Sorry the blog’s been quiet! Not because nothing’s been going on… just that it’s been going on in other forums. One day I’ll get around to updating the bibliography and other pages, but in the meantime they’re like a peek back. Hard to believe the first posts are nearly 10 years old, moved here when I switched to WordPress all the way back in 2008!
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- New Treasures: Worlds Long Lost edited by Christopher Ruocchio and Sean CW KorsgaardWorlds Long Lost (Baen Books, December 6, 2022). Cover by Bob Eggleton Baen Books has published some terrific anthologies recently. Christopher Ruocchio (The Sun Eater series) has had a particularly fine run, with over half a dozen to his credit, most with Baen senior editor Hank Davis — including Space Pioneers, Cosmic Corsairs, and Time Troopers — or Tony […]
- NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY Magazine Launches!Last October, Michael Harrington hosted an interview with Oliver Brackenbury on Black Gate; Brackenbury is the editor and champion of the New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine. That post coincided with the release of the teaser Issue #0 including short fiction & non-fiction (free in digital format, or priced at cost on Amazon Print-on-Demand, through the […]
- Goth Chick News: “Crypt” Notes to Begin 2023Knock at the Cabin (Universal Pictures, February 3) We are a month into the new year and yet here I am writing my first post of 2023. This is the longest hiatus I have ever taken from Black Gate since beginning my tenure quite some time ago, but I have a good excuse. I recently returned from nearly a month on safari in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Sout […]
- Future Treasures: High Noon on Proxima B edited by David BoopHigh Noon on Proxima B (Baen, February 7, 2023). Cover by Dominic Harman Nobody out there is doing anthologies like David Boop. He started in 2017 with the Weird Western Straight Outta Tombstone (2017), which proved popular enough that he followed up with two more, Straight Outta Deadwood (2019) and Straight Outta Dodge City (2020). Last year he packed up hi […]
- The Compelling Narratives of Video GamesMy love of gaming is well known amongst my friends and friendly acquaintances, and has since before I could afford my first console. In news that would surprise absolutely no one, my preference has always been for narrative games; where the story plays as much a role in the gaming experience as any tests of skill or intellect. The best games for me strike a […]
- The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes – Shelfies (#2)If you saw this post, you know that I found a kinda cool group over on Reddit. And it wasn’t LotR_on_Prime – yeesh. R/bookshelf is a subreddit where people post their shelfies. With over 2,000 books on 90-ish shelves/cubes, that appealed to me! I started with my Jack Higgins shelf, and then my Clive Cussler one. I’ve done a couple fantasy shelves, but mostly […]
- Galactic Real Estate, Revolutions, and an Uplifted Moose: The Terraformers by Annalee NewitzThe Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Tor Books, January 31, 2023) On the one hand, The Terraformers is full of great characters, solid science, and socio-political conflict, with enough action to move things along and keep you turning pages to the end. On the other, it’s not actually about terraforming and it’s told in 3 novellas set hundreds of years apart w […]
- Vintage Treasures: The New Hugo Winners, Volume III and IV, presented by Connie Willis and Gregory BenfordThe New Hugo Winners, Volume III and Volume IV (Baen, and May 1994 and November 1997). Covers by Bob Eggleton The Hugo Winners, Volume I and Volume II, edited by Isaac Asimov and collected in one big omnibus by the Science Fiction Book Club in 1972, was one of the top-selling science fiction books of the 70s, and Volume III (1977) was gladly received by read […]
- From the Library of Terry Carr: Here’s Your Chance to Own a Piece of Science Fiction HistoryA few of the (mostly new) Terry Carr anthologies I bought on eBay for $3 each Terry Carr is widely respected today, nearly four decades after his death, for his legendary work as a science fiction editor. He assembled some 70 anthologies in a career spanning over twenty years, including the highly respected Universe series (17 volumes), Fantasy Annual (five […]
- New Treasures: HellSans by Ever DundasHellSans by Ever Dundas (Angry Robot, October 11, 2022). Covers by Kate Cromwell One thing I’ll say about science fiction and fantasy: there’s always room for an audacious idea. And that pretty much describes HellSans, the science fiction debut by Scottish writer Ever Dundas, about a font that triggers euphoria — or agony. Publishers Weekly calls it “Wildly […]
- New Treasures: Worlds Long Lost edited by Christopher Ruocchio and Sean CW Korsgaard
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