SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Asimov's has posted the table of contents (with samples) for the January 2010 issue: Novelettes "Marya and the Pirate" by Geoffrey A. Landis "The Good Hand" by Robert Reed "The Jekyll Island Horror" by Allen M. Steele Short Stories "Conditional Love" by Felicity Shoulders "A Letter from the Emperor" by Steve Rasnic Tem "Wonder House" by Chris...
42 Challenge (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I've finished the challenge. Since 42 is the perfect number for this challenge I won't add any extras to my list. I will be back when the next challenge launches in December. I had loads of fun doing the 42 Challenge. It ended up being one of my favorites. My completed list is: The Perfect Infestation by Carol Emshwiller Seafarer's Blood by Albert E. Cowdrey Dance of Shadows by Fred Chappell All in...
Visions of Paradise (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Before the Science Fiction Book Club fell victim to a “re-organization” by their new owners a few years ago, assistant editor Andrew Wheeler was publishing a series of original collections of novellas that contained some of the best stuff being published at the time. They included four volumes of Jonathan Strahan’s Best Short Novels as well as such original novella collections as...
The World in the Satin Bag (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
There was an enormous book sale here in Gainesville over the last few days and I thought I’d let you all know what I got (a lot of stuff, actually). Next time, in April, I don’t think I will be going quite as all out, mostly because I don’t have as much need for a lot of books anymore. I intentionally went this year trying to find things to use for my research, and now I’m only...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Lou Anders has posted the table of contents for Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery , the anthology he co-edited with Jonathan Strahan, which will be available June 22, 2010 from Harper Eos: Introduction: Check Your Dark Lord at the Door by Lou Anders & Jonathan Strahan "Goats of Glory" by Steven Erikson "Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company" by Glen Cook...
Visions of Paradise (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
The late 1960s were my “Golden Age” of science fiction, and I discovered most of my favorite writers during that era: Robert Silverberg, Clifford D. Simak, Roger Zelazny, Jack Vance, Ursula K Le Guin, and the subject of this review, Samuel R. Delany. Delany has published the least f&sf of anybody on this list, but because of that his average quality has probably been higher than any...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Asimov's has posted the table of contents (with samples) for the December 2009 issue: Novelettes "A Large Bucket, and Accidental Godlike Mastery of Spacetime" by Benjamin Crowell "Some Like It Hot" by Brian Stableford Short Stories "A Lovely Little Christmas Fire" by Jeff Carlson "As Women Fight" by Sara Genge "Animus Rights" by John Shirley "Angie's...
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
This is another recent release from Nonstop Press , the publisher of the Robert Silverberg book I posted about earlier in the week. It’s equally as entertaining, too, if more awkward in its size. Don’t expect me to define what a cult magazine is or why some magazines were included in this book and others weren’t. One of the editors, Luis Ortiz, covers that in his introduction. The...
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
I’ve probably never read as much of Robert Silverberg’s work as I should have: several of his early science-fiction novels from the Fifties, a couple of his pseudonymous sleaze novels published in the Sixties, and maybe a dozen short stories ranging throughout his career. Lately, though, I’ve been thinking that I really ought to expand on that and especially need to read some of his...
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Thanks to the kind folks at Voyager, I have five copies of Songs of the Dying Earth , a Jack Vance tribute anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, up for grabs. For more info about this title: Europe . Here's the blurb: Jack Vance was a seminal figure in the development of modern fantasy, so much so that it’s nearly impossible to imagine the genre as we know it today existing...
Visions of Paradise (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
In my collection I have 48 sf books written by Robert Silverberg, and another 36 sf books edited (or co-edited) by him. That seems like a lot, but in some ways it barely scratches the surface of his career output. His website lists well over 100 sf books written by Silverberg and more than 80 sf books edited or co-edited by him. And I suspect those totals are somewhat short of the true total as well....
The Written World (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
This book won't be out until next year, but it looks really good! Warriors - Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois It includes: George R.R. Martin (Will read one day...) Cecilia Holland (Will be reading a book by her in October) Joe Haldeman (Never heard of him) Robin Hobb (Yay!) Lawrence Block (Been meaning to read) Tad Williams (Been meaning to read) Joe Lansdale (Never heard of) Peter...
Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Experience (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
THE WONDER TIMELINE: SF&F RETROSPECTIVE Read other issues here ---------------------------------------------- Robert Silverberg "The World Inside" (nv) © Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, 1970 also in Galaxy, 1970-1971 novel: 1971, Doubleday --novella : 1971 Hugo ("The World Outside") --novel : 1972 Hugo (withdrawn) --novel : 1972 Locus/6 --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder...
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
"Those who still remember Garrett probably remember just one of his characters: Lord Darcy, a detective who solved impossible crimes in a world which had discovered the laws of magic instead of those of science. But these stories reflect just a small portion of his work—some of the best, perhaps, but no more than a hint at the wondrous variety of his creations. Nonetheless, in his day Garrett...
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
This post doesn’t include a cover scan because the copy I own happens to be coverless, and there doesn’t seem to be one anywhere on-line. But what about the book itself, you ask? LUST SHOP is narrated by Pete Ritchie, who lives in a suburb of Los Angeles and owns a garage specializing in repairing foreign cars. Pete is a young, virile guy, of course, who enjoys romancing the rich, beautiful...
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