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View ArticleThe Lost Children of the Namuh and the Chamber of Souls by David A. Lindon...
However much the writing of The Lost Children of the Namuh may have been cathartic for the author, the result just isn't very good, a hodge-podge of cliches "as old as the hills" and inconsistencies...
View ArticleDead To Me by Anton Strout
Simon Canderous is a psychometrist, able to psychically read the histories of objects and people with which he interacts. In its time, this power has been both blessing and curse, putting an end to...
View ArticleBabylon 5.1: TV reviews by Rick Norwood
The new seasons of Smallville and Heroes have premiered. Rick enjoyed parts of Smallville and he really liked Heroes. He also gives us a list of what SF is on TV in October.
View ArticleNews Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media: a column by Sandy Auden
This month: A Comic Book Retrospective for Vertigo with Alex Irvine; Stan Nicholls warns that the Orcs are coming; Peter V Brett's new and original fantasy The Painted Man; Nigel Suckling talks fangs...
View ArticleKitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn
In Kitty Goes to Washington, Kitty, the host of a late night talk show about the supernatural, and a werewolf to boot, underwent the transformation while on national television. This led her to become...
View ArticleUbik: The Screenplay by Philip K. Dick
The late 60s was an interesting time for Philip K. Dick. He had begun to experience some of the mystic revelations that would preoccupy his later years, but these were only obliquely feeding into his...
View ArticleThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: compiled by Rodger Turner
In 1988, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling collected together what they thought was the best short fantasy and horror from the previous year. They went through as many of the magazines, collections and...
View ArticleLove in the Time of Fridges by Tim Scott
Huckleberry Lindbergh is an ex-Cop who returns to New Seattle after an 8-year self-imposed exile following the death of his wife. Thanks to a random police stop, Huck is pulled into a plot to liberate...
View ArticleDragon and Liberator by Timothy Zahn
This is the final book in the author's YA series of adventures about Jack Morgan and his alien companion Draycos. Draycos and his people are refugees from another galaxy, with the unusual ability to...
View ArticleNexus Graphica: a column by Rick Klaw and Mark London Williams
An essential aspect of comics since almost the beginning of the medium, the first all horror anthology, the one-shot Eerie Comics (Avon), appeared in 1947 with six stories including early work from...
View ArticleSubterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy edited by William Schafer
This short but very tidy anthology initially seems something of a hodgepodge. Used as we are to themed anthologies, the title here is loose and generic enough to capture virtually any kind of genre...
View ArticleThe Queen's Bastard by C.E. Murphy
From the moment of her birth, Belinda Primrose has been a dangerous secret. Born the bastard daughter of Lorraine Walter, the Virgin Queen of Auron, her very existence was a threat to her mother's...
View ArticlePoison Sleep by T.A. Pratt
There's a problem at the Blackwing Institute. This is a kind of Azkaban for grown ups, where psychologically disturbed sorcerers -- some criminal some just ill -- are kept away from society. One of...
View ArticleLove in the Time of Fridges by Tim Scott
The story revolves around Huckleberry Lindbergh, an ex-cop from the city of New Seattle who returns to the city after an eight year absence to find that things are not as they seemed before. As he...
View ArticleBatman: The Stone King by Alan Grant
A dam near Gotham City is about to burst and Batman has determined the dam cannot be saved but the citizens of Gotham city must be protected. Batman calls for the help from Justice League members to...
View ArticleWyrms by Orson Scott Card
Originally published in 1987, this is a quest story involving a teenage girl discovering the truth about her heritage and her birthright, and setting about the fulfillment of her destiny, as decreed...
View ArticleAlready Dead by Charlie Huston
If Anne Rice and Mickey Spillane had a baby, Joe Pitt would be that child. Charlie Huston brings a new twist on the classic vampire story. Part detective drama, part horror show, the story brings to...
View ArticleNew Audiobooks compiled by Susan Dunman
At times it's more convenient (and enjoyable) to hear the latest in science fiction and fantasy. Recent audiobook releases include works by Terry Pratchett, Arthur C. Clarke, Orson Scott Card, Philip...
View ArticleIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins
Stalwart adventurous everyman, Indiana Jones explores mysterious jungles, battles angry natives, treks through treacherous temples and outwits ancient traps in the hopes of uncovering mysterious...
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