Baby Doll by Johanna Sinisalo

It’s a common lament that childhood is increasingly fleeting, that all too soon children become aware of the sexualized world. Continue reading →

The Long Sheet by William Sansom

By this point you might have noticed that I’m fond of high concept stories, of big glittering ideas that would Continue reading →

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (part 2)

If you haven’t read part one, that would be a sensible place to start. When we left, Gurgeh was on Continue reading →

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (part 1)

Today I’m going to break my own rules. You see, at the time of writing Iain Banks has recently died. Continue reading →

The Moon Moth by Jack Vance

A couple of years ago I was at the Readercon convention listening to a panel on fantasy, where one of Continue reading →

Shylock on the Neva by Gary Shteyngart

I love science fiction like this: describing life in a world with substantially different values and assumptions, and it’s all Continue reading →