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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Vintage Science Fiction Month: Northwest Smith by C.L. Moore
Hither came Northwest Smith, the earthman, sunburnt skin, paled-eyed, in spaceman’s leathers, a pirate, a smuggler, a gunslinger, facing life and death with an equal grin, to tread the back-alley bars and lost ruins of the solar system heatgun in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Science Fiction, Throwback SF
Tagged Sword and Planet, Vintage SF, Vintage SF Month
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The Dragon Hand is a Solid Fantasy with a Killer Premise
The Dragon Hand is a solid fantasy with a killer premise. An epic fantasy featuring a dragon as the protagonist? Yes, please. The Dragon Hand has great epic fantasy bones and some killer set pieces. Unfortunately, some weak spots keep … Continue reading
Guest Post: The Little Red Reviewer on Shambleau and Black God’s Kiss by C.L. Moore
Today for Vintage Science Fiction Month I am happy to host a guest post from official Friend of the Blog and fellow local book reviewer Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer. Andrea has been blogging about books of the speculative … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Sundry, Throwback SF
Tagged Vintage SF, Vintage SF Month, Weird Fiction
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Robert Jordan’s Previously Unpublished Warrior of the Altaii to be Published in Fall 2019
Tor Books has just announced that they will be publishing Warrior of the Altaii by Robert Jordan in fall 2019. Warrior of the Altaii is the book that started Jordan’s career, but it has never been published. Expect something more … Continue reading
Vintage Science Fiction Month: Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein
I know that Space Cadet is a good book on an intellectual level. But it doesn’t evoke the same kind of visceral gut reaction that Have Space Suit—Will Travel did. There certainly isn’t anything remotely as gripping as the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Hard SciFi, Vintage SF, Vintage SF Month, Young Adult
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Top Ten Tuesday: New-To-Me Favorite Authors of 2018
This is my favorite of all Top Ten Tuesday posts. To the point that you can find favorite new-to-me authors posts going back past when I actually started participating in Top Ten Tuesdays. Some blog prompts are so great you … Continue reading
Vintage Science Fiction Month: Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
Nightfall and Other Stories is a collection of 20 pieces of short fiction by Isaac Asimov, including, of course, the novelette “Nightfall,” one of his most famous works. “Nightfall” was Asimov’s 32nd work but in many ways his first breakout … Continue reading
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Tagged Hard SciFi, Vintage SF, Vintage SF Month
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Recommendations for Serious Downtime
A dear friend of mine recently had major surgery and is looking at a long recovery. Which sucks, but CAN YOU IMAGINE THE TIME TO READ?!? And watch movies and stuff, I guess. She is fishing for recs, and lacking … Continue reading
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Submit Your 2018 Nominations
Originally posted on Planetary Awards:
Happy New Year — it’s time to nominate your favorite science fiction and fantasy writing for the 2018 Planetary Awards. We’re again doing only two categories: Shorter story (under 40,000 words/160 paperback pages) Longer story…
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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee
Astounding is, broadly speaking, a biography of four seminal figures in science fiction history: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard (although Hubbard’s influence is mostly outside of science fiction), and one seminal science fiction … Continue reading