Feature: The Wonder Spyglass

Restrospective reviews of Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Avi Abrams

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• The Wonder Spyglass 4: Nuclear "Free-for-All" and The Battle of the Sexes - SF from the Seventies

  John Varley explores nuclear terrorism threat, Barrington Bayley goes Victorian again, James Tiptree has nothing "James-like" about her.

  Review by Avi Abrams — on Nov 06, 2006

• The Wonder Spyglass 3: Wooden Spaceships and Carnivorous Cars - SF from the Eighties

  Bob Shaw sends his Victorian scientists into space in wooden spaceships; Michael Shea creates marvelous countryside fantasy in his neglected masterpiece.

  Review by Avi Abrams — on Nov 05, 2006

• The Wonder Spyglass 2: David Langford, Allen Steele, and other SF from the Nineties

  David Langford's entry in the Father Brown series; Allen Steele continues the saga of Captain Future with somewhat mixed results.

  Review by Avi Abrams — on Nov 03, 2006

• The Wonder Spyglass I: "The Cookie Monster" by Vernor Vinge; story reviews from Sci Fiction Online

  Office Space meets The Matrix in a quirky Vernor Vinge masterpiece. Plus a Victorian steampunk mystery ...

  Review by Avi Abrams — on Nov 02, 2006