"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Isaac Asimov “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right!” In 1966 the Hugo Awards presented a new category: Best All-Time Series. Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy won, knocking out its competition which included no less than The Lord of the Rings. Using advanced mathematics Hari Seldon has predicted the fall... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, S.T. Joshi (Ed.) “This prayer must be for you—for you and all the others who must be left behind, who cannot walk with me, up that final flight of wooden stairs, to peace and escape, who must go on living in the shadow of a monstrous evil of which they are not even... Continue Reading →
by Lester del Rey “They needed a new frontier, free of national barriers, where the headstrong could fight nature instead of their brothers.” I say, “Grandmaster,” you say, “yeah.” Grandmaster Yeah! Grandmaster Yeah! Most of us are familiar with at least a few of the 33 authors on the SFWA Grand Master list. They have... Continue Reading →
by Clark Ashton Smith “The skies are haunted by that which it were madness to know; and strange abominations pass evermore between earth and moon and athwart the galaxies.” Spanning a period of hundreds of years, these stories predominantly take place in the fictional region of Averoigne, loosely based upon France's real world Auvergne. Populated... Continue Reading →
by Robert E. Howard “Man was not always master of the earth—and is he now?” Here he is, the legendary creator of the Sword and Sorcery genre, in his element. Even in their adventure tales it was horror and darkness that shaped Conan’s stoicism and provided the motive for Solomon Kane. Bran Mok Mon lived... Continue Reading →
by David Weber Every time I've gotten into trouble in my life, it's been because someone convinced me it was the 'right thing to do.' This career retrospective collection covers a range of speculative fiction including some decently hard science fiction, some military fantasy and some historical fiction. It’s a massive book with a quarter... Continue Reading →
by Charles Beaumont Satan sipped at his liquor and scrooged up his face. “This here is a highly unusual conversation,” says he. “Hmm. You want ta know what I do with souls, hey? Let’s see now: give me a minute ta study . . . Hmm. You mean, what do I do with—Well, I—That is—Hellfire,... Continue Reading →
by Fred Chappell Those familiar with Centipede’s Masters Series know we're looking at a type of story where H.P. Lovecraft is king, with some stories even set in his fictional world. You do not need to read Lovecraft to enjoy these, but you’re going to get more out of them if you do. A few... Continue Reading →
by Chuck Palahnuik “By the time you turn thirty, your life is about escaping the person you’ve become in order to escape the person you’ve become in order the escape the person you started as.” Folks talk about varied collections. The phrase “runs the gamut” has been overused to the extent you might cringe whenever... Continue Reading →
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