By Robert M. Tilendis, on March 4th, 2012
and lend a hand with an update. There’s a few things in the hopper worth your time, I think.
First up, a fun little book from Glen Cook. Fun? you say? From Glen Cook? Yep. Take a look at Sung in Blood to see what I mean.
Ever hear of MI37? Thought not. There’s . . . → Read More: Thought I’d Pop Over
By Richard Dansky, on March 4th, 2012
Sleight of Hand is the literary equivalent of opening the drawers of a long-buried but recently discovered Chinese apothecary’s cabinet; one has no idea what one’s going to find from drawer to drawer but what emerges from each is finely crafted, unique, and just a little bit old-fashioned. And while that metaphor may be . . . → Read More: Peter S. Beagle: Sleight of Hand
By Robert M. Tilendis, on January 30th, 2012
Mike Resnick may very well be the most awarded science-fiction writer ever — the biography on the back flap of Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks is a list of awards and nominations. That’s it. There is justification for that, and it’s a matter of personal chagrin that, among those writers whom I habitually list as . . . → Read More: Mike Resnick: Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks
By Robert M. Tilendis, on January 2nd, 2012
Philip José Farmer’s strength as a writer of speculative fiction has always been his willingness to push the conceptual boundaries of the genre. He is, after all, credited with being the one who brought sex into science fiction, with his story “The Lovers” (1953). Farmer seems to have recognized no limits on the possibilities . . . → Read More: Philip José Farmer (ed. by Gary K. Wolfe): Up the Bright River
By Robert M. Tilendis, on January 2nd, 2012
Yes, it’s January 2nd here at GMR, and as I promised yesterday, we have more to keep you occupied on those long evenings.
First, Brian Lumley’s The Fly-By-Nights, a slightly different take on vampires.
And as long as we’re looking at vampires, we have Jeaniene Frost’s One Grave at a Time, in which the . . . → Read More: 2012 — Day Two at GMR
By Robert M. Tilendis, on September 12th, 2011
I don’t think I’m alone in thinking of “dark fantasy” as a sort of combination of urban fantasy and horror: vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, and less pleasant creatures confronting more or less normal people who may have the resources, or just the dumb luck, to survive the encounter. Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 . . . → Read More: William Schafer (editor): Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2
By Reynard, on August 25th, 2011
Four looks at short stories this outing; two are author collections and two are anthologies. None grabbed my interest, but maybe something will capture yours!
We lead off with Deathbird, a collection of stories by one of the Grumpy Old Men of New Wave SF, a man who elevated being testy to an art . . . → Read More: Words: Short Fiction Considered
By Gereg John Muller, on February 22nd, 2011
After reading the first couple of pieces in this collection, I contacted a friend who’s active in the steampunk community. “Who’s a good writer in the field?” I asked her. She was embarrassed. Really, she said, there isn’t anybody much. And her man added that steampunk is more of a life style than a . . . → Read More: Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, eds.: Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
