SF SiteThe new issue of the SF Site is now online.New Arrivals: compiled by Neil Walsh- December 1, 2007 New arrivals at the SF Site office include the latest from Orson Scott Card, J.V. Jones, Piers Anthony, Charles Stross, as well as forthcoming books from Eric Brown, Chris Roberson, Elizabeth Moon, Gail Z. Martin, and much more.http://www.sfsite.com/books/new261.htm Antediluvian Tales by Poppy Z. Brite- December 1, 2007 Written before Hurricane Katrina, the book is quite slim. But what is striking about these stories is that they are about everyday life events, small epiphanies, sometimes vaguely magical, more often quite mundane. They're all set in and around New Orleans, and most of them are about the Stubbs family, which features heavily in her recent work. It is a book of small thresholds, about how life may change in very small, but irrevocable ways.http://www.sfsite.com/12a/at261.htm The Clone Alliance by Steven L. Kent- December 1, 2007 In the far future, war has broken out across the arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, as the Unified Authority fights against the secessionist Confederate Arms Treaty Organization and the fanatically religious Morgan Atkins Believers (or Mogats). Caught in the middle of this galaxy-wide conflict is former UA soldier and occasional war hero, Waylon Harris, the only Liberator-series clone known to still be alive. Waylon, fully aware of his clone status unlike the millions of other clones populating the..http://www.sfsite.com/12a/ca261.htm Pixar Short Films Collection -- a DVD review by Rick Klaw- December 1, 2007 Before Pixar created their masterpieces like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles, they honed their craft on a series of short animated films. Between 1984 and 1989, the studio produced five shorts: "The Adventures of Andre & Wally B." (1984) -- technically this film was made when they were just a division of Lucas Films, "Luxo Jr." (1986) -- the source of Pixar's lamp logo, "Red's Dream" (1987), "Tin Toy" (1988) -- the first completely CG film to win an Oscar, and "Knick Knack" (1989).http://www.sfsite.com/12a/px261.htm Electric Velocipede 10- December 1, 2007 Tim Akers gets the magazine off to a strong start with "A Walking of Crows," a murder mystery set in a mechanical world: young Jeremy travels to the city to find out who would want to kill his scientist father and destroy his work -- and why -- but soon finds himself in over his head. There is some wonderfully vivid imagery, such as the extended description of the city of Veridon as well as more subtle touches, such as the use of organic metaphors where we might use mechanical ones. What's...http://www.sfsite.com/12a/ev261.htm Babylon 5.1: TV reviews by Rick Norwood- December 1, 2007 Rick has some thoughts on the new season's TV series, particularly Heroes and Journeyman. He also gives us a list of SF on TV in December.http://www.sfsite.com/columns/rick261.htm Scales by Anthony G. Williams- December 1, 2007 Journalist Matt Johnson is beavering away one evening in his study, when a mysterious buzzing noise fills the room. Shortly thereafter an explosion destroys the building. When he wakes up in hospital it becomes clear that some time has passed, and his life has been radically altered. Upon arrival for treatment, he was suffering from severe and extensive burns, and was not expected to live. But Johnson's body has been repairing itself, rebuilding him from the inside out.http://www.sfsite.com/12a/sc261.htm New Writings in the Fantastic edited by John Grant- December 1, 2007 As stated in the introduction, the book tries to show "the full scope of what the literature of the fantastic can do" by assembling an impressive amount of brand new short stories (forty-one, to be precise) by both well known authors and newcomers. According to the editor, the reader is bound to fall in love at first sight with some stories and to hate other pieces because they are "uncomfortable, edgy, even outright offensive." Indeed.http://www.sfsite.com/12a/nw261.htm Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley- December 1, 2007 In a USA that is not our own, they have invented a device known as the Turing Gate, which allows people to pass between parallel worlds. But the powers that be in this USA were horrified to discover that other Americas were not as powerful as they were. There were Americas under fascist rule or communist rule or dissolved into anarchies, there is even one strangely familiar USA filled with peaceniks who have brought down President Nixon. Into these different Americas an analogue of the CIA...http://www.sfsite.com/12a/co261.htm Kaleidotrope, Issue 3, October 2007- December 1, 2007 This is another small 'zine, physically resembling for example Electric Velocipede: 8.5" by 14" paper folded and saddle-stitched, with cardboard covers. It features quite a few stories, but most of them quite short, and a large selection of poems. There is also an article about Doctor Who, and a parody horoscope column, and lots of art, including a comic strip.http://www.sfsite.com/12a/ka261.htm |