Category Archives: Recommended Reading

I’m a big fan of science fiction that takes vivid, strange images into the future. I think, actually, I always have — and if you look at a lot of classic SF, that’s what it’s doing. That’s obvious when reading … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In a future where birds are extinct, genetically modified men take their motorcycles around the country to perform dances that remind people of the migrations that once took place. Katherine Sparrow is one of my classmates from Clarion West 2005, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sandra McDonald is one of my favorite working short story writers. Her humor is often both warm *and* sly, her satires sharp but empathetic. She has some amazing funny and irreverant stories about drag queen astronauts and sexy robot cowboys, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One man watches the world evolve as he passes, sleep by sleep, into the future, trailing after his generations of descendants. I really like this story and its strange futures. It isn’t taking itself seriously as a prognosticator. Rather, it’s talking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Of course, I am fond of a great deal of Ann’s work, but I have a special place in my heart for “Marsh Gods.” It’s simple, but evocative and smart, and it has a diatryma skull in it. A diatryma … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I met Deborah Coates when I was in graduate school at the University of Iowa. She and I were in a writers group together with a lot of other people. We called it Dragons of the Corn. Deb writes beautiful … Continue reading → Continue reading →