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DIMENSIONS OF WONDER: George Saunders in a Haunted Mansion with Chocolate Mint by Eugenia TriantafyllouWelcome to our special short fiction issue! We’ve got an interview with Carmen Maria Machado, best known for her National Book Award-nominated...
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Around the Web: WaPo’s Best SF/F of 2023; Essay by Kelly Barnhill; Profile of Christopher Paolini; Reviews by Michael Dirda and of Naomi Alderman» Washington Post, 14 Nov, Charlie Jane Anders : The 10 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2023 by Kitasei, Moreno-Garcia, Awad, Link,...
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Rothfuss Giveaway!An instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller, The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss is the must-have fantasy book...
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Weekly Bestsellers, 27 November 2023Two debuts this week. Patrick Rothfuss’ The Narrow Road Between Desires (DAW) debuts on four lists, ranking as high as #6...
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Ian Mond Reviews Death Valley by Melissa BroderDeath Valley , Melissa Broder (Scribner 978-1-66802-484-3, $27.00, 240pp, hc) October 2023. Melissa Broder has been on my...
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Colleen Mondor Reviews Who Haunts You by Mark WheatonWho Haunts You , Mark Wheaton (Off Limits Press 978-8-9879250-1-0, $13.00, 170pp, tp) September 2023. Mark Wheaton’s Who Haunts You is a...
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Paul Di Filippo Reviews Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird edited by Jonathan MaberryWeird Tales: 100 Years of Weird , edited by Jonathan Maberry (Blackstone 979-8200687992, hardcover, 200pp, $27.99) October 2023 I have yet to...
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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews A Stranger in the Citadel by Tobias S. BuckellA Stranger in the Citadel , Tobias S. Buckell (Audible Originals 978-1713646228, $24.99, CD, 7 hr., unabridged [also available as a digital...
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New & Notable Books, November 2023Eugen Bacon, Serengotti (Transit Lounge 8/23) Bacon’s distinctive style infuses surreal, poetic elements into this mostly...
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Caren Gussoff Sumption Reviews Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go by Cleo QianLet’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go , Cleo Qian (Tin House 978-1-95353-492-7, $18.00, 256 pp, tp), August 2023. Everyone – and everything – in Cleo...
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Liz Bourke Reviews Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie ValdesWhere Peace Is Lost , Valerie Valdes (Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-3085930, $19.99, 392pp, tp) August 2023. Cover art by Serena Malyon. Cover by...
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Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Cast of Wonders, Fantasy, The Book of Beijing, and F&SFcastofwonders.org/ Fantasy 8/23 The Book of Beijing , Bingbing Shi, ed. (Comma) July 2023. F&SF 9-10/23 Cast of Wonders ranged from...
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Pat Diggs (1941-2023)Fan PAT DIGGS , 82, died September 27, 2023 following a long illness. She was a longtime and beloved fixture of Bay Area fandom, a regular Locus...
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A.S. Byatt (1936-2023)Writer A.S. Byatt, 87, died November 16, 2023. Though best known for her literary fiction and critical writing, Byatt occasionally wrote work...
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Weston Ochse (1965-2023)Author Weston Ochse, 58, died in November 18, 2023 in Sierra Vista AZ after a long period of poor health. Ochse was best known as a horror and...
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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Menewood by Nicola GriffithMenewood , Nicola Griffith (MCD/Farrar, Straus, Giroux 978-0-37420-808-0, $35.00, 720pp, hc) October 2023. When her novel Hild was published...
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Kingsolver Receives Hay Festival Book of the Year Award 2023Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead (Harper) has been named Hay Festival Book of the Year 2023. At the end of every year, we ask our...
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2023 Wonderland Awards WinnersBizarroCon has announced the winners for the 2023 Wonderland Book Awards for Excellence in Bizarro Fiction. Best Novel WINNER: One Hand...
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Ian Mond Reviews Let Us Descend by Jesmyn WardLet Us Descend , Jesmyn Ward (Scribner 978-1-98210-449-8, $28.00, 320pp, hc) October 2023. 2017 was a terrific year for ghost stories that...
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New Books 21 November 23Adams, Gillian Bronte: Of Sea and Smoke (Enclave Escape 9798886050783, $26.99, 512pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 11/21/2023)...
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Ness Brown Guest PostFor most of human history, on clear nights our species could marvel at an untarnished view of nearly 3,000 stars. This view, shared by...
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Weekly Bestsellers, 20 November 2023Rebecca Yarros’s Iron Flame (Entangled: Red Tower Books), second in her series The Empyrean following Fourth Wing ,...
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Locus Bestsellers, November 2023The Locus Bestsellers for November include top titles: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower), Dune by Frank Herbert (Ace), A Court of...
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The Fire in the Dark: Roundtable with Ted Chiang, Kelly Link, and Usman T. MalikTED CHIANG is the author of collections Stories of Your Life and Others and Exhalation (2019), and novella The Lifecycle of Software...
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Adrienne Martini Reviews The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, Starter Villain by John Scalzi, and Winter’s Gifts by Ben AaronovitchThe Deep Sky , Yume Kitasei (Flatiron Books 978-1-250-88553-1, $29.99, 416pp, hc) July 2023. In Yume Kitasei’s The Deep Sky , a billionaire...
