SF SiteThe new issue of the SF Site is now online.Dreamsongs by George R.R. Martin- October 1, 2007 What you get here is a whistle stop tour through the author's career, from fanboy to a best-selling author, who has been called the American Tolkien. Perhaps that is an unfair comparison. Tolkien was a crusty old codger, who kept rarefied company, and wrote his master-work as an academic exercise. Whereas Martin has always been in close touch with the needs of his audience, and the real world. Fortunately for that audience, he is also in close touch with umpteen imagined worlds.http://www.sfsite.com/10a/ds257.htm Shatterday by Harlan Ellison- October 1, 2007 The problem with reading a collection by Harlan Ellison is the introductions. Pages of them, not just to the book, but to each individual story. These are remarkable creations, constructing a character who is aggressive, self-aggrandising, self-deprecating, vain. It doesn't take long to become tired of the way any stranger who doesn't immediately understand the Ellison ego in its every weird contortion is casually labelled a "feep."http://www.sfsite.com/10a/sd257.htm Never The Bride and Something Borrowed by Paul Magrs- October 1, 2007 Everyone living in Whitby has a secret. A small English coastal resort it may be, but it is also hides some strange and curious people. For starters, there's Mrs Claus, the maniacal owner of the Christmas Hotel -- a place where they're perpetually celebrating Christmas for the hordes of coach parties and local pensioners. Then there's Mr Danby, the owner of the spookily named Deadly Boutique, where beauty and youthful looks come at a high price. And don't forget Effie, the old lady at the Junk..http://www.sfsite.com/10a/pm257.htm The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant- October 1, 2007 Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is a small press zine begun in 1996 by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant. The original issue had a print run of only twenty-six copies. Over the next decade, the print run grew larger and larger and the 'zine's reputation grew as well, publishing the works of such major authors as Jay Lake, Devon Monk, Bruce McAllister, Benjamin Rosenblum, Carol Emshwiller, and others.http://www.sfsite.com/10a/ |