Category: SF

Every genre reviewer in the world seems to be raving about Charles Yu’s How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, so I picked it up for Hugo nomination consideration. I’m about a third of the way into it, now, and to be honest, it’s kind of bugging me. There are some good bits,… Continue reading Recent Fiction Reading

The first rule of Short Story Club is that you must talk about Short Story Club… So, the Short Story Club run by Niall Harrison over at Torque Control is finished, and Niall’s asking for concluding thoughts. I meant to write this up last night, but SteelyKid had a major meltdown just before bedtime, so… Continue reading Short Story Club Wrap-Up

The final Short Story Club story is “Throwing Stones” by Mishell Baker. Once again, I find myself without a whole lot to say about it. This is a gender-reversed Asian-flavored fantasy story. The nameless narrator lives in a city with canals and teahouses in an Empire with rigid class and gender roles, a writing system… Continue reading Short Story Club: “Throwing Stones” by Mishell Baker

I just realized that I haven’t posted anything about this week’s Short Story Club entry, “Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory” by Paul M. Berger.This is largely because I don’t have a great deal to say about it. This is another “After the magic apocalypse” story, only this time the… Continue reading Short Story Club: “Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory” by Paul M. Berger

This week’s Short Story Club story is “The Heart of a Mouse” by K. J. Bishop, from Subterranean Press (which means I’m faintly surprised not to have to pay $15 for it). I recognize Bishop’s name, and think I have a copy of The Etched City upstairs that I’ve never gotten around to reading, but… Continue reading Short Story Club: “The Heart of a Mouse” by K. J. Bishop

This week’s Short Story Club entry is a Tor.com story, “The Cage” by A. M. Dellamonica. This is a story about a general contractor and the Most Adorable Werewolf Pupppy Ever. In the world of the story, supernatural monsters are “out,” known to the general public (though I don’t think it mentions anything other than… Continue reading Short Story Club: “The Cage,” by A. M. Dellamonica

This week’s short story club entry is Carol Emshwiller’s “No Time Like the Present,” a sort of timeless time-travel story. It’s narrated by a teenage girl in an unnamed town somewhere in the US whose town sees a sudden influx of tall blond people who behave very oddly. While it’s pretty obvious to the reader… Continue reading Short Story Club: “No Time Like the Present” by Carol Emshwiller

I missed last week’s installment of Short Story Club while traveling, but want to get caught up again with this week’s story, “Miguel and the Viatura.” I’m not sure this will be posted in time to get into the discussion post, but we’ll see. The title character, Miguel, lives in a future city that is… Continue reading Short Story Club: “Miguel and the Viatura” by Eric Gregory

I’m way, way behind the discussion of this week’s story, but having read it, I thought I’d post a couple of comments. This will be short, because there isn’t a lot to say. This is a sort of alternate Christianity story, a story in which Jesus gave in to the temptations offered by the devil… Continue reading Short Story Club: “Second Journey of the Magus” by Ian R MacLeod