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SF/F as Literature
This blog post here: http://biblibio.blogspot.com/2012/01/safl-roundup-how-to-justify.html got me thinking more about one of the core values at Darkcargo– that there is literature-quality material in...
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Conversant in the Classics
On one of the YOBC posts (somewhere, I’ll find it) nrlymrtl asks why do you read these classics? For the history lesson? For the wonderful writing? Or what? An aspect of Darkcargo is my Ye Olde Book...
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World SF
Why don’t we get more SF/F books from other countries? Turns out that answer isn’t as simple as I’d presumed. The panel discussing this question at Readercon 2012 this year included Michael Swanwick,...
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SFF Links
I’ve decided you need something entertaining, and hence, I have put together a link soup. I also found several SFF movie trailers that amused me, and I hope will amuse you. Enjoy ;) As you’ve heard,...
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Fond SciFi Memories: Are They Real?
David Belt Copyright 2013 I recall as young boy thumbing through the school library (SciFi section, of course), when I came across a book called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick....
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It’s Only Science Fiction IF It Isn’t True
In 1894, a young London college student submitted an essay entitled “Reality in Four Dimensions” to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette. The editor could not grasp the mathematical concept that any...
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Zenna Henderson
If I had to pick one word with which to describe Zenna Henderson’s writing it would be “gentle”. That’s weird. Why “gentle”? Well, she just tells a story. She doesn’t try to overimpress me with crazy...
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The Myriad by R M Meluch
The Myriad is one of the books that tricked me, lately. I enjoyed reading it, and the ending swoop of swoopiness really kicked this genre popcorn SF adventure novel into another strata of...
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Oh yeah! Star Wars was cool!
I’m re-reading Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly, which I read when I was younger than Princess Leia is in this story (ie: about two decades ago). Before Disney, before the new movies, back when...
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Strange Horizons Book Club
Hey! Strange Horizons is hosting a book club. Sweet! They’ve pulled some new-to-me and so therefore fascinating selections. They’re pre-loaded through December so we know which books to hunt for, and...
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