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Book Review: The Man Who Found Zero: Early Science Fiction and Weird Fantasy from The Black Cat, 1896-1915
A collection of often brilliant science fiction published between 1895-1915.
Read More »Book Review: Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Ben Loory
Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day might be the best collection of wonder and amazement I have ever read.
Read More »Book Review: The Vintage Book of American Women Writers, Edited by Elaine Showalter
It can be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates good writing regardless of its source.
Read More »Book Review: The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville
Linked collection of short stories examines the complexity of contemporary life from the inside out.
Read More »An Interview With Jennifer Egan, Author of A Visit from the Goon Squad
"I think the genre it most closely resembles is a '70s concept album like Quadrophenia or Tommy or Ziggy Stardust…"
Read More »Book Review: The Best of Adventure, Volume 1 (1910-1912), Edited by Doug Ellis
For anyone looking for some Adventure, this book is a great place to start.
Read More »Book Review: My Mother She Killed Me; My Father He Ate Me, Edited by Kate Bernheimer
There are still rewards beyond our wildest imagining awaiting us out in the world — we only have to open our eyes to see them.
Read More »Book Review: Agents of Treachery, Edited by Otto Penzler
Engaging stories filled with characters equally as compelling as their plots.
Read More »Book Review: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
It is hard to find someone to like in the novella; the protagonist is a cross between Dickens's Miss Havisham and Faulkner's Benjy Compson.
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