http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.32 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss James Trimarco: Moxyland manages to breathe new life into this subgenre by capturing the peculiarly cynical voice of a generation that has absorbed so much branded messaging that it literally cannot imagine a gesture—not an utterance, not a political strategy, not even an act of violence—intended to do anything but stimulate the media for marketing-related purposes.

Paul Raven: It's a strong fast zap to the brain that eschews science fiction's lingering tendency to chase technological gosh-wow in favour of using its toolkit to vivisect the kids of tomorrow.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/two_views_moxyl.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/two_views_moxyl.shtml book review Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 The volume offers few surprises (certainly for those who read much current science fiction and fantasy), but does succeed in offering that healthy (if conventional) sampling promised in the introduction. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_years_best_.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_years_best_.shtml book review Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Filaria is not a work that dazzles with new ideas, rather it impresses by deploying a greater set of storytelling techniques than many better-known works, and in so doing renews the sense of wonder associated with familiar concepts of SF and horror.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/filaria_by_bren.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/filaria_by_bren.shtml book review Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Lake attempts to wrestle with big themes—individual identity, gender and racial politics, gods and religion, and sexuality, to name but a few—but the overall impression is that he has bitten off more than he can chew. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/green_by_jay_la.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/green_by_jay_la.shtml book review Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Interfictions 2 does offer is a set of stories that, if united by only the most tenuous thematic and generic threads, couldn't be more worth reading.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/interfictions_2.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/interfictions_2.shtml book review Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 The Magicians?]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_magicians_b.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_magicians_b.shtml book review Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Shiver's flaws, weighed against one of the most engaging and emotionally involving reads I've had recently, are slight.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/shiver_by_maggi.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/shiver_by_maggi.shtml book review Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Downum takes us into that dark and dangerous territory pioneered by Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_drowning_ci.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_drowning_ci.shtml book review Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Jonathan McCalmont: Is Baxter to be praised for his seemingly ever-increasing control over an array of themes and issues that few other authors bother to tackle? Or is he to be condemned for writing and re-writing the same kind of book over and over again?

Alvaro Zinos-Amaro: It travels much farther than its predecessor. It takes even bigger risks, and the emotional pay-off is consequently greater. ]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/ark_by_stephen_.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/ark_by_stephen_.shtml book review Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 In other words: I hate this book. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/orbus_by_neal_a.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/orbus_by_neal_a.shtml book review Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Robert Conroy's alternate history of the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor serves as a morality play about good guys and bad guys. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/1942_by_robert_.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/1942_by_robert_.shtml book review Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Overall: a very worthwhile collection of stories indeed. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/the_black_mirro.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/the_black_mirro.shtml book review Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000 A wonderfully versatile book. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/fifty_key_figur.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/fifty_key_figur.shtml book review Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Killer unicorns. I heard those words and Diana Peterfreund's fifth novel vaulted to the top of my to-be-read list. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/rampant_by_dian.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/rampant_by_dian.shtml book review Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 The horror genre is lucky to have two new writers of such quality and ambition. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/house_of_window.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/house_of_window.shtml book review Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000