What This Story Needs is a Giant Gorilla by Darrell Schweitzer

What makes a story an enduring classic? Schweitzer approaches this from the other direction by looking at one that is Continue reading →

Nobody’s Home by Joanna Russ

Readers are easily lost when presented with a busy and unfamiliar setting. Russ succeeds admirably by concentrating on the comings Continue reading →

Turpentine by Barry N. Malzberg

I am nowhere near old enough to remember the USA student riots of the 1960s. What little I know comes Continue reading →

Settler’s Wall by Robert A.W. Lowndes

In the countryside near Flagstaff, Maine, there is a wall ten feet high, dull, and has been there for as Continue reading →

Silly Novels by Lady Novelists by George Eliot

Bad reviews are usually more fun to read than good ones, especially if the reviewer doesn’t mince words and comprehensively Continue reading →

The Distributor by Richard Matheson

A newcomer moves into a quiet suburb. He goes to the eight nearest houses and greets the families. There are Continue reading →

Let’s Play King by Sinclair Lewis

Terry Tait is a famous child actor in Hollywood. His overbearing mother will do anything to improve his career, and Continue reading →

The Only Death in the City by C.J. Cherryh

In an unchanging city in the far future people have perfected remembering their past lives, to the extent that one Continue reading →