Electronic SFFH

Friday 31 May 2002

Webzines and Sites

The Alien Online (http://www.thealienonline.net/)
SF, fantasy and horror news, reviews and feature articles, edited by Mark Chadbourn & Ariel. Updated regularly.
• Columnists in recent months include Mike O'Driscoll on horror, Matt Williams on DVDs, Sandy Auden interviews of Steven Erikson, Kay Kenyon, and others, and "Readings in Classic SF" by Adam Roberts. Roberts's latest column examines Attack of the Clones, in part responding to Locus Online's John Shirley review. Recent features include coverage of the World Horror Convention and an interview with Martin Millar [aka Martin Scott]. Plus news and reviews.

AntipodeanSF (http://antipodean-sf.com/)
Monthly 'flash' (short-short) SF/F/H fiction from the antipodes/podes, edited by Ian Newcombe
• Issue 50, May 2002
All stories about 500 words in length, by Stanislaw Wiatrowski, Nathan Burrage, Andrew Sullivan, Chuck McKenzie, Barbara Robson, Owen D. Godfrey, Nicole R Murphy, and others. There's also a short editorial by Newcombe; submission guidelines; archives.

Emerald City (http://www.emcit.com/)
Personal ezine of reviews and commentary, published by Cheryl Morgan. Updated monthly.
• Issue 81, May 2002
Morgan offers a first-hand account of the Clarke Award ceremonies, reacts at length to Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt (she doesn't like it), and reviews books by Lois McMaster Bujold, Hiromi Goto, Wen Spencer, Catherine Asaro, and Sheri S. Tepper (without liking most of them, either).

Fantastic Metropolis (http://www.sfsite.com/fm/)
SF web portal devoted to literary SF, founded by Gabe Chouinard. Updated regularly.
• The first post in a month here is a story, Minutes of the Last Meeting by Stepan Chapman.

RevolutionSF (http://www.revolutionsf.com/)
Fiction, articles, and reviews of science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming. Updated daily.
• Recent posts include comics reviews by Kenn McCracken, an editorial about comics by Kenn McCracken, an essays on media influences in SF by Lou Anders, plus an interview with Neil Gaiman and a review of his new book Coraline.

Science Fiction Weekly (http://www.scifi.com/sfw/)
News and review webzine, edited by Scott Edelman. Updated weekly (late Mondays).
• Issue 266, May 28, 2002
Jack Vance is interviewed. Scott Edelman editorializes about Spidey and Clones. Reviews cover new books by Julie E. Czerneda and Lloyd Biggle Jr., CQ, and Silent Running.

Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/)
Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews, edited by Mary Anne Mohanraj. Updated weekly (Mondays).
• May 27 posts include an article on anti-apocalyptic fiction by Tom Doyle, fiction by M.C.A. Hogarth, a survey of the music of Rick Wakeman, and a review of Geoffrey A. Landis's new collection.

Friday 24 May 2002

Webzines and Sites

Electric Story (http://www.electricstory.com/)
Publisher of new and reprint e-books
• Lucius Shepard didn't like Y Tu Mamá También, and invites readers to explain why other critics did.

Elysian Fiction (http://www.elysianfiction.com/)
"Stories from All the Fields of Fantasy", edited by Jim Bailey. Updated quarterly.
• Issue 2, May 2002
Bookended by an editorial and parting words by Bailey are stories by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Amy Sterling Casil (a novella), s.c. virtes, E.A. Gundlach, Michael M. Jones, Jon Hansen, Trent Jamieson, William Leisner, Jessica C. Adams, John Craig, and Lucy A.E. Ward. The site enables you to set a custom font setting, but it lasts only as long as you page through stories without, say, going to the front page (details).

The Infinite Matrix (http://www.infinitematrix.net/)
Stories, articles, columns, edited by Eileen Gunn. Updated daily.
• David Langford's The Runcible Ansible posted today describes the scene at last weekend's Clarke Award ceremony in London, followed by items concerning Adam Roberts, Bill Peel, and Edward Bryant. In addition to regular updates from Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, and Richard Kadrey, there's a Neal Barrett, Jr., short story, Limo, posted 20 May.

RevolutionSF (http://www.revolutionsf.com/)
Fiction, articles, and reviews of science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming. Updated regularly.
• Posted this week is a reprinted 1992 story by Barrington J. Bayley, Doctor Pinter in the Mythology Isles, and two reviews marking the end of The X-Files. Coming in June is (reprinted) fiction by Michael Moorcock, Don Webb, Jeff VanderMeer, and others.

