SF SiteThe new issue of the SF Site is now online.Goblin Hero by Jim C. Hines- July 16, 2007 Okay, so there's a call out for a great hero to come and do some vastly needed heroic deed-work. What have you got A small, runty goblin who is nearsighted, haunted by a minor and totally forgotten god. A big, bone-headed goblin named Braf whose personality is limited. A fat, whiny goblin named Veka who is a reject even in the goblin world. A wizened, crabby, nasty old goblin named Grell who used to diaper goblin brats ...and assorted hobgoblins, ogres, dragons, snakes, and other monsters.http://www.sfsite.com/07b/gh252.htm Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks- July 16, 2007 Water Logic, the third in the Elemental Logic series, follows the trials and efforts of a reluctant leader, Karis, and her eccentric and mis-matched self-made family as they try to bring peace to a land and people long stricken with war. She and her family of friends are all blessed (or cursed, as the view might be taken) with elemental magic -- air, water, earth, fire -- each of which has a different way of working and a different way of connecting with the world around them.http://www.sfsite.com/07b/wl252.htm The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2007- July 16, 2007 The cover story is "The Master Miller's Tale" by Ian R. MacLeod, which takes place in the "Aether" universe of his novels The Light Ages and The House of Storms. For the uninitiated, the story has no direct connection to the plots of either novel beyond the general setting, so no need to fear getting lost among unfamiliar references. It covers the themes of the novels in which conflict is rooted in the inevitable cultural upheavals -- for better or worse -- wrought by scientific advancement.http://www.sfsite.com/07b/fsf252.htm Skunk: A Love Story by Justin Courter- July 16, 2007 Don't get put off by the idea of a Casper Milquetoast-type narrator who becomes addicted to skunk musk (the smell reminds him of the beer his alcoholic late mother favored) and finds love with a brilliant marine biologist who has bioengineered a solution for global warming and just happens to have a fetish of her own for the smell of fish. Odd, yes, but no more so than the oddity of most human attraction.http://www.sfsite.com/07b/sk252.htm Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard- July 1, 2007 The military gear of the near-future setting hasn't moved too far from the basics. Assault weapons cable into backpack processors which project range data onto helmet-mounted screens. Army-issue amphetamines have been replaced by fast-acting combat drugs like "samurai" that can make any soldier feel like Superman. The twist is the existence of Psicorps, a project born of New Age philosophy and more than a little Cold War paranoia. Psicorps' job is to identify and exploit potential psychic...http://www.sfsite.com/07a/ld251.htm Three Magazines: First Issues- July 1, 2007 Rich sees a lot of SFFantasy magazines, and it seems new ones are coming along all the time. Here are the first issues of three different -- indeed, very different -- magazines. He thought to do a bit of compare and contrast. To begin with, the look and feel of each publication is different.http://www.sfsite.com/07a/mz251.htm Emperor by Stephen Baxter- July 1, 2007 Spanning the reigns of emperors Claudius, Hadrian, and Constantinople, the Prophecy ties the descendents of Agrippina, Nectovelin's niece, together through the ages, even when they have apparently lost all connection to each other. Each generation also has its own way of looking at the Prophecy, true to their own period of time, but not necessarily to the Prophecy itself.http://www.sfsite.com/07a/em251.htm Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning- July 1, 2007 MacKayla Lane Mac tends bar, paints her nails, wears a lot of bright colours, and doesn't think too deeply. Until her sister is murdered while studying in Dublin, Ireland. Mac decides that the Irish police have not tried hard enough to find the killer. Crossing the Atlantic, she sets about the daunting task of uncovering the truth about her sibling's brutal demise. Almost immediately, she finds herself neck deep in a world where ancient and lethal magic is vying with other local parties to find.http://www.sfsite.com/07a/da251.htm The Game by Diana Wynne Jones- July 1, 2007 Hayley Foss is an orphan living in London with her Grandparents. Her Grandma is a stickler for rules, and hardly ever even lets Hayley out of the house. When Hayley meets a curious pair of musicians she calls Flute and Fiddle on an excursion with the maid, her Grandma goes ape, and sends Hayley off to the family castle in Ireland. There she meets a grand assortment of cousins and aunts -- though oddly enough no uncles.http://www.sfsite.com/07a/ga251.htm New Arrivals: compiled by Neil Walsh- July 1, 2007 The month of June brought a great many new and forthcoming titles to our doorstep. Some of the highlights include the latest from Dave Duncan, Scott Lynch, Juliet Marillier, Adam Roberts, Eric Brown, Richard K. Morgan, Bruce Boston, Tom Piccirilli, Michael A. Stackpole, as well as sneak previous of forthcoming works from Michael Swanwick, Terry Brooks, Robin McKinley, Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden, Allen Steele, and Ursula Le Guin. Plus plenty more besides!http://www.sfsite.com/books/new251.htm |