Short Story Break: Lackey & Bull

The Enemy of My Enemy by Mercedes Lackey Part of the Fiddler Fair anthology Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Baen (March 1, 1998) ISBN-13: 978-0671878665 With no true main character, The Enemy of My Enemy is a glimpse into the world of Robert Adam’s “Horseclans” series from the viewpoint of one of fantasy’s most prolific author. [...]

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Short Story Break: Butler and Bradley

New weekly feature: Every Wednesday I’ll review two short stories from two different authors. This week’s short stories are: Amnesty by Octavia E. Butler Part of the Bloodchild and Other Stories anthology Paperback: 145 pages Publisher: Seven Stories Press (July 1, 2003) ISBN-13: 978-1888363364 Noah Cannon is the survivor of alien abduction. She not only [...]

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Tides from the New Worlds: In Orbite Medievali

Tides from the New Worlds: In Orbite Medievali by Tobias Buckell Installment 9 In Orbite Medievali is based on the idea that the Earth is not, in fact, round. What would have happened to the voyage of Christopher Columbus if the world were flat? This is an idea I haven’t read before, and it really [...]

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Tides from the New Worlds: Her

Tides from the New Worlds: Her by Tobias Buckell Installment 8 Her is a surreal work, combining science fiction and magical realism in a way that is incredibly unsettling and mind-bending. We follow a high ranking bureaucrat as he handles the ins and outs of working and living on a giant floating woman in space. [...]

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Tides from the New Worlds: The Shackles of Freedom

Tides from the New Worlds: The Shackles of Freedom by Tobias Buckell with Mike Resnick Installment 7 In the theme that seems to be emerging, I see Buckell questioning preconceptions and trying to stretch the stories covered in speculative fiction. The Shackles of Freedom is one such story. A modern doctor, (and by modern we’re [...]

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