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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Road Signs
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories -
Thoughts from the Aerie
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Memoirs and essays on a range of topics
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Book Review: The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
Some readers may wonder: What’s he talking about? The City on the Edge of Forever isn’t a book; it’s a Star Trek episode. It’s both, in fact. The City on the Edge of Forever was the twenty-eighth episode of the … Continue reading
On Rereading Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
While reading the encyclopedic collection of descriptions of worlds created by science fiction and fantasy authors called Literary Wonderlands I encountered a synopsis of a book I’d never read but I thought might be interesting. It was famous and popular … Continue reading
Book Review: Literary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created, Edited by Laura Miller
This is a beautiful book. I came across it while perusing new releases at Amazon’s physical bookstore in Seattle. A relative caught me admiring it and bought it for me for Christmas. It’s a heavy tome, more like an encyclopedia … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged encyclopedia of fantasy, fantasy, legend, myth, science fiction
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Book Review: The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers: Third Edition by Christopher Vogler
You may have heard of a book called The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. You may have even heard that George Lucas drew heavily on Campbell’s theories when he was creating the story lines for Star Wars. … Continue reading
Book Review: The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is somewhat of an anomaly in literature in that he has attempted and excelled in so many genres and media with overwhelming success. He has won numerous awards, including the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, Bram … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged American Gods, Coraline, Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
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Book Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Hakuri Murakami
I have had Murakami on my radar for some time. I was hesitant, however, about tackling his recent book 1Q84 due to its length – almost 1200 pages in paperback. After reading a fascinating interview with him in The Paris … Continue reading
Book Review: The Paris Review Interviews Volume IV Edited by Philip Gourevitch
I had so much fun reading the book-length interview with Robert Silverberg, Traveler of Worlds, which Fairview Press published recently, that I thought I might enjoy reading more author interviews. What I really wanted was more interviews with science fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Haruki Murakami, Jack Kerouac, Paris Review interviews, Philip Roth, V.S. Naipaul
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Book Review: Traveler of Worlds: Conversations With Robert Silverberg by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Robert Silverberg was one of the most important writers of science fiction in the late 1960s and early 1970s, during the so-called new wave, when a number of innovators attempted to eschew the genre’s pulp origins and create more literary … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing
Tagged New Wave, Robert Silverberg, speculative fiction new wave, Traveler of Worlds, Writing
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