The Gutter Sees the Light that Never Shines by Alistair Rennie

When it comes to putting labels on movements in fiction, the ‘New Weird’ has always been ill-defined, to the point Continue reading →

Scoring Off Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Jeeves and Wooster was an excellent TV show. Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry not only embodied their parts but had Continue reading →

The Carpetmaker’s Son by Andreas Eschbach

The Carpet Makers is one of my favorite sf books of the last twenty years, and I do not say Continue reading →

A General in the Library by Italo Calvino

This is my 150th recommendation, and it also happens to be this website’s one-year anniversary. And you know what? It’s Continue reading →

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

I read today’s story for the first time only recently, though it had been on my reading list for a Continue reading →

Got a Letter from Jimmy by Shirley Jackson

As a reader I have my biases (who doesn’t), and one of them is that I am often left frustrated Continue reading →

Creating the Innocent Killer by John Kessel

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card has an enormous appeal to teens. Admittedly I’m not one of them, as I Continue reading →

Ender’s Game (novelette) by Orson Scott Card

So, Ender’s Game. I hear there’s a film out. I recall it was an enjoyable little novel, albeit nowhere near Continue reading →