Category Archives: News and Other SFF-Related Ramblings

Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and Gregory Benford

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Today Tor.com posted the third installment in my Talking With Tom series, which covers a series of conversations between Tor Publisher Tom Doherty and some of the authors he’s worked with over the years. In this post, Tom Doherty chats … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: In the Company of Thieves by Kage Baker

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Oh my. Look what I just spotted on Kathleen Bartholomew’s blog: In the Company of Thieves, a brand new collection of Company stories by Kage Baker. From Tachyon Publications’ site: The employees of Dr. Zeus Incorporated travel through (and meddle … Continue reading →

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Speculative Fiction 2012, edited by Justin Landon and Jared Shurin

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

As you may know, Justin Landon (of Staffer’s Book Review) and Jared Shurin (of Pornokitsch) have been working on a collection of the best genre-related non-fiction content published on the web in 2012. The book, called Speculative Fiction 2012, just … Continue reading →

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Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and Harriet McDougal

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Today Tor.com posted the second installment in my Talking With Tom series, which covers a series of conversations between Tor Books Publisher Tom Doherty and some of the authors he’s worked with over the years. In this article, Tom Doherty … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: The Alteration by Kingsley Amis

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Yes, I know doing a Lookin’ Good post for a novel that was originally published more than 35 years ago may seem a bit odd, but the forthcoming new edition of The Alteration by Kingsley Amis looks just lovely. This novel, … Continue reading →

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Excellent deal on The Mongoliad right now!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

I don’t do these kinds of posts very often, but this is just too timely: if you’re a Neal Stephenson fan like me but were holding out for the final book of The Mongoliad (the amazing alt-history Stephenson created with … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: Speculative Fiction 2012

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

I usually don’t do cover reveals on this blog, but in this case I’ll make an exception because this book is, well, something special. Last year, Justin Landon (of the excellent Staffer’s Book Review) and Jared Shurin (one of the … Continue reading →

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Lookin’ Good: Unstuck #2

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Unstuck is an independent, nonprofit annual magazine edited by Matt Williamson. The term “magazine” may be a bit misleading here: with one issue per year, and each issue looking like a gorgeous trade paperback comprised of hundreds of pages of … Continue reading →

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Far Beyond Reality’s Best of 2012

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

A few weeks ago, each Tor.com reviewer was asked to put together a list of our three favorite books of the past year. After long hemming and hawing (I get a bit obsessive when I’m put on the spot and … Continue reading →

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Amazing Janny Wurts Kindle deals!

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

Regular readers of this site may know that I’m a huge Janny Wurts fan, and that I consider her Wars of Light and Shadow series one of the most criminally under-appreciated fantasy series around. So, here’s the deal.  I don’t … Continue reading →

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