Kargadan

My Elves Are Different throws in on the Campbell & Titan debate.

Ben Bova’s Grand Tour novel Titan was announced as winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel earlier this month. This post examines the merits of that decision and makes an argument to the jury of that award that their choice comprised a mistake damaging to the award and […]

Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Special thanks to a Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, the reviewed copy of Brasyl was acquired via his excellent giveaways.
Ian McDonald has only recently returned to prominence in the states, with Pyr returning his works to these shores in a big way with River of Gods and another novel of the developing world: Brasyl. […]

Crossover by Joel Shepherd
A Cassandra Kresnov Novel
Cassandra Kresnov is a weapon of the League: a construct of the advanced biotechnology that is the point of contention in the League’s war with the Federation. A year before we meet her, she opted to be something besides a weapon and fled into general human society. […]