This quote from Janet Maslin of the New York Times sums the book up pretty well…. A dark, dystopic grabber in which words are treated as weapons, and the villainous types have literary figures’ names. Plath, Yeats, Eliot...
Read MoreThe itch to blog has returned. Mostly I want to review the books I’ve been reading. Not that there have been that many but I’d still like to share my thoughts with the internet public. I had dreams of writing actual...
Read MoreSeven novelettes were nominated for the Nebulas this year and I have to say that apart from one dud they’re a shiny crop of stories. Moreso then the nominated short fiction, I expect to see a few of these novelettes appear...
Read MoreIf you want to understand why I keep banging on about Martin Lewis as a reviewer then read his recent review on Strange Horizons of: Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo....
Read MoreAlthough I’m not a member of SFWA(1), I thought I’d review a couple of the award categories starting with short fiction. Also, because I’m shit at story summaries, I’m going to be relying on online...
Read MoreI’m back from Perth. It was lovely, thanks for asking. While I was away, there were a couple of interesting posts about the art of reviewing. The first one was by Martin Lewis, who celebrated his tenth anniversary as a...
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