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Recent ReviewsThe Bone Spindle by Anne Sheldon 03 February 2012 Anne Sheldon's The Bone Spindle collects fourteen short pieces, mostly poetry, on the subject of women and the cloth-making arts: spinning, weaving and knitting. Each piece responds to a story—usually a fairy tale, though Sheldon also engages with Dickens, a history of textiles and an overheard story from the University of Chicago. The result is a book whose form expresses its content: it feels woven, with various story-threads combined into whole cloth. Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru 01 February 2012 I would rather have a novel that continues to unfold its meanings rather than one which has a clear, unambiguous narrative thread, and Gods Without Men undoubtedly satisfies that need. The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge 30 January 2012 Children is a vast tapestry of political manipulation, but does it deliver the same scope, and the same bangs, as its predecessor? By Light Alone by Adam Roberts 27 January 2012 Roberts is a deeply self-aware—and self-reflexive—satirist, who seeks to challenge and even alienate as much as he does to entertain. It is not so much that he doesn't take his own characters and stories seriously, but rather that he is deeply invested in the project of deconstructing them before our eyes. I, Robot: To Protect by Mickey Zucker Reichert 25 January 2012 Numerous authors have developed Asimov's Robot/Foundation universe over the last two decades, with varying degrees of success. The selling point of this first volume in a new trilogy is that it takes us back to the early days of Susan Calvin. 23 January 2012 One of the most invigorating aspects of a Kennedy story is that you can start on page one confident only in the knowledge that you have no idea of where this writer is going to take you. Cloud Permutations by Lavie Tidhar 20 January 2012 Cloud Permutations is fascinating and infuriating because it is about its own failure to tell its story. All Men of Genius by Lev A. C. Rosen 18 January 2012 Rosen is interested in the small events: getting accepted to your dream school, choosing what to wear, first love. And he is interested in the small players of Victorian times: women, servants, unknown scientists in basements. American Horror Story, Season 1 16 January 2012 If it had jokes, American Horror Story would be a situation comedy, albeit one with rape, torture, vivisection, and massacre. Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan 13 January 2012 Michael J. Sullivan is that rare beast, a man who self-published six books to moderate financial success, and parlayed that success into a deal with a major publisher. As of this writing, I want to hunt down every single soul associated with the decision to give this series the imprimatur of a major publishing house and rub their noses in it like a bad puppy. Further Conflicts, edited by Ian Whates 11 January 2012 Further Conflicts does not attempt to define a genre or make any particular point about war or the way war is dealt with in SF, but rather to allow its thirteen authors to ring the changes on war as theme, setting, and subject matter. 09 January 2012 Hull Zero Three is further proof that Bear is one of the best writers of science fiction out there. The Highest Frontier by Joan Slonczewski 06 January 2012 The Highest Frontier takes the experience of college and amplifies it, transforming a campus into a place where young minds have to use their privileged position to try and figure out how to save the world. Literally. View older reviews in our Archive, thanks to the kindness of our authors who allow us to keep their material online. |
