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16 November 2009

[Article by S.J. Chambers]

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ARTICLE: Jesse Bullington and The Brutal Invasion of The Brothers Grossbart, by S.J. Chambers

I absolutely love monsters. After all that talk of everything else, I neglected to mention I also wanted to write a book with a lot of monsters. Not just human monsters. I wanted to deal with the question of what is more horrific: a person who is capable of anything, or something that is literally monstrous and out of the bowels of our collective imagination? Rather than just sticking to medieval bestiaries, I tried to incorporate the parallel between different mythologies of similar creatures.

FICTION: A Brief Investigation of the Process of Decay, by Genevieve Valentine

There was a pause before "interested" that meant "acclimated," as if Mars was going to be just like the rez, except without oxygen.

POETRY: Deluge, by Mike Allen

When he learned he could drink the stars, he vowed / that even one burning sphere could never be enough

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Filaria by Brent Hayward, reviewed by Matt Denault
Wednesday: The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, volume 3, edited by Jonathan Strahan, reviewed by Nader Elhefnawy
Friday: Two Views: Moxyland by Lauren Beukes, reviewed by James Trimarco and Paul Raven

9 November 2009

[Article by Benjamin Wakefield]

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ARTICLE: A History of the Death Ray, by Benjamin Wakefield

Phasers, lasers, masers, disruptors, blasters, pulse rifles, plasma cannons and concussion beams—call it what you will, the directed energy weapon has become a staple element of the science fiction and fantasy genre.

FICTION: True Names, by Stephanie Burgis

When I let Sam sweet talk me into moving out here to the back of beyond to be his wife, it was all about the romance of the wild, the two of us standing at each other's sides against mountain lions and poisonous snakes, and me learning to be just as fierce against them as any man. Days like today somehow never got mentioned in any of his stories, back then.

POETRY: f(love) = 0, by Monica M. Eiland

how could I have missed Newton's trick / to finding area where none used to exist?

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: The Magicians by Lev Grossman, reviewed by John Clute
Wednesday: Interfictions 2, edited by Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak, reviewed by T. S. Miller
Friday: Green by Jay Lake, reviewed by Kyra Smith

2 November 2009

[Article by Stefan Józefowicz]

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ARTICLE: A Memory of Robert Jordan, by Stefan Józefowicz

Robert Jordan has been recognized as one of the most famous fantasy writers of his time. He passed away on September 16, 2007, before he was able to finish his magnum opus. Nevertheless, the Wheel of Time still turns. October 27, 2009 marked the publication of The Gathering Storm, the first of three posthumous novels planned to conclude the series.

FICTION: Nomadology, by Chris Nakashima-Brown

On-screen, stop-motion set pieces illustrated a science fiction fantasy of the destruction of the state apparatus and the abolition of private property mediated by alien invasion and natural disaster. The only sound in the room was the soft clicking of aluminum knitting needles, like a DIY Geiger counter monitoring our entropic half-lives.

POETRY: Off the Pi Charts, by P M F Johnson

The gates of Faerie are eroding—

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Ark by Stephen Baxter, reviewed by Jonathan McCalmont and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Wednesday: The Drowning City by Amanda Downum, reviewed by Kari Sperring
Friday: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, reviewed by Hallie O'Donovan

26 October 2009

[Reviews posted three times a week]

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FICTION: Ms. Liberty Gets a Haircut, by Cat Rambo

"If you're going to be our leader, you need to look like you haven't time-travelled here from the 20th century," Dr. Arcane grumbles to Ms. Liberty. "You may have been built with the blueprints from the Stepford wives, but you don't have to keep looking like one."

POETRY: Surreal People, by Bruce Boston

The evolution of flora and fawning / would have learned nothing / from Darwin.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: The Black Mirror and Other Stories, edited by Franz Rottensteiner (trans. Mike Mitchell), reviewed by Adam Roberts
Wednesday: 1942 by Robert Conroy, reviewed by Douglas W. Texter
Friday: Orbus by Neal Asher, reviewed by Dan Hartland

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