It isn’t a surprise to anyone that I am not the biggest fan of that literary ghetto of a genre, science fiction/fantasy. Despite publisher attempts to rescue books from that dreaded pit by re-labeling them speculative fiction, it remains a genre that has become a shorthand for basement-dwelling, mouth-breathing virgins. Not that all readers of…
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The Steampunk Aesthetic and Ideal in Literature and Film: A Primer
How important is steampunk? Is it a literary genre? A film aesthetic? Or just a subculture that has co-opted bits and pieces of Victorian dress and mixed it with a wry twist of sci-fi? The term steampunk is not as old as the literature that inspired it. A term coined in the 1980s as a…
Review of The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett
The Long Earth – Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter Oh, Terry. Oh, Sir Pratchett. I have read so many of your books. Sam Vimes is my very favourite character in literature. I love him indecently. I love the Discworld, and all its charming, messed-up folks. I love the subtle social commentary, the use of hard…
