Around the Web: New Yorker Profiles Terry Bisson; Annalee Newitz Reviews Joanna Russ; Review of Terry Pratchett; Interview of Alix E. Harrow

» The New Yorker, 7 Oct 2023: Terry Bisson’s History of the Future, subtitled “For more than two decades, one of pulp sci-fi’s masters has delivered headlines from a time line defined by the absurd.” Focusing on Bisson’s long-running “This Month in History” series in Locus, the “Bay Area sci-fi trade magazine”.

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» NY Times, Annalee Newitz, 8 Oct 2023: Joanna Russ Showed Us the Future: Female, Queer but Far From Perfect, subtitled “A new collection of her novels and stories is a showcase for a science fiction pioneer.” A review of Library of America’s Joanna Russ: Novels & Stories.

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» Guardian: Sam Jordison 7 Oct 2023: Pratchett power: from lost stories to new adaptations, how the late Discworld author lives on, a review of Terry Pratchett’s A Stroke of the Pen.

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» NPR, Kalyani Saxena, 4 Oct 2023: For Alix E. Harrow, writing ‘Starling House’ meant telling a new story of Kentucky — interview with Harrow and her book Starling House, in text and audio.