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Urgh. How very unrealistic . I love realism in my speculative fiction, but I am by no means beholden to it. I can enjoy realistic scien...

  Image taken from This Was The Wizard , courtesy of Down The Tubes Eventually Willie Blain became Managing Editor of all of the Thomso...

He and his followers were well armed and accoutered. Some of the men bore coils of rope and grapplinghooks to be employed in the escalad...

... Interesting choice of cover illustration. Since it's C.L. Moore's birthday, I thought I'd talk a wee bit about Jirel. ...

I hadn't had the chance to discuss this new collection of short stories which is just the sort of thing I love, but recent revelati...

The plight of the misunderstood orc Taking a brief time out from my work, I've been having a gander at several things. One was...

I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things ...

Technically speaking, I shouldn't be reading this book, since it isn't out in the UK. However, I just couldn't wait, so I ord...

Ever since Lost Soul Andy introduced me to MrBTongue's series "Tasteful, Understated Nerd Rage" to me, I've been ent...

Courtesy of Black Gate , I came across Lotus' latest write-in poll for The Best Fantasy/Science Fiction works of the 20th and 21st centu...

It's a common argument that I see: science fiction is intellectual, productive, inspirational, innovative, optimistic, and emphasises ev...

Too many of the comparisons between JRRT and GRRM concentrate on the "realism" between the two. Look at this review of A Game of ...

Awesome news: to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary, the folk at Gollancz compiled a list of the 50 best science fiction and fanta...