Sci Fiction (http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/)
Fiction webzine, edited by Ellen Datlow. Updated weekly (Wednesdays).
• This week's original story is The Last Big Sin by Kit Reed, while Michael Swanwick posted Cadmium. Coming in June is a four-part novella by Dale Bailey; in July, new stories by Karen Joy Fowler, Ray Vukcevich, J.R. Dunn, and Dave Hutchinson.

Science Fiction Weekly (http://www.scifi.com/sfw/)
News and review webzine, edited by Scott Edelman. Updated weekly (late Mondays).
• Issue 165, May 20, 2002
John Clute reviews Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, while Paul Di Filippo and Matthew McGowan review new books by Poul Anderson and Phyllis Gotlieb. Elsewhere are Patrick Lee's review of Attack of the Clones, and an interview with George Lucas, Samuel L. Jackson, and Hayden Christensen.

SFRevu (http://www.sfrevu.com/)
Reviews, articles, and features, edited by Ernest Lilley. Updated monthly.
• May 2002
Ben Bova is interviewed, and his latest novel reviewed, plus there's a profile and vignette by Romanian writer Ovidiu Bufnila; lots of reviews of Star Wars and Spider-Man films and tie-ins; a background piece on the short film made from Paul Levinson's novelette "The Chronology Protection Case"; book reviews by editor Lilley, Asta Sinusas, and others; and a report on I-CON with lots of photos (including one of Charles N. Brown).

Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/)
Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews, edited by Mary Anne Mohanraj. Updated weekly (Mondays).
• May 20 posts include an article on the novels of Tananarive Due by editor Mary Anne Mohanraj; fiction by Ray Vukcevich and Benjamin Rosenbaum; poetry by Cenizas de Rosas; and a review of Kim Stanley Robinson's latest novel by Fred Bush.

The Spook (http://www.thespook.com/)
Monthly PDF horror magazine addressing food, arts, literature, nature, and wit; edited by Anthony Sapienza.
• June 2002
Glenn Close on the cover represents the feature story on Polaroid's 20x24 camera, with photos by John Reuter, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Joyce Tenneson, and William Wegman. There's just one story, by Stephen Mark Rainey. Other features include an interview by Paula Guran of Gahan Wilson; Guran's Net Bitch column surveying photography on the web; reviews of children's books; and a Ramsey Campbell column about John Brunner.

Friday 17 May 2002

Webzines and Sites

The Eternal Night (http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/)
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Fiction. Updated monthly.
• Issue 13, May 2002
This first anniversary issue, in addition to news items, has short stories by Paul Collins & Keith Taylor, J.F. Gonzalez, Paul Kane, and W.B. Vogel III, sample chapters by Nick Pollotta, Megan Powell, and Jessica Rydill, and interviews with authors Eric S. Brown, E.L. Noel, Megan Powell, and Jaye Roycraft. Plus, reviews, bibliographies, etc.

The Infinite Matrix (http://www.infinitematrix.net/)
Stories, articles, columns, edited by Eileen Gunn. Updated daily.
• David Langford's "Runcible Ansible" column, which is posted Fridays, reports on Richard Cowper's funeral and an over-enthusiastic fan of J. Michael Straczynski. Michael Swanwick's "The Sleep of Reason" series of vignettes is up to installment 12, and Richard Kadrey has a new nanotale, "Opener of the Ways".

Made In Canada (http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/Newsletters/)
Newsletter of Canadian SF, published by Don Bassie. Updated monthly.
• May 2002
Robert J. Sawyer contributes this month's editorial, Dating Science Fiction, about how SF stories date themselves via references to contemporary culture. Editor Don Bassie provides a MiCro review of Sawyer's latest novel Hominids. Plus: readers' letters; news about awards, conventions, released books, etc., by Canadians.

RevolutionSF (http://www.revolutionsf.com/)
Fiction, articles, and reviews of science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming. Updated daily.
• Ian Banks explores issues involved in preserving classics. Jason Myers recalls the 1977 release of the original Star Wars. And Martin Thomas reviews the new SW film.

Sci Fiction (http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/)
Fiction webzine, edited by Ellen Datlow. Updated weekly (Wednesdays).
• This week's original fiction is Josephine, by Carol Emshwiller. The new classic story is They Bite, by Anthony Boucher.

Science Fiction Weekly (http://www.scifi.com/sfw/)
News and review webzine, edited by Scott Edelman. Updated weekly (late Mondays).
• Issue 264, May 13, 2002
Peter Straub is interviewed. Michael Cassutt's column compares quantitative criteria for success among book publishing, magazine publishing, TV viewership, and movie viewership. Elsewhere, Paul Di Filippo and A.M. Dellamonica review the two DAW 30th anniversary anthologies, and Adam-Troy Castro rates a classic by Hal Clement.

