Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Domeworld no Brainiac. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=download&id=58333&file=books/ybf9/YBF9-1.pdf
Beatrice (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Tomorrow (Saturday, November 21) I’ll be moderating a discussion with Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Ford, and Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG to talk about some interesting intersections between fantasy/science-fiction and life in the big city. It’s going to be a free-floating conversation, really: We’ll talk about imaginary cities like Jeff’s Ambergris or Jeffrey’s...
Electric Velocipede Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... THE LOVE WE SHARE WITHOUT KNOWING by Christopher Barzak THE COSMOLOGY OF THE WIDER WORLD by Jeffrey Ford PANDEMONIUM by Daryl Gregory LIGHT by M. John Harrison THE NARROWS by Alexander C. Irvine DESOLATION ROAD by Ian McDonald COUCH by Benjamin Parzybok DYING INSIDE by Robert Silverberg VAMPIRE ZERO by David Wellington What should I read next? You can only chose from the books here;...
Confessions of an Aca/Fan: (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... to the point where they are neglecting the most important reason for this new art to exist. Jeffrey Ford -- This has always been one of my problems with the term interstitial. I don't believe that artists are interstitial or not. I only believe that works of art can be interstitial. An artist should, of course, always be willing to go anywhere and do or say anything necessary for...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
@Tor.com: The first of a series of free stories pulled from from Year's Best Fantasy 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer contains: "Dalthree" by Jeffrey Ford, "The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D." by Al Michaud, and "Reader's Guide" by Lisa Goldstein. " The Star and the Rockets " by Harry Turtledove. @Mercury Retrograde Press:...
BLDGBLOG (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
It is clearly the season for book launch events! Tomorrow, Saturday, November 21, at the Columbus Circle Borders in Manhattan, Jeff VanderMeer will be reading from his new book Finch —and then engaging in a conversation about fiction and the city with Jeffrey Ford , Ron Hogan , and myself. [Image: The cover to Finch , designed by John Coulthart ]. From the event description: What...
Visions of Paradise (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... Gavriel Kay Seeker / Jack McDevitt Perdido Street Station / China Miéville The Shadow Year/ Jeffrey Ford Best Historical Fiction: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay / Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen’s Union / Michael Chabon The Time It Never Rained / Elmer Kelton An Instance of the Fingerpost / Iain Pears The Dream of Scipio / Iain Pears The Judgment of...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Interviews/Profiles Innsmouth Free Press interviews Tanith Lee . Shrink Geek interviews Jay Lake and Elizabeth Bear . The Interstitial Arts Foundation interviews Jeffrey Ford . Book Babble interviews Brian Evenson (podcast). The Agony Column has a recording of the World Fantasy Convention Podcast : Poetry of the Fantastic . Omnivoracious interviews Jeff VanderMeer (video). io9 interviews...
Babel Clash (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... at Columbus Circle in New York City at 5:00 on Saturday, November 21, with Geoff Manaugh and Jeffrey Ford, moderated by Beatrice.com’s Ron Hogan. The New York event will mostly focus on cities real and unreal, given that Manaugh is the author of the exploration of real cities, BLDGBLOG Book, from Chronicle. But we’ll also discuss the topic at the Boston event. Where does the imagination...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
My second-to-the-last interview over at SF Signal is with Nir Yaniv . *sigh* Not enough time to read all the books... Interviews Innsmouth Free Press interviews Tanith Lee . Shrink Geek interviews Jay Lake and Elizabeth Bear . The Interstitial Arts Foundation interviews Jeffrey Ford . Book Babble interviews Brian Evenson (podcast). The Agony Column has a recording of the World Fantasy...
Christopher Barzak's (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... (although not the “best of the best”) such as “The War Between Heaven and Hell Wallpaper” by Jeffrey Ford, “The Beautiful Feast” by M. Rickert, “The Two of Me” by Ray Vukcevich, “Black Dog: A Biography” by Peter M. Ball, “Child-Empress of Mars” by Theodora Goss, and various other authors that I’ve never heard of (making this a doubly pleasant read). And when it comes to agenda, as...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... the end. There are a lot of other good stories here, including from personal author favorites like Jeffrey Ford, M. Rickert, Theodora Goss, and David J. Schwartz. But there were also new discoveries for me such as Alaya Dawn Johnson, Peter M. Ball, and Lionel Davoust. More interesting are the stories that are certainly above mediocrity, and are in many ways "good enough",...
Booklist Online (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Here are the highlights: Life Achievement Ellen Asher and Jane Yolen Novel The Shadow Year, by Jeffrey Ford Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan Novella “If Angels Fight,” by Richard Bowes Short Story “26 Monkeys, also the Abyss,” by Kij Johnson Anthology Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ekaterina Sedia Collection The Drowned Life, by Jeffrey...
girlie jones (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... by Howard Waldrop, A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti and The Fantasy Writer's Assistant by Jeffrey Ford. You might think one of those collections doesn't quite fit with the others. Don't think that, they belong together. But here is the thing. All these collections come from small scale publishers. All those awards and all the quality and all that enjoyable reading and the big...
FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Margo Lanagan’s Tender Morsels and Jeffrey Ford’s The Shadow Year were named joint winners of the World Fantasy award for best novel. Tender Morsels [link to review] was Fantasy Book Review’s favourite amongst the nominees with the reviewer saying "If you remove all the fuss surrounding the novel you will find that Lanagan has, using the [...]
