
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
The Carpet Makers is one of my favorite sf books of the last twenty years, and I do not say Continue reading
I wouldn’t call this a horror story. Granted, there’s something quite unsettling about the titular shortcut, a sense of the Continue reading
Sometimes I finish a collection of stories and I’m at a loss to choose which to talk about, because there Continue reading
Time to admit a heresy. This year I began reading for the first time the sword and sorcery adventures of Continue reading
The previous fantasy I discussed may have gone to odd and surreal places, but it did so one after another Continue reading
Lately I’ve been enjoying Philip Pullman’s new translation/distillation of Grimms’ Fairy Tales, one tale before bed for fifty nights running. Continue reading
My first thought on seeing this was, ‘Aha, I’ve been meaning to read more by the author of The Tourist.‘ Continue reading
When looking for the origins of the sword and sorcery subgenre of fantasy, today’s story is not a bad possibility. Continue reading