STYX by Bavo Dhooge is a Zombie Crime Thriller With Class
Karen weighs in on STYX by Bavo Dhooge! [...]
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SLOW BULLETS by Alastair Reynolds is a Novella with a Long Reach
Here's why Karen gives Alastair Reynolds' novella SLOW BULLETS a thumbs up. [...]
SF Podcast TO THE MANOR BORNE BY ROBOTS is up for LA Weekly’s Reader’s Choice Award
The SF Podcast TO THE MANOR BORNE BY ROBOTS is up for an award! [...]
Although Flawed, MEMORY by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría Features Beautiful Writing and Revolutionary Ideas
Here's Karen's take on MEMORY by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría [...]
STORIES FOR CHIP edited by Nisi Shawl and Bill Campbell is a Fitting Tribute to an Amazing Author
STORIES FOR CHIP (A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany) is a fitting tribute to an amazing author [...]
HARRISON SQUARED by Daryl Gregory is a Spooky Read with a Lovecraftian Twist
Karen tells us why HARRISON SQUARED scratches her Lovecraft itch [...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Winter Boy by Sally Wiener Grotta
Karen Burnham gives a thoughtful look at Sally Weiner Grotta's THE WINTER BOY. [...]
PODCAST REVIEW: To the Manor Borne by Robots
I’d like to draw your attention to a new sf fiction podcast, To The Manor Borne By Robots. This is an interesting new entry in the field of fully-produced science fiction [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Afterparty by Daryl Gregory
MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A woman who long ago overdosed on the designer drug Numinous sets out to discover who is pushing the drug on the streets. MY REVIEW: PROS: Amazing [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 16c): Discussing Cordwainer Smith with Gary K. Wolfe
In this much-too-long-delayed episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we revisit stories from Cordwainer Smith’s The Rediscovery of Man, with especial focus on “Alpha [...]
An Interview with Ytasha Womack, Author of Afrofuturism
Ytasha Womack is a filmmaker, futurist, and the author of Post Black: How a New Generation is Redefining African American Identity and 2212: Book of Rayla. She is the creator [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 18): Season 2 Re-Cap
In this episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we revisit Season 2. There’s general consensus that our podcasts on Jagannath and Distances are among our favorites ever, and [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 17): Ken Liu and Vandana Singh
In this episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we tackle two short pieces from contemporary authors on our mathematical theme. We start out talking about Ken Liu’s [...]
INTERVIEW: Toh EnJoe, Author of Self-Reference ENGINE
Toh EnJoe is the award-winning author of a number of short stories, and now a short story collection/not-quite novel Self-Reference ENGINE. This collection, translated from [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 16b): Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
In this episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we tackle two more short stories from The Rediscovery of Man, the complete collection of the short fiction of Cordwainer Smith from [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 16a): Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
In this episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we tackle two short stories from The Rediscovery of Man, the complete collection of the short fiction of Cordwainer Smith from NESFA [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 15) — “Flatland” by Edwin Abbott and “Shadow Postulates” by Yoon Ha Lee
In this episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we tackle Flatland (1884) by Edwin A. Abbott and “The Shadow Postulates” from Yoon Ha Lee’s debut collection, [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 14): NAPIER’S BONES by Derryl Murphy
In this episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we tackle Napier’s Bones by Derryl Murphy. Murphy introduces some fascinating ideas, but undercuts them with info-dumping and a [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 13): “Shadow of the Torturer” by Gene Wolfe
In this episode of SF Crossing the Gulf, we tackle Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe, the first volume of the Book of the New Sun quartet, published in 1980. This is the [...]
SF Crossing the Gulf (Episode 12a) – “Till We Have Faces” by C. S. Lewis
After our previous episode discussing Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, the last novel written by C. S. Lewis, we decided that we needed a little more expertise than we were [...]
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