SF SiteThe new issue of the SF Site is now online.The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds- August 1, 2007 Here, the author takes us back to the universe he has explored in most of his writing career, starting in Revelation Space and continuing through to Absolution Gap, plus a collection, Galactic North. The Prefect takes place earlier than any of the other novels, and is set in the Glitter Band, a collection of over one hundred thousand habitats orbiting in the same system as the planet Yellowstone. It's a near Golden Age for the Glitter Band, but something is amiss and all life may be in jeopardy.http://www.sfsite.com/08a/tp253.htm New Arrivals compiled by Neil Walsh- August 1, 2007 Highlights among our latest new arrivals include new and forthcoming works from Harry Turtledove, Brain Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Paul McAuley, Patricia Bray, Robert Rankin, as well as a (semi-)posthumous sequel to Van Vogt's classic Slan.http://www.sfsite.com/books/new253.htm Thirteen by Richard Morgan- August 1, 2007 In the near future, humanity has to deal with the fallout of the gung-ho genetic engineering in the past few decades, which produced several varieties of humankind. One of these, variant Thirteen, is an atavistic offshoot bred for war purposes and prone to violence and paranoia. Carl Marsalis is a variant Thirteen who makes a living by hunting down other Thirteens who have illegally re-migrated to earth from the Martian colonies. When the Thirteen Merrin returns from Mars and starts a bloody...http://www.sfsite.com/08a/tt253.htm Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin- August 1, 2007 One can hardly imagine a world which would come closer to Hell than a world in which, as the chilling back-blurb of Voices has it, "...the conquerors of this city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death." Plunging a young heroine into this terrifying milieu, the author uses the passions and fears and the waking wonder of the girl called Memer to shape a story which wakes the wonder in her readers, too -- and in some ways rouses us all to stand up against horror and...http://www.sfsite.com/08a/vo253.htm Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner- August 1, 2007 Out of nowhere, sixteen-year-old Katherine Talbert is made an offer, by her uncle, the Mad Duke Tremontaine, to cancel all debts and even to help the family out of poverty, if Katherine consents to live with him in the city (and eventually in the underworld area called Riverside, which serves as synecdoche for the city) for six months and train with the sword. Of course she's going to take the offer -- despite the fact that young ladies do not have anything to do with swords.http://www.sfsite.com/08a/ps253.htm The Last Mimzy Stories by Henry Kuttner- August 1, 2007 In contradiction to the slightly misleading title, "Mimsy Were The Borogroves," is the only story here that has any connection to The Last Mimzy movie. Happily this is no handicap, as the book collects seventeen mostly unconnected works, all of which are rich in entertainment value. Ray Bradbury, who writes the introduction, describes Henry Kuttner as "a man who shaped science-fiction and fantasy in its most important years." Kuttner, who died in 1958, was a writer's writer, whose prolific...http://www.sfsite.com/08a/lm253.htm Postscripts Magazine: by Volume -- compiled by Rodger Turner- August 1, 2007 In the spring of 2004, PS Publishing launched a new magazine called Postscripts. Originally, the magazine was to be digest-sized featuring about 60,000 words of fiction, a guest editorial, book reviews, and the occasional non-fiction article in each issue. Fiction includes SF, fantasy, horror, and crimesuspense. The book is produced in two formats: numbered, limited edition in hard cover signed by all contributors and a perfect bound paper cover version.http://www.sfsite.com/lists/ps-volume01.htm Aurealis 37- August 1, 2007 The latest issue of this long-running Australian magazine is edited by Stephen Higgins and Michael Pryor. It features an editorial by Higgins, a science article by Patricia O'Neill about our food habits, and potential alien food habits, and two review columns (SF reviewed by Bill Congreve, Fantasy by Kate Forsyth). And seven stories.http://www.sfsite.com/08a/au253.htm Masters of Science Fiction 1: A Clean Escape- August 1, 2007 The first episode of Masters of Science Fiction, a long delayed anthology show which is finally scheduled to have four episodes aired on ABC in August, is an adaptation of John Kessel's "A Clean Escape," originally published in Asimov's in 1985. This adaptation, which stars Judy Davis as Dr. Deanna Evans and Sam Waterston as Robert Havelmann, is essentially a duel of wits between two individuals.http://www.sfsite.com/08a/m1253.htm |