Reviewer and writer Steven Silver announces:
William Sanders has announced that the Hugo-nominated on-line sf magazine Helix SF will cease publication following its tenth issue (which will be online beginning on October 1). Sanders has said that part of the reason was the magazine’s “ongoing failure to develop a broad base of support.”
For those of you [...]
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Helix is dead
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Helix, racism, sf on September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
REVIEW: K.J. Parker, the Engineering Trilogy, Books I and II
Posted in reviews, tagged books, engineering trilogy, fantasy, fiction, K.J. Parker, reviews, science fiction, sf, vaatzes on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For a cast of characters, see my earlier review of Engineering Trilogy Book I, Devices and Desires.
If you listen to K.J. Parker’s characters, the ruin of the world is the myth of eternal passionate love. Valens is cursed by it. Miel Ducas is cursed by it. Ziani Vaatzes is cursed by it, and [...]
REVIEW (SPOILERS): Devices and Desires, Engineer Trilogy Book I
Posted in reviews, tagged books, fantasy, reviews, sf on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I go to the bookstore, I hit more or less in order: the new releases to scour for people’s promising looking first novels, the science fiction/fantasy section, the science magazines, and the “We recommend” section. When I first saw this book, it was in the “We recommend” section.
The first sentence was laughably, unbearably bad; [...]
