Sunday, April 8, 2012

Review: "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber, Jr.

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This short story of a mere incredible 15 pages first appeared in the December 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction . Folks, this is what spe...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Review: "Two-Handed Engine" by Henry Kuttner

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Comprising twenty-two pages, this novelette originally appeared in the August 1955 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . T...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Review: "The Woods-Devil" by Paul Annixter

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Originally published as a short story in February 1948 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine , when it was still a sophisticated periodical like Ha...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Review: "The Black Gondolier" by Fritz Leiber, Jr.

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Originally written for the weird story collection, Over the Edge , published in 1964 and edited by August Derleth for the famous specialty ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Review: "Smoke Ghost" by Fritz Leiber, Jr.

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This 15-page short story originally appeared in the October 1941 issue of Unknown Worlds . The author, Fritz Leiber, had just a few years b...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

In Defense of "Older" and "Genre" Fiction

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Of course, the primary purpose of this blog is to highlight the power and enjoyability of short fiction, establishing how its literary effec...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Review: "Shark Ship" by Cyril Kornbluth

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This short story of thirty pages had its inaugural publication in 1958 under the title, "Reap the Dark Tide", but reverted to the ...
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