Posted by Tadiana Jones | May 22, 2020 | SFF Reviews | 0
Jack by Connie Willis Subterranean Press is reissuing Connie Willis’s moody and bleak novella Jack (1991), which was a finalist for the Nebula and Hugo awards and has appeared in several anthologies over the years. It’s set during the London Blitz in WWII, one of Willis’ favorite settings for her works, including the time-travel novels […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Nov 24, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Ends of the Earth by Lucius Shepard Lucius Shepard had already created one of the best short story collections in the genre, The Jaguar Hunter, which won the 1988 World Fantasy Award and Locus Award for Best Collection, with “Salvador” winning the Locus Award in 1985 and “R&R” winning the Nebula Award in 1987. […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Jun 19, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 2
A Bridge of Years by Robert Charles Wilson Tom Winter tried to find solace in a bottle when his wife left him. He lost his job and concluded that 1989 was a pretty tough year. Now, Tom is trying to make a go of it in Belltower in the Pacific Northwest. His brother has set […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Apr 12, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 0
Raft by Stephen Baxter What if we exponentially reduced the scale of the galaxy so that the sun was only 50 yards across, extinguished its raging burn so that only a solid metal lump remained, and set a chain of a few hundred dwellings to orbit around the cold sphere that remained? Imagining as such, […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Jun 10, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 0
Secret of the Earth Star by Henry Kuttner Starmont House had a wonderful thing going for itself in the early 1990s. The Seattle-based publisher, with its line of Facsimile Fiction, was taking the old pulp magazines of the ’30s and ’40s, making photocopies of selected stories, and packaging them in a line of reasonably priced […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Feb 23, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 4
Needful Things by Stephen King For the most part, being sheriff of Castle Rock, Maine is a peaceful job — that’s what Sheriff Alan Pangborn tells himself on difficult days. And for the most part, Alan’s right. Castle Rock is indeed a peaceful little town. Sure, there are frictions. The Catholics are planning to have […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Oct 7, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 1
The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks The State of the Art is a collection of short fiction written by Iain Banks between 1984 and 1987. Surprisingly, it is the only such collection the author has published. Given Banks’ fifteen mainstream novels and twelve science fiction novels, one would expect a much larger output of […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | May 27, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 8
He, She and It by Marge Piercy He, She and It by Marge Piercy is my all-time favorite science fiction novel. Though Marge Piercy is not considered a science fiction author, this work is clearly one of science fiction, particularly in the sub-genre of cyberpunk as it was shaped by William Gibson and other writers […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Feb 25, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
Griffin’s Egg by Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick’s Griffin’s Egg tries as much to be retro sci-fi as it does to push the limits of the genre — or at least the limits when the novella was published in 1991. The story of a industrial worker on the moon who must deal with the spillover of […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 28, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 1
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick It’s the Jubilee Year on the planet Miranda. Every 200 years the planet floods and humans must leave until Miranda’s continents are reborn. Miranda used to be the home of an indigenous species of shapeshifters who, during Jubilee, would return to their aquatic forms until the waters receded, […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Feb 29, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
CYGNET by Patricia McKillip She walks the path of time toward this house… Two Patricia McKillip books in a single volume, what could be better? As two of her earliest works, the CYGNET duology (composed of The Sorceress and the Cygnet and The Cygnet and the Firebird) make for more challenging reads than her later […]
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Posted by Marion Deeds | May 25, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 3
Great Work of Time by John Crowley In 1990, Great Work of Time won the World Fantasy Award for best novella. I’m surprised someone hasn’t snapped up John Crowley’s short book, given it a glossy steampunk cover, and re-released it. Of course it isn’t steampunk. John Crowley’s work doesn’t fit easily into any sub-genre except […]
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Posted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Dec 4, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 2
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean Tam Lin is Pamela Dean’s retelling of the classic folk tale, done as part of The Fairy Tale series created by Terri Windling. The folk tale is about a battle between the Faery Queen and a mortal girl for the heart and soul of Tam Lin, a young man enthralled […]
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Posted by Justin Blazier | Apr 27, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 1
Neverland by Douglas Clegg It’s a hot and humid Georgia summer, and 10 year old Beau Jackson and his family have made their annual journey to the summer retreat of Gull Island. (Gull Island is not really an island, it’s a peninsula, but like the name of Gull Island, not everything is like it seems.) […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Mar 19, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 2
Wilderness by Dennis Danvers Wilderness, originally published in 1991, has recently been rereleased. I presume it’s because tales of lycanthropy are all the rage at the moment. Wilderness is an excellent novel and I’m thrilled that it will get the chance to reach new readers — myself included, as I hadn’t heard of it until […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Mar 16, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Tam Lin by Susan Cooper Anyone who is familiar with the ballad Tam Lin knows it’s a story that is very much for grown-ups, or at least teenagers. Susan Cooper does a very good job here of adapting the old story so that it’s suitable for any age. It requires changing a few plot elements, […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jan 3, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen by Lloyd Alexander If I ever have kids, I’m going to make sure that their bookshelves are stocked full of Lloyd Alexander’s books. Most famous for his award-winning The Prydain Chronicles, Alexander has carved out a little niche for himself in children’s literature by taking his often-used (but never […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | May 3, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald I knew, just by reading the back cover blurb, that King of Morning, Queen of Day was right up my alley. Women with mystical powers? Check. Faeries? Check. Ireland? Check. In fact, I think the only reason I didn’t discover this book earlier is that it was […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Apr 30, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
Illusion by Paula Volsky A fictionalization of the French Revolution set in the invented kingdom of “Vonahr” and laced with a little bit of magic, Illusion is a gem of historical fantasy and ought to be a classic. Paula Volsky combines epic ideals, all-too-human characters, and lovely prose to create a book I couldn’t put […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Feb 7, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
Cloven Hooves by Megan Lindholm Though I liked this book, it was depressing. Cloven Hooves is a very melancholy book, moving from one heartbreaking situation to another with no respite. The story starts with two stories intertwined: first, Evelyn’s wild, rough-and-tumble childhood and her youthful escapades with a faun in the Alaska forest, and second, an […]
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