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Friday read! “The Traditional” by Maria Dahvana Headley
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
Friday Read! “The Migratory Patterns of Dancers” by Katherine Sparrow
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
Friday read! “Searching for Save Leia” by Sandra McDonald
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
Friday read! “Hwang’s Billion Brilliant Daughters” by Alice Sola Kim
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
Friday read! “Cup and Table” by Tim Pratt
“Cup and Table” is my favorite of Tim Pratt’s stories–and it has a lot of competition. To explain how much competition, let me tell an anecdote about the audio magazine I used to edit, PodCastle. I was no longer on … Continue reading → Continue reading
Friday Read! “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu is one of the most gorgeous, surprising and strange stories I’ve ever read. Some stories just seem to wing free of convention, to follow an unexpected trail to something excitingly … Continue reading → Continue reading
Friday Fiction Recommendation: “Marsh Gods” by Ann Leckie
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
2015 Science Fiction and Fantasy Graphic Novel Recommendations, part four: Summary
In the previous three parts, I recommended my favorite SFF graphic novels that were published in 2015. Follow the links to read those five reviews (and also cover art and a sample page from each book). First, I reviewed The … Continue reading
Favorite Fiction Recommendation: “Magic in a Certain Slant of Light”
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
2015 Science Fiction and Fantasy Graphic Novel Recommendations, Part 3: Crossed + One Hundred, and, Stand Still, Stay Silent
Previously, I reviewed The Sculptor and Beautiful Darkness, and then Curveball and Nimona. There’s also a summary post, including my list of notable SFF graphic novels of 2015. Crossed + One Hundred, by Alan Moore and Gabriel Andrade. Although he … Continue reading