boogaj (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
I finished reading three different books yesterday... Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson -- Best book I've read by him to date. Even better than Axis , in my opinion. You have to love sci-fi with aliens and thinking computers....
Seriocity (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
MAN, it's hard coming up with topics, which is why I thank people who publicly say stupid shit. Thanks, peoples. Much appreciated. The stupid shit responsible for this post comes courtesy of award-winning science fiction author Charles Stross. I haven't read Stross yet. He's been on my list for a long time, but Robert Charles Wilson and John Scalzi keep bumping him down....
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
... my primary objective: to be entertained. Standout stories include: "Utriusque Cosmi" by Robert Charles Wilson "Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings" by Bill Willingham "The Tenth Muse" by Tad Williams "The Tale of the Wicked" by John Scalzi Individual story reviews follow... In Robert Charles Wilson's "Utriusque...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
“I don't think I better comment on that,” said writer Judy Fong Bates, one of three jurors for the English-language fiction award. “Maybe if there was a fourth jury maybe she would be on that one.” (Writing in the current issue of the Literary Review of Canada, science-fiction author Robert Charles Wilson was more forthright, saying Atwood's novel “reads like a novel of substance...
East Bay View (mostly a food blog) (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... The Line of Beauty 7. Alice Munro, Hateship Friendship Loveship Courtship Marriage 8. Roberto Bolano, 2666 9. Paul Auster, The Book of Illusions 10. Ali Smith, The Accidental 11. Junot Diaz, The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao 12. Aaron McGruder, The Bookdocks: A Right to Be Hostile 13. Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan 14. W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz 15. Ian McEwan, Atonement 16. Susanna Clarke,...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
... Boing ] Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Freelancer's Survival Guide: When To Return To Your Day Job . Robert Charles Wilson reviews Margaret Atwood's A Dystopia Sketched in Crayon . AT B&N, Paul Goat Allen reviews Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl . Biology in Science Fiction examines James P. Hogan's Inherit the Stars . It's Steampunk Month on Tor.com ! To wit: Lou Anders reviews...
Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
This past Sunday I had the pleasure of attending the yearly Word On The Street outdoor literary fair in downtown Toronto. I attended several sessions and looked over many of the booths. One discussion panel had Kelley Armstrong, Robert Charles Wilson and Linwood Barclay on it. Here are two video clips of Robert Wilson responding to questions. I missed recording the...
Electric Spec Editor Blog (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Here I continue our occasional literary analysis in hopes of learning something about spec fic writing...Spin, by Robert Charles Wilson (2005), won the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Novel with good reason. Spin utilizes literary devices very well. Among other things, it has two narrative timelines, 4 x 10^9 A.D. and the near future. The near future narrative is told as a series of flashbacks...
Bookgasm (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Robert Charles Wilson’s books have been on my “must buy” list since he wrote THE CHRONOLITHS in 2002, and he’s gotten successively better without becoming a corporate retread machine. The ties of family, friendship and love in its infinite variations are central themes in his work. JULIAN COMSTOCK: A STORY OF 22ND-CENTURY AMERICA is no [...]
boogaj (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
... read and the plot kept things moving, I felt the characters were a bit flat. The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson -- the sci fi streak continues -- was an interesting read exploring the idea of the warping of time and how events in the future can affect the past. It sounds a bit crazy, but it was done simply and isn't really all that mind twisting. I was a little disappointed...
they must need bears (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Adrienne Martini has an article in today's Baltimore City Paper online in which she interviews Gordon Van Gelder, Jonathan Strahan, Robert Charles Wilson, and me on the state of the short story publishing scene in speculative fiction.
