2013-05-17T08:00:03Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2013 2013-05-17T08:00:03Z 2013-05-17T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1918 2013-05-17T08:00:00Z

The collected stories may owe more to Austen and Thackeray than to Tolkien, as the editors point out, but they also owe a great deal more to Dunsany and the Rossettis and Andrew Lang than to Jules Verne.

Gabriel Murray The collected stories may owe more to Austen and Thackeray than to Tolkien, as the editors point out, but they also owe a great deal more to Dunsany and the Rossettis and Andrew Lang than to Jules Verne. 2013-05-15T08:13:54Z 2013-05-15T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1915 2013-05-15T08:00:00Z

Zenn Scarlett is a novel that disappoints on multiple levels.

Foz Meadows Zenn Scarlett is a novel that disappoints on multiple levels.]]> 2013-05-13T13:27:26Z 2013-05-13T13:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1917 2013-05-13T13:00:00Z

As the program throws together a heady cocktail of biological weapons, mad scientists, conspiracy theories, spies, torturers, attempted genocide, deserted mansions, long lost family members and assorted other improbable elements besides, Utopia becomes a dizzying and intricate balancing act which always seems one moment away from collapse.

Matthew Jones Utopia becomes a dizzying and intricate balancing act which always seems one moment away from collapse.]]> 2013-05-10T08:00:04Z 2013-05-10T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1913 2013-05-10T08:00:00Z

This is a novel that wants to be a character study first, a romance second, and speculative fiction a distant third.

Matt Hilliard This is a novel that wants to be a character study first, a romance second, and speculative fiction a distant third. 2013-05-08T12:35:07Z 2013-05-08T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1914 2013-05-08T08:00:00Z

In Taber's construction, gender is destiny.

Maria Velazquez In Taber's construction, gender is destiny. 2013-05-08T12:48:04Z 2013-05-06T13:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1912 2013-05-06T13:00:00Z

The title Adam Robots is a giveaway. Is this a joke? splutters the unwary reader. Well, yes.

Andy Sawyer Adam Robots is a giveaway. Is this a joke? splutters the unwary reader. Well, yes.]]> 2013-05-03T08:08:15Z 2013-05-03T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1904 2013-05-03T08:00:00Z

Quietly, without any fuss, the New Weird has won.

Martin Lewis Quietly, without any fuss, the New Weird has won. 2013-05-01T14:00:48Z 2013-05-01T21:14:29Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1909 2013-05-01T21:14:29Z

So, is the 2013 Clarke shortlist any good?

Abigail Nussbaum So, is the 2013 Clarke shortlist any good? 2013-05-01T11:03:39Z 2013-04-29T17:27:54Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1905 2013-04-29T17:27:54Z

The judges for the 2013 Clarke award faced an extra challenge. This year, on top of all the usual tasks, it was incumbent upon them to produce a shortlist that would prove that we have not, in fact, lived and fought in vain.

Abigail Nussbaum The judges for the 2013 Clarke award faced an extra challenge. This year, on top of all the usual tasks, it was incumbent upon them to produce a shortlist that would prove that we have not, in fact, lived and fought in vain. 2013-04-26T08:31:29Z 2013-04-26T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1897 2013-04-26T08:00:00Z

In Queen of Nowhere, Jaine Fenn opens a window on a fascinating and vivid science fictional world, seen through the lens of an intriguing character—a world which, ultimately, proves more vivid and coherent than our protagonist.

Liz Bourke Queen of Nowhere, Jaine Fenn opens a window on a fascinating and vivid science fictional world, seen through the lens of an intriguing character—a world which, ultimately, proves more vivid and coherent than our protagonist.]]> 2013-04-24T10:42:44Z 2013-04-24T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1895 2013-04-24T08:00:00Z

Paul Kincaid: Why is Reed's work so regularly praised, yet so rarely in receipt of the various honours given out to genre fiction? This superb retrospective collection might provide a few clues. Chris Kammerud: Kit Reed's stories confront us again and again with the prisons of human existence—guilt, love, family, sex, gender. Her narratives turn on how her characters respond—revolution or acceptance? Delusion or daring escape?

Paul Kincaid and Chris Kammerud Paul Kincaid: Why is Reed's work so regularly praised, yet so rarely in receipt of the various honours given out to genre fiction? This superb retrospective collection might provide a few clues.

Chris Kammerud: Kit Reed's stories confront us again and again with the prisons of human existence—guilt, love, family, sex, gender. Her narratives turn on how her characters respond—revolution or acceptance? Delusion or daring escape?]]> 2013-04-22T13:00:03Z 2013-04-22T13:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1896 2013-04-22T13:00:00Z

"Boat in Shadows, Crossing" is a story in which words often don't mean quite what we expect them to, and keeping track of that slipperiness requires a close and attentive reading.

Abigail Nussbaum "Boat in Shadows, Crossing" is a story in which words often don't mean quite what we expect them to, and keeping track of that slipperiness requires a close and attentive reading. 2013-04-19T08:20:11Z 2013-04-19T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1892 2013-04-19T08:00:00Z

If I had to qualify it quickly, I would say that there is a sort of inestimable cuteness to this book.

Ben Godby If I had to qualify it quickly, I would say that there is a sort of inestimable cuteness to this book. 2013-04-17T08:00:03Z 2013-04-17T08:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1890 2013-04-17T08:00:00Z

All in all, I found the richly imaginative narratives of adventure in Trafalgar perfectly enjoyable to read, but the unrelenting spirit of whimsy, even archness, running through the collection may also make them too insubstantial, too easily forgettable.

T. S. Miller Trafalgar perfectly enjoyable to read, but the unrelenting spirit of whimsy, even archness, running through the collection may also make them too insubstantial, too easily forgettable.]]> 2013-04-17T12:03:12Z 2013-04-15T13:00:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2013:/reviews/1.1891 2013-04-15T13:00:00Z

Nyxnissa accepts that her world is not just governed but activated by violence, that the gunshot or the gut wound is the currency with which it is possible to get things done. She is gloriously self-possessed, repellently amoral, and thoroughly original. She is a woman in a man's grimdark world.

Dan Hartland Nyxnissa accepts that her world is not just governed but activated by violence, that the gunshot or the gut wound is the currency with which it is possible to get things done. She is gloriously self-possessed, repellently amoral, and thoroughly original. She is a woman in a man's grimdark world.