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Recent Reviews17 May 2013 The collected stories may owe more to Austen and Thackeray than to Tolkien, as the editors point out, but they also owe a great deal more to Dunsany and the Rossettis and Andrew Lang than to Jules Verne. Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon 15 May 2013 Zenn Scarlett is a novel that disappoints on multiple levels. 13 May 2013 As the program throws together a heady cocktail of biological weapons, mad scientists, conspiracy theories, spies, torturers, attempted genocide, deserted mansions, long lost family members and assorted other improbable elements besides, Utopia becomes a dizzying and intricate balancing act which always seems one moment away from collapse. The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke 10 May 2013 This is a novel that wants to be a character study first, a romance second, and speculative fiction a distant third. 08 May 2013 In Taber's construction, gender is destiny. 06 May 2013 The title Adam Robots is a giveaway. Is this a joke? splutters the unwary reader. Well, yes. 03 May 2013 Quietly, without any fuss, the New Weird has won. The Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist, Part 2 01 May 2013 So, is the 2013 Clarke shortlist any good? The 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist, Part 1 29 April 2013 The judges for the 2013 Clarke award faced an extra challenge. This year, on top of all the usual tasks, it was incumbent upon them to produce a shortlist that would prove that we have not, in fact, lived and fought in vain. Queen of Nowhere by Jaine Fenn 26 April 2013 In Queen of Nowhere, Jaine Fenn opens a window on a fascinating and vivid science fictional world, seen through the lens of an intriguing character—a world which, ultimately, proves more vivid and coherent than our protagonist. Two Views: The Story Until Now: A Great Big Book of Stories by Kit Reed 24 April 2013 Paul Kincaid: Why is Reed's work so regularly praised, yet so rarely in receipt of the various honours given out to genre fiction? This superb retrospective collection might provide a few clues. Short Fiction Snapshot #2: "Boat in Shadows, Crossing" by Tori Truslow 22 April 2013 "Boat in Shadows, Crossing" is a story in which words often don't mean quite what we expect them to, and keeping track of that slipperiness requires a close and attentive reading. The Twyning by Terence Blacker 19 April 2013 If I had to qualify it quickly, I would say that there is a sort of inestimable cuteness to this book. View older reviews in our Archive, thanks to the kindness of our authors who allow us to keep their material online. |
