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Contents30 May 2011![[Review posted three times a week]](cssm-indexed-thumb.png)
(Review) ARTICLE: Perfectly Herself: A discussion of the work of Carol Emshwiller, by Ursula K. Le Guin, Helen Merrick, Pat Murphy, and Gary K. WolfeAfter a career of many phases, she's found a comfortable way to synthesize all of them, making her all over again the proverbial writer to watch. I don't know if there's another 90 year old author anywhere about whom that could be said. COLUMN: The Emshwillerians, by Karen Joy FowlerRecently I’ve begun to notice elements, techniques, and viewpoints from Carol’s writing in more places than my own stories. For decades, Carol has primarily been published as a science fiction writer. My impression is that, while always admired and often beloved, her work was seen as essentially idiosyncratic. Whatever it was she was doing, she was doing it alone, and off in her own brilliant little corner of the field. She is the sort of writer to whom the word “quirky” is applied. “A writer’s writer.” “A cult favorite.” FICTION: Introduction to After All, by Gavin J. GrantIntroduction to this week's reprinted story. FICTION: After All, by Carol EmshwillerI was thinking to write a story about somebody who needs to change (the best sort of character to write about), and all of a sudden I knew it was me who had to change. Always had been, and I didn't realize it until that very minute. So I have to be the one to go on a journey, either of discovery or in order to avoid myself. POETRY: Waking the Red Guardian, by WC Robertstendrils of fiber optics from torn sheet metal / dripping visions of worlds to come REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, Volume 1, reviewed by L. Timmel Duchamp All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. |
