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Yup. Wells earned his reputation and then some. It’s a gripping yarn and a brutal deconstruction of colonialism, both at full bore. I...

I just finished reading H. G. Wells' 1898 novel (itself a collection of serialized releases) The War of the Worlds, and found it to be...

Bruce Sterling called his book Islands In The Net “cyberstraight” in a lighthearted moment.

CP doesnt always have to be punks from the start. I like the working stiff, cog in the machine, that is thrust into the heart of a...

I love Charles Vess so much. (And yes, Le Guin is amazing and I'm so glad her work got the respectful and gorgeous Vess...

Thanks! I get worried when my tastes seem too popular. :D Seriously, though, very good explanation, and I cannot endorse reading comfort...

Oh, yes, that Earthsea omnibus is such a beautiful book, and a paradigmatic example of Doing It Right.

I didn't think I liked omnibuses until I got my hands on the 50th Anniversary Earthsea omnibus published while Le Guin was still alive...

“Old School” fantasy tends to refer to games tinged with elements of sword and sorcery fiction. These are your games with Conan-like...

I have that anthology from the library, got it the same times as the Lansdale collection I'm working through. The Lansdale is more a...

I love anthologies by multiple authors because it provides short snippets of one author before moving on to someone else. I don’t mind...

Yeah, overload is always a risk with Big Huge Book Of A Thing reading. I usually have at least a couple different things going, like an...

I appreciate big anthologies of short fiction, and I also enjoy collections--especially ones like the one I'm working my way through as...

The only problem is that the megacorps are the ones developing the chrome. I fully expect there will be subscription fees to use "your...

Yeah. If I have to live in a world ruled by megacorporations, I want chrome, choom!