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 →

The Tugging by Ramsey Campbell

One of the things Campbell excels at is capturing the atmosphere of a grotty run-down urban environment populated by grey Continue reading →

The Dragons of Probability by Stanislaw Lem

If you like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, there’s a fair chance you’ll like today’s story. First off, this Continue reading →

Reunion by Arthur C. Clarke

The last line of this has been running through my mind these past few weeks. As such, consider yourself warned Continue reading →

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr

Not having been around in the Sixties and Seventies, my only experience of literature from that time is with a Continue reading →

The Sheriff of Chayute by Theodore Sturgeon

Some stories are easier to recommend than others. High concept ones are the best, especially if the high concept is Continue reading →

Two Sadnesses by George Alec Effinger

This comprises two thematically similar stories: one with a thinly disguised version of Winnie the Pooh (here called ‘The Bear’), Continue reading →

Somehow, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Toto by Harlan Ellison

I’d never heard of the TV show ‘The Starlost’ before I found this essay. By Ellison’s account, the show is Continue reading →