Aristotle and the Gun by L. Sprague de Camp

Most time travellers, when they decide to change history for the better, opt to kill Hitler or tweak the American Continue reading →

The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories by Neil Gaiman

Following on from yesterday, here’s an equally disastrous look at a writer’s encounter with Hollywood. While fictional, the main thread Continue reading →

Flowers of Edo by Bruce Sterling

I love how quickly Sterling conjures up an atmosphere of nineteenth-century Japan; you feel like you’re standing in the streets Continue reading →

Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald

At one point Fitzgerald described this story as “a sort of first draft for the Gatsby idea.” And while both 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 →

Freebie Friday: London Bone by Michael Moorcock

It is bone that has been buried for hundreds, thousands of years. The specific blend of soil components in certain Continue reading →

Trouble with Water by Horace L. Gold

As Midas-like curses go, this one is pretty cruel. After insulting a water gnome while out fishing, Greenberg is cursed Continue reading →

The Weight of Obligation by Rex Beach

This story, set during the Klondike Gold Rush, is a quintessential Western about the bond between two men. At the Continue reading →