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30 January 2012

COLUMN: Scores, by John Clute

The pure modernist extremism of Kafka is to show us a world without bling.

FICTION: The Chastisement of Your Peace, by Tracy Canfield

"Midnight Cruiser abducted the president of the American Psychological Association and fed him to her pet hyena," said Jenny. "Oh my God, she is awesome."

POETRY: Ariel, by Erik Amundsen

It's not / quite true, my sister-brother, it's your foot-tread in the / mist, it's neither one nor quite the other.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge, reviewed by Andy Sawyer
Wednesday: Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru, reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller
Friday: The Bone Spindle by Anne Sheldon, reviewed by Sofia Samatar

23 January 2012

ARTICLE: Bridge Over Troubled Waters: The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories, by Ehud Maimon

When looked upon together from some distance, a clear picture of Haifa as it is seen in Lavie Tidhar's vision emerges. This vision produces a unique outcome, a speculative city which is at the same time universal and local.

COLUMN: Paraphernalia: FIADSBLTPPUTPWYP, by Mark Plummer

I don稚 count myself as part of the dinner party wing of fandom, the people who seem to see SF conventions primarily as an assembly point for a series of epic meal excursions.

POETRY: Carrington's Ferry, by Mike Allen

but as the taxi rushed the Lisbon streets / a voice heard from the wrong end / of a trumpet whispered new instructions / and she demanded instead the embassy / to Mexico

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Wind Angels by Leigh Kennedy, reviewed by Nina Allan
Wednesday: I, Robot: To Protect by Mickey Zucker Reichert, reviewed by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Friday: By Light Alone by Adam Roberts, reviewed by Nic Clarke

16 January 2012

FICTION: Recognizing Gabe: un cuento de hadas, by Alberto Yáñez

When I was twelve, my hada madrina came to visit. My fairy godmother hadn't come to see us since my baptism, so I didn't even know her except from the stories, like the one about cousin Tomasita and the goat who could play f?bol.

POETRY: The Lord Charon, by Tony Grist

When the moment is right we go into his sack.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: American Horror Story, Season 1, reviewed by Roz Kaveney
Wednesday: All Men of Genius by Lev A. C. Rosen, reviewed by Sofia Samatar
Friday: Cloud Permutations by Lavie Tidhar, reviewed by Aishwarya Subramanian

9 January 2012

COLUMN: Dice and D-Pads: Jumping to Beginnings, by Robyn Fleming

My husband and I had a pretty funny conversation with my mother this past New Year's Eve.

FICTION: In the Cold, by Kelly Jennings

Without anyone ever exactly saying so, I know I'm top of the stack for Chair of Executive when the time comes for Second to take charge: the obvious choice, the only one of us with the math and the mouth and the will to step up. Which does not mean I like the idea.

POETRY: Loki, Dynamicist, by Michele Bannister

the more bodies I add the better / though always it lacks neatly-nailed resolution.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear, reviewed by Finn Dempster
Wednesday: Further Conflicts, edited by Ian Whates, reviewed by Katherine Farmar
Friday: Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan, reviewed by Liz Bourke

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