Next SFF Author: Ben Aaronovitch

Day: October 29, 2015


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Thoughtful Thursday: Happy Halloween!

Saturday is Halloween. Many people like to read horror stories and watch horror movies during the month of October, which is why we’ve been posting plenty of horror reviews this month.

Here are a few of our recently published favorite horror novels (click on covers to read reviews):

What about you? Do you gravitate toward horror during October? If so, what have you read and/or watched this month? Do you have traditional favorites that you read or watch every year or do you prefer to look for something new?


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The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard: A broad spectrum of Ballard’s capabilities

The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard

The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (1979) was published in 1977 in the UK and 1978 in the US. It contains a few stories from J.G. Ballard’s earlier, more conventional SF phase in the late 1950s, his most productive and lyrical phase in the early and mid 1960s, and a small sampling of his experimental ‘condensed novel’ phase of the late 1960s/early 1970s. The stories are taken from these collections: The Voices of Time (1962),


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Ginger Snaps: “The curse” gets worse

Ginger Snaps directed by John Fawcett

The viscerally effective horror thriller Ginger Snaps sports a doubly clever title. Gingersnaps, of course, are yummy cookie treats sweetened with molasses and, naturally, ginger, but that is hardly what is being suggested here. “Snaps” can also mean “to go crazy” or “to lose it,” which is certainly the case for the film’s lead character, Ginger Fitzgerald. And more to the point, “snaps” can also mean “to seize with a sudden closing of the jaws,” which is what poor Ginger does quite a lot of here,


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