England Swings SF, Judith Merril, and the New Wave
I'm finally reading Judith Merril's groundbreaking 1968 anthology England Swings SF. Here are some thoughts. i probably ought to...
Archive for Short Stories
Gender balance in some old anthologies
Interim report on my father's sf anthologies: 25 sf anthologies recorded in my spreadsheet so far, published from 1953 through...
Reading update
Yesterday, I finished the anthology I'd been reading and skimming for the past few days: Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction...
Bettyann
So I've been halfheartedly reading/skimming all this old science fiction, and I started in on Raymond J. Healy's 1951 anthology...
“How Can We Sink When We Can Fly?”
I'm reading Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year from 1972, and most of the stories in it, although...
SH Flashback: “The Red Bride,” by Samantha Henderson
A new entry in my almost-weekly-again Strange Horizons retrospective: “The Red Bride,” by Samantha Henderson A bedtime story told to...
SH Flashback: “Talisman,” by Tracina Jackson-Adams
A new entry in my about-to-be-weekly-again Strange Horizons retrospective: “Talisman,” by Tracina Jackson-Adams A story about touch-hunger, and violence, and...
SH Flashback: “Archipelago,” by Anil Menon
A new entry in my almost-weekly Strange Horizons retrospective: “Archipelago,” by Anil Menon On an artificial island where everyone has...
SH Flashback: “The Fountain and the Shoe Store,” by Paul Steven Marino
A new entry in my nearly-weekly Strange Horizons retrospective: “The Fountain and the Shoe Store,” by Paul Steven Marino A...
SH Flashback: “L’Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars),” by Dean Francis Alfar
A new entry in my somewhat-weekly Strange Horizons retrospective: “L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars),” by Dean Francis Alfar...
SH Flashback: “The Book of Things Which Must Not Be Remembered,” by C. Scavella Burrell
A new entry in my quasi-weekly Strange Horizons retrospective: “The Book of Things Which Must Not Be Remembered,” by C. Scavella...
SH Flashback: “Algorithms for Love,” by Ken Liu
A new (still belated) entry in my nominally weekly Strange Horizons retrospective: “Algorithms for Love,” by Ken Liu An exploration...