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I like taking a literary approach to genre works like fantasy, sci fi, and supernatural horror and seeing what comes of it.

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Ilium - Dan Simmons

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle - Vladimir Nabokov

An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock

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Ilium - Dan Simmons

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I love the idea of a throwback, an author who takes cues from classics and puts a new spin on them. Mieville took rollicking ...

Ilium - Dan Simmons

November 2015

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Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle - Vladimir Nabokov

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I came to a strange realization while reading this book: that practically every instance I can think of where an author used ...

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle - Vladimir Nabokov

October 2015

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An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock

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As a writer, it's hard for me to imagine how people can just keep writing the same thing, over and over--just providing sligh...

An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock

September 2015

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The Swords Trilogy - Michael Moorcock

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Moorcock has a reputation among fantasy editors for the speed with which he can turn out a story--call him and tell him you h...

The Swords Trilogy - Michael Moorcock

August 2015

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The Wise Woman and Other Stories - George MacDonald, Craig Yoe

reviewed: George MacDonald's 'The Wise Woman and Others'

The title story of this collection is exactly what you would expect of a fairy tale written by a minister and subtitled 'a pa...

The Wise Woman and Other Stories - George MacDonald, Craig Yoe

July 2015

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The Pastel City - M. John Harrison

reviewed: M. john Harrison's 'The Pastel City'

Fantasy has always had its moralizers and its mischief-makers, those who use the symbolism of magic to create instructive fab...

The Pastel City - M. John Harrison

July 2015

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City of Saints and Madmen - Jeff VanderMeer, Michael Moorcock

reviewed: Jeff VanderMeer's 'City of Saints and Madmen'

Sometimes it doesn't matter what you hear about a book, all the promise described in glowing reviews--it doesn't matter who s...

City of Saints and Madmen - Jeff VanderMeer, Michael Moorcock

July 2015

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text: Your Guide to Free EBooks

Pierpont-Morgan Library The internet is a great resource for readers, and I take advantage of it as often as I can. Copyr...

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