SF Site (http://www.sfsite.com/)
Reviews, interviews, feature, links; published by Rodger Turner. Updated semi-monthly.
• mid-May 2002
SF Site now covers the news, with a column by Steven H Silver that covers literary, media, and fan items. The lead review, by Rich Horton, is of Ian McDonald's Ares Express; other reviews are by Victoria Strauss, William Thompson, Donna McMahon, and others. Of special note: Rick Norwood reviews Spider-Man, and David Soyka reviews the December 2001 Interzone with extended discussions of Gene Wolfe's essay on Tolkien, and essays by Tom Robins and Gary Westfahl on September 11th.

Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/)
Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews, edited by Mary Anne Mohanraj. Updated weekly (Mondays).
• 5/13 updates include an interview with (Hugo nominated) artist Frank Wu; fiction by H. Courreges LeBlanc (already reviewed at Tangent Online); poetry by CAConrad; and horror movie reviews by Doug Brunell.

Tangent Online (http://www.tangentonline.com/)
Short fiction reviews, edited by Dave Truesdale. Updated regularly.
• An editorial heralds expanded coverage of e-markets, with a separate section overseen by Jay Lake. Recent reviews, by Michael Belfiore, Michael J. Jasper, Steven H Silver, Jay Lake, Deborah Layne, Nancy Jane Moore cover stories from Sci Fiction, Strange Horizons, Christopher Rowe's 'zine is this a cat?, and June issues of Analog, F&SF, and Asimov's.

Friday 10 May 2002

Webzines and Sites

Black Gate (http://www.blackgate.com/index.htm)
Magazine website
• This magazine's website has started publishing online stories from early issues, with additional art and sketches by same artists who illustrated the stories in print. First up is Harry James Connelly's "The Whoremaster of Pald", with original art and sketches by Chris Pepper; forthcoming is F. Brett Cox's "What They Did to my Father".

DarkEcho Horror (http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/index.html)
News, reviews, interviews, and features of the horror field, edited by Paula Guran. Updated regularly.
• The revamped website has a weblog, DarkBlog, too.

Fantastica Daily (http://www.mervius.com/)
SF and fantasy reviews, news, and commentary. Updated daily.
• "Mervius" is now pictured. In addition to usual posts (movie and book reviews, summaries of box office and bestseller lists) this week are comments about Free Comic Book Day and an Orson Scott Card essay about why he can't recommend Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy.

Fictionwise (http://www.fictionwise.com/)
Publisher of eBooks for handheld devices and personal computers.. Updated regularly.
• This site has made available two current Hugo-nominated stories for free, James Patrick Kelly's "Undone" and Shane Tourtellotte's "The Return of Spring", and has three others available for sale. Other newly available works are stories by Pamela Sargent, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Derryl Murphy, and others.

The Infinite Matrix (http://www.infinitematrix.net/)
Stories, articles, columns, edited by Eileen Gunn. Updated daily.
• Two new works of fiction this week: a nanotale by Richard Kadrey, Herzog's Benediction, and a story by Gene Wolfe, Under Hill.

RevolutionSF (http://www.revolutionsf.com/)
Fiction, articles, and reviews of science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, and gaming. Updated daily.
• The feature review, by Jeff Topham, is of Paul Di Filippo's Strange Trades. Other recent features address comics, the TV series Farscape, and the Spider-Man and Star Wars films. The latest fiction offering is the complete text of Karel Capek's early-SF play R.U.R..

Sci Fiction (http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/)
Fiction webzine, edited by Ellen Datlow. Updated weekly (Wednesdays).
• New this week is Nancy Kress's The Most Famous Little Girl in the World.

Science Fiction Weekly (http://www.scifi.com/sfw/)
News and review webzine, edited by Scott Edelman. Updated weekly (late Mondays).
• Issue 263, May 6, 2002
Wil McCarthy's Lab Notes column explores the physics of Spider-Man, and Patrick Lee interviews principals of the film: Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, and Kirsten Dunst. (Lee also reviews the film.) Book reviews include Paul Di Filippo on Greg Egan and Tony Daniel on Ian Watson.

Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/)
Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews, edited by Mary Anne Mohanraj. Updated weekly (Mondays).
• May 6th posts include Part 2 of Greg Beatty's article on SF awards, this time focusing on awards with specific focuses or agendas: Tiptree, Sapphire, Prometheus, etc. Other posts include fiction by Barth Anderson, poetry by Ed Lynskey, a portfolio of art by J. D. La Brie, a cartoon by Rachel Hartman, and a review of Connie Willis and Sheila Williams's anthology A Woman's Liberation.

TTA Press (http://www.ttapress.com/)
Magazine (The Third Alternative) and publisher website
• This site has expanded message boards here, with discussions devoted to China Mieville, M John Harrison, Ellen Datlow, Paul Di Filippo, Gabe Chouinard, and many others.

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