http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/ en Copyright 2010 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.32 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Of course I want to believe them, I want to imagine that though the ghetto walls still stand they are less secure than they once were, that traffic now flows more freely in both directions across the boundaries. But how strong a case do they present? http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/the_secret_hist.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/the_secret_hist.shtml book review Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Even when it's clearly wish fulfillment—or maybe because it is—Carey's writing wins us over. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/naamahs_kiss_by.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/naamahs_kiss_by.shtml book review Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Pinto has created a work that possesses depth and complexity, juxtaposing beauty with horror to spectacular effect. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/the_stone_dance.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/the_stone_dance.shtml book review Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Another way of framing the two stories I've discussed so far is perhaps to suggest that SF is fascinated by the point at which humans become inhuman. But if that's true, it's surely also true that it's fascinated by the point at which the inhuman becomes human. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/some_2009_short.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/some_2009_short.shtml Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 As I sit down to write this piece I am close to, but not quite at, the end of a four month trek through 2009's genre short fiction. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/2009_short_fict.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/2009_short_fict.shtml book review Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Here's my perspective on six standout stories published in 2009. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/selected_short_.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/selected_short_.shtml Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 I found myself pulled both ways throughout, but the novel was more than saved for me because of Whitfield's masterful way of dramatizing and communicating various registers of strangeness, alienation, and subjectivity. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/in_great_waters.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/in_great_waters.shtml book review Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Things get weird very quickly. Unfortunately the novel loses steam almost as quickly, making for a somewhat unsatisfying read. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/the_brain_thief.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/the_brain_thief.shtml book review Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Red Claw is nothing short of a catastrophe.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/red_claw_by_phi.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/03/red_claw_by_phi.shtml book review Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart, I'm forced to follow in the footsteps of many of the positive and even effusive reviews that The Brothers Grossbart has received, and hedge my criticism of the novel as those reviewers hedged their praise.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/the_sad_tale_of.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/the_sad_tale_of.shtml book review Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Sarah Langan's third novel proves itself to be a worthwhile contribution to the history of haunted house stories. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/audreys_door_by.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/audreys_door_by.shtml book review Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000 The rewards for the reader who successfully suspends disbelief in the hero and overlooks purple or melodramatic prose, are significant: vicarious excitement and entrée into a world of imaginary marvels. Howard becomes, as Clute says in his introduction, our "hypnopomp, " our guide into dreams, and we adventure among wonders. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/heroes_in_the_w.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/heroes_in_the_w.shtml book review Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Chasing the Dragon is, as Malachi very nearly puts it at one point, about getting the band back together.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/chasing_the_dra.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/chasing_the_dra.shtml book review Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Boneshaker is good. On a second, I found some nagging doubts just wouldn't go away.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/boneshaker_by_c.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/boneshaker_by_c.shtml book review Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000 The novel's central preoccupation is whether its characters will surrender to narrative destiny, or break free of it. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/avilion_by_robe.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2010/02/avilion_by_robe.shtml book review Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000