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Fantasy February 12, 2021

REVIEW: Jan-Feb 2021 MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

For C.C. Finlay’s last edition of F&SF, Steve has nothing but kind words. What will the future—and F&SF’s new editor, Sheree Renée Thomas—bring?

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Fiction May 1, 2020

BOND… THEMES BOND (Part 1)

James Bond themes: love ‘em or not, they’re an indisputable part of a long-lived franchise. SF or not, who cares? Steve talks about his favourites.

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News October 27, 2019

AMAZING NEWS: 10-27-19 : PRE-HALLOWEEN EDITION

Wow! weirdness and light this week in the news: plastic army women, Einstein up-ended, bra makers made spacesuits and if that isn’t weird enough, Cthulhu is picking a fight with Stephen King! Read on!

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Fantasy October 6, 2017

REVIEW: F&SF SEPT.-OCT. 2017

This week, Steve reviews the Sept./Oct. 2017 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, their 68th anniversary issue. And finds it good to read!

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Art April 22, 2016

Death

2016 takes its toll

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Fantasy August 21, 2015

Book Review: Dave Duncan’s Irona 700. (BTW—I’m baaack!)     

Upon his return from Missouri, Steve reviews a new fantasy book by master storyteller Dave Duncan.

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Film/Televison April 3, 2015

TWO MOVIES AND A BOOK: Reviews of The Good, The Bad and The….      

This week Steve looks at two movies and an anthology. Great anthology, one lousy film and one… what?

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News June 29, 2014

AMAZING NEWS: June 29, 2014

Amazing News isn’t always amazing…sometimes it’s just Startling, or merely Astounding, or somewhat Thrilling…or maybe even Unknown….

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Historical Fiction May 15, 2014

Review: Hairy London by Stephen Palmer

A great quest with a deadline opens this homage to Victorian/Edwardian adventures.

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Fiction October 17, 2013

Book Review – Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Imaginings Volume: 6 – Feast and Famine is a collection of ten short stories by the British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky, best known for the nine-volume (and counting) fantasy series, Shadows of the Apt, published by Tor.

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Fantasy August 15, 2013

Marketing As A Metafictional Tool: Harnessing the Power of Misdirection

Deliberate misdirection is a writer’s tool that also deserves a place in the marketer’s toolkit. Here’s how writers can colonize the search page, where the reading experience ought to start.

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June 17, 2013

Lost In Space! Reviews of Unknown or Underappreciated Books: Starship Titanic by Terry Jones

Hello and welcome to what will be an occasional feature on my blog! So – what, exactly, do I mean by ‘unknown or underappreciated’? To put it simply – not everyone is a Kevin J. […]

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
April 11, 2013

CROSSROADS: Right Place, Time, and Tech – The Hitchhiker’s Guide

Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (itself spread across five books with a six written by Eoin Colfer), with its friendly, green warning against panic, casts a huge shadow over the field of […]

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Chris Gerwel is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. Raised in New Jersey, he spent ten years in Central & Eastern Europe in the market research industry, and today when he isn’t reading or writing speculative fiction, he works in the software industry. He lives in northern NJ, with a beautiful wife and a rambunctious puppy, and also writes the weekly blog The King of Elfland’s 2nd Cousin.

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