“The Fist of Memory”, Wole Talabi, October 27, 2026 DAW Books
The Short: I read an advance reader copy of Wole Talabi’s new SF/thriller novel The Fist of Memory, October 27, 2026 DAW Books. It’s a great novel with riveting characters and a breakneck plot,...
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“The Hidden Girl and Other Stories”, Ken Liu, 2020 Saga
The Short: I read The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, Ken Liu, 2020 Saga a few years ago. It includes a good Preface by Ken Liu and eighteen short stories and novelettes, and one excerpt. It’s 412...
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“The Porcelain Sisters”, Daryl Gregory, October 2026 Tachyon
The Short: I loved the horror/comedy novel The Porcelain Sisters, by Daryl Gregory, October 2026 Tachyon. It involves twin sisters, one “real” and one porcelain. Isabel is the porcelain one. Ruth...
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“In Her Exquisite Clutches: A Mystery”, by Auston Habershaw, 2027 Tachyon
The Short: I just read an ARC of In Her Exquisite Clutches: A Mystery, by Auston Habershaw, March 2027 Tachyon. Think obsessive art collecting dragon and her henchman trying to solve the biggest art...
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“The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021” Veronica Roth/John...
The Short: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021, Veronica Roth editor & John Joseph Adams series editor, 2021 Mariner Books, includes twenty works of short speculative fiction, split...
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“FROM THE LAND OF ROBOTS AND GOLEMS: Chronicles of Czech Science Fiction,...
The Short: I attended at least one gathering and several panels relating to science fiction in the Czech Republic at the 2025 Seattle Worldcon. I obtained and read FROM THE LAND OF ROBOTS AND GOLEMS:...
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“Fold Catastrophes”, Peter Watts collection, September 2026 Tachyon
The Short: I just read Fold Catastrophes, a Peter Watts collection, September 2026 Tachyon, which will be available in print and ebook editions. In addition to the eleven works of short fiction (one...
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What the Heck is a “Fix-up Novel” and Why Should I Care?
The Short: A “fix-up novel” is a book made up of previously published, related stories, often including one or more new stories, bridging material, or revisions to make it more coherent. This is an...
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“Letters from an Imaginary Country”, a Theodora Goss collection, 2025 Tachyon...
The short: I finally read the most recent collection by Theodora Goss, “Letters from an Imaginary Country“, 2025 Tachyon Publications. It includes a great Introduction by Jo Walton, sixteen works of...
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“The Best of Kage Baker”, 2012 Subterranean Press
The Short: I finally read The Best of Kage Baker, 2012 Subterranean Press, no editor listed. It’s twenty stories, and comes in at 501 pages. This is a great collection by an author we lost way too...
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“The Big Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy”, Ellen Datlow editor, 2025 Open...
The Short: I just read The Big Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow editor, 2025 Open Road Integrated Media (a re-issue of the 2008 Del Rey/Ballantine The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction...
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The Lydia Duluth stories by Eleanor Arnason
The Short: I love the Lydia Duluth stories by Eleanor Arnason, although they have not been collected yet. Lydia Duluth is a location scout for an interstellar movie company; interesting things happen...
View ArticleIs MyShake Useful?
The Short: In my non-expert but also non-lay opinion, the MyShake app and its underlying ShakeAlert system are useful to me. It is useful and even essential for improving my personal safety in...
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Pride and Prejudice Reverberates
The Short: After reading five pastiches of Jane Austen‘s novel Pride and Prejudice including several works of speculative fiction, I ended up rereading Pride and Prejudice as well for the first time...
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“The Best of Ian McDonald”, 2016 PS Publishing, and a Bit More
The Short: The Best of Ian McDonald, 2016 PS Publishing, came out in two different editions of SF/fantasy/horror, a deluxe edition with twenty-one stories and one with ten stories. My e-book version...
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Is the Golden Age of the Novella Over?
The Short: I continue to think that the novella (17,500 to 40,000 words) is the perfect story length for speculative fiction, and I’m not the only one. Looking at one aspect of how healthy and popular...
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My Water Costs Too Much! What can I do?
I have been seeing more than a few posts recently on Nextdoor (a neighborhood-centric network and social media and whatnot) recently by people in my area who are outraged by how much their water is...
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“Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora”,...
The Short: I finally read Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, Sheree R. Thomas editor, 2000 Aspect/Warner Books. It includes 29 works of short fiction and seven...
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“Uncertain Sons and Other Stories”, by Thomas Ha, 2025 Undertow Publications
The Short: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, by Thomas Ha, 2025 Undertow Publications, is an impressive first collection. My favorites were the great “The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video“, a...
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The Joy of Speculative Fiction by an Author who Really Knows the Setting
I read a lot of speculative fiction which includes settings I know and settings I don’t know, from areas near where I live to galaxies and universes far, far away. I have heard that one of the basic...
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