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The Ultimate Guide to New Writers of SF&F
more than 2,000 writers, from 1990 till Now
Ratings, awards, web links
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Collecting Pulp Magazines
Ephemera Interview with Avi Abrams
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Enchanting Victorian Fairy Tale Art
"Then world behind and home ahead..."
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Exceptional British Scifi Artwork from the 1950s
Space Pulp Art by Ron Turner and other British artists
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Pulp Pleasures: Eando Binder
Great space adventure fiction from the 1930s
"Where Eternity Ends" and other rare gems
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Epic Fantasy: the Start of the Journey
Part 2 of our "Best Classic Fantasy" series
incl. works by Henry Kuttner, Tolkien, etc.
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Strange Shadows: Best Classic Fantasy
Fantasy "glitches in the matrix",
...lovely baroque magical lands, and more
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Classic Cyberpunk SF Novels: Reviews
Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, K. W. Jeter, et al
(awesome must-reads)
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10 Possible Sources of "Avatar" in Classic Science Fiction
Going beyond the obvious "Dances with Smurfs"...
(many stories worth reading)
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"Steampunk" Anthology: Full Review
some truly crazed stories in there...
(plus artwork by John Coulthart)
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"Dune", Plus Often-Neglected
Other Novels by Frank Herbert
"Dune", plus some overlooked gems:
"The Santaroga Barrier" and "The Green Brain"
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Universe at Play:
Two Must-Read Novels of the Fantastic
"The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon...
and David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas"
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Two of the Most Entertaining SF Novels from the 1980s
"Vacuum Flowers" by Michael Swanwick...
and Tim Power's "The Anubis Gates", of course!
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"The Body Snatchers" and Other Alien Pods
Fiction by Jack Finney, Vance, Simak and Bloch
mind impostors and emotion imitators
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Exploring the Noir and the Grotesque
Jack O'Connell "The Resurrectionist"
and other newest examples of the bizarre
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Overpopulation, Sex and Sensibility
Robert Silverberg's "The World Inside"
and other classic sf blasts
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H. P. Lovecraft "At the Mountains of Madness"
and other masterpieces of terror
including original illustrations
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"Constellations", edited by Peter Crowther
original anthology, 2005
full review: mind-bending stories
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The Surreal Office
"The Situation", "The Cookie Monster"
Weird fiction by Jeff VanderMeer and Vernor Vinge
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Mind-shattering Novels of
Philip K. Dick
"UBIK", "Now Wait for Last Year", etc.
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Theodore Sturgeon's "More Than Human"
There’s a problem with this new gestalt being:
...it needs a conscience.
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Jack Williamson's "Legion of Space" Series
Classic Space Opera
The ultimate weapon, controlled by a gorgeous woman
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Astounding Stories, August 1934
Jack Williamson, Nat Schachner, "Doc" Smith
Epic space opera gems and horror surprises
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Rare Pulp SF&F, Issue 3
Leigh Brackett, Fritz Leiber, Vic Phillips
Rediscovered gems of wonder & adventure
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William Gibson's Novels
"Pattern Recognition", "Neuromancer"
A Fractured Delight...
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Alfred Bester "The Computer Connection"
"Bester was the mountain, all the rest of us..."
Pyrokinetic writing in one neat package
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Two Novels by Samuel R. Delany
"Nova" and "Babel-17"
New Wave Milestones, and then some.
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Theodore Sturgeon's "The Cosmic Rape"
(and more reviews of his fiction)
Classic SF at its best and most humane
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Travel Distant Worlds!
Vintage Space Travel Posters, and more.
Part 3 of Pulp Sf art series...
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Alastair Reynolds' Epic Novels
"Chasm City" and "Revelation Space"
And it's only the beginning...
