By Robert M. Tilendis, on March 5th, 2011
Ellen Kushner, in the tradition of writers of fantastic literature everywhere, has built an amazingly detailed and appealing universe in her series of novels and stories about the nameless City that contains Riverside and the Hill and those who inhabit it. The Man With the Knives takes us out of the City for a . . . → Read More: Ellen Kushner: The Man With the Knives
By , on March 1st, 2011
Rachel Manija Brown is the author of this review.
The Fall of the Kings, by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman, may not be the best fantasy novel of the year; I haven’t read one that’s better, but China Miéville’s The Scar is its equal, and the year is not yet over. But I feel . . . → Read More: Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman: The Fall of the Kings
By , on February 26th, 2011
Judith Gennett wrote this review.
“It was the busted TV. It was as big as she was, no, bigger! It was growing to the ceiling!”
‘The Golden Dreydl is subtitled “A Klezmer Nutcracker for Chanukah.” It combines a children’s story by writer and radio host Ellen Kushner with a klezmer adaptation of tunes from . . . → Read More: Ellen Kushner and Shirim Klezmer Orchestra: The Golden Dreydl
By , on February 26th, 2011
I’m delighted to tell you about a new Ellen Kushner project, a musical audio drama called The Witches of Lublin that is now in post-production. It will air on public radio stations nationwide as a Spring Holiday radio special in April for Passover.
Ellen, author of The Golden Dreydil and the beloved Riverside series, . . . → Read More: The Witches of Lublin
By Robert M. Tilendis, on February 23rd, 2011
Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint has the distinction of being among the most intelligent and stylish fantasy novels I’ve ever read. As it happens, I have to go back to a very basic definition of “fantasy” to make that statement, since Kushner’s universe shares no characteristics with traditional fantasy save that she made it up and . . . → Read More: Ellen Kushner: The Privilege of the Sword
