New Venture and MosCon reminiscences. And both fiction and non-fiction StoryBundles! Go get ’em!
MAGAZINE REVIEW: F&SF FOR JAN/FEB 2016
The January/February issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF) is under review by Steve, who likes it a lot, even though a couple of the stories kind of depressed him. You will probably like it too!
MAGAZINE REVIEW: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Nov/Dec 2015
This week Steve reviews the latest issue of long-running (but not as long as Amazing Stories!) magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF). Some good reading here!
Book Review: The Enemy Within by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A Sidewise Award Judge reviews a previous winner.
Small Press Book Review: Starbase Human by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The latest Retrieval Artist novel – Starbase Human – will throw you some curves.
Book review: “SUMMER of LOVE” by Lisa Mason IS A TRIP!
This week Steve takes us back to 1967, courtesy of Lisa Mason. Time travel is trippy!
Small Press Review: The Peyti Crisis by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Peyti Crisis: Rusch deftly manages to handle a large cast of characters without missing a beat
Small Press Book Review: A Murder of Clones by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Rusch pulls off another taught thriller with A Murder of Clones.
Small Press Book Review: Anniversary Day by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Science Fiction meets the Private Eye in KK Rusch’s Anniversary Day saga.
WHA…? JOHNNY CASH and SF? I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF…
Steve gets all excited over a shared-universe anthology series. And tells you where to get FREE SF!
Kick-starter Continues to be Used as a Publishing Strategy
A review of some current crowdfunding publishing projects
BOOK REVIEW: “Catalyst” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; And a Chat
Steve reviews Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s book “Catalyst” and talks about a writers’ workshop.
Book Review : Fiction River Fantastic Detectives
Fiction RIver has been a huge success, particularly in introducing a diversity of themes.
The Artful Collector: Why Artists Disappear
You may be wondering what inspired my ongoing series “Where are they Today?” – postings which shed light on the doings of artists whose works, only a short generation or so ago, were prime targets for collectors. Well, last year I stumbled upon a blog by the well-known mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy […]
Star Trek, The Empire
In Star Trek: TOS, the episode Mirror, Mirror introduced us to an alternate universe featuring an Earth dominated empire. Star Trek ‘the Franchise’ has managed to pull that same feat off in the real world.
Scide Splitters: This is My Funniest, Edited by Mike Resnick
Review of This Is My Funniest, a short story anthology edited by Mike Resnick.
Road to Publication in 2014
Cedar clues us in on a host of useful tips and guides for those who are looking to publish in 2014.
Book Review: Raygun Chronicles edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Review of Raygun Chronicles, an anthology edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
Some Thoughts on NaNoWriMo
writers with drive will succeed because the writers with drive will keep writing
Book Review: Beyond the Sun
In this anthology, there are no boring writers.
Introduction to SFF – 5 – Return to the Pulps
Of course, one of the great things about magazines, as with anthologies, is exactly the unexpected, the little surprises, the unknowns whose work thrills you
Fiction River Debuts
Fiction River WMG Publishing Six times a year Electronic $6.99 Trade Paper $15.99 I interviewed Kristine Kathryn Rusch two weeks ago about the experience of launching Fiction River via Kickstarter. Fiction River is a new anthology series billed as an “anthology magazine” by the publisher, WMG Publishing. The current publishing schedule is every other month, […]