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Rare Fantasy Gems by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
Hidden Gems of Pulp Fiction
When two star writers become husband and wife
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Grand Old Times... in the Future
Overview of Pulp Art
A Loudly Lurid Universe of Sci-Fi Illustration
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Exclusive: Interview with Nancy Kress
From High Fantasy to Hard Science Fiction
A Spectrum of Wonder
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Jack Vance
"To Live Forever"
and other Vance extravaganzas
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Alastair Reynolds
"Pushing Ice"
Cosmological "noir" chase across space
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Charles Stross
"Missile Gap"
Mind-bending Cold War world-building
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Hidden Gems of Pulp SF, Part 2
Rare stories from the "Age of Wonder"
incl. David Keller, Horace Gold etc.
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Ultra-Rare Serials from "Fantasy Magazine"
"Cosmos" + "Challenge From Beyond"
incredible line-up of writers
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Hidden Gems of Pulp SF, Part 1
Neat & Rare Stories
incl. the mad rally story "The Racer"
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Astounding Stories, June 1935
Full Issue Review
incl. Gallun, Schachner, Campbell
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Astounding Stories, May 1941
Full Issue Review
incl. Heinlein, Asimov, Eric Frank Russell
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Horace Gold; P. Schuyler Miller
"Apocalyptic Blockbusters"
"Inflexure" and "Spawn", unreal stuff
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Exclusive:
Interview with John C. Wright
Plus his advice to new writers
Adventures in Space & Magic
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Frank Belknap Long
"The Horror from the Hills"
Great Lovecraftian Weird Novella
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Exclusive:
Interview with Jeff VanderMeer
Plus his Recommended Reading List
A Triumph of the Bizarre...and the Rise of Squidpunk
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Alastair Reynolds, Part 2
More "Galactic North" Stories
A Mixture of Hard Sf, James Bond & Jaws...
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Alastair Reynolds Review
"Galactic North"
staring down infinity...
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Most Shocking Article
"Holey Fools" by M. Christian
Warning: Gross Subject Matter
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Alfred Bester Review
"The Stars My Destination"
"...nail it to the Retro Hugo voting board..."
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Larry Niven Review
"Neutron Star"
"better get GP alien ship hull"
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Poul Anderson Review
"Ensign Flandry"
"or how to start a sub-genre..."
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Thomas M. Disch Review
"The Squirrel Cage"
"...seriously mind-bending stuff..."
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Henry Kuttner Review
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (The Last Mimzy)
"...great storyline for a pretty average movie..."
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Robert A. Heinlein Review
"The Moon is the Harsh Mistress"
"...it caused a tooth ache, and put my brain on freeze..."
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Frank Herbert Review
"Destination: Void"
"...a layered cake of ideas and a scientific extrapolation on a genius level..."
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Harlan Ellison Review
"The Abnormals"
"...editors slapped the most outrageous titles on his stories..."
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James White Review
"All Judgement Fled"
"...the tension is palpable, soon to grow almost unbearable..."
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Grand Adventure Strikes Again
Space Opera Article, by Avi Abrams
Based on Arthur Clarke's "Against the Fall of Night"
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William Gibson Review
"Burning Chrome"
"...sheer pyrotechnics and exuberance of style..."
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Murray Leinster Review
"Ace Double: The Mutant Weapon"
"...the characters might as well be cats or hamsters..."
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Astounding Stories, May 1935
Pulp SF Magazine Review
with many original illustrations
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Clifford Simak Review
"So Bright the Vision"
"...Scrumptious assortment of vintage 50s SF morsels..."
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Philip K. Dick Review
"Beyond Lies the Wub"
"...a happy chunk of PKD vintage writing..."
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Startling Stories, July 1940
Pulp SF Magazine Review
with original illustrations
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Astounding Stories, June 1936
Pulp SF Magazine Review
with many original illustrations
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Planet Stories, Summer 1946
Pulp SF Magazine Review
Leigh Brackett joins Ray Bradbury!
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Asimov's SF Magazine, June 2006
New SF Magazine Review
utterly crazy Rudy Rucker story
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Universe 16, ed. by Terry Carr
Original Anthology Review
two SUPER stories in this issue!
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