I've been doing less and less updates of substance here but you might be interested in these two reviews for Strange Horizons.

First up, The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. This is a YA novel that is a strong contender for my SF novel of the year.

Then there is Dead Set, Charlie Brooker's zombie/Big Brother mash up.

My review of Anathem by Neal Stephenson is up now at Strange Horizons.

My duel review of Everything Is Sinister by David Llewellyn and The Heritage by Will Ashon is up now at Strange Horizons. Both are interesting novels but the Ashon in particular is well worth reading.

My review of Lost Boys by James Miller is up now at Strange Horizons. I didn't like it.

There is some further commentary on the review here which also touchs on Clear Water by Will Ashon. As it happens I have just finished reviewing Ashon's latest novel, The Heritage, for Strange Horizons. There are several comparisons to Lost Boys but it pisses ( Read more... )

My triple review of The Nines (mediocre), Southland Tales (insane) and Doomsday (terrible) is up now at Strange Horizons.

Related commentary here.

Strange Horizons is having a funding drive. SH is an excellent site because they buy my reviews. This has in turn enabled me to buy items such as:

• This tie
  
• Super Mario Galaxy
  
• Membership of the BSFA
  
• This bathroom cabinet (figures sold separately)
  

If you would like me to own more things like these, please give generously. They also publish things that ( Read more... )

My review of What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid is up now at Strange Horizons.

Victoria Hoyle has a great post at Eve's Alexandria giving a run down of the Orange Prize longlist.

She also has a much more detailed two part assessment of the William L. Crawford Award shortlist at Strange Horizons ( Read more... )

My review of Black Sheep by benpeek is up now at Strange Horizons ( Read more... )

James and Kathryn Morrow have made a very civilised response to my review of their recent European SF anthology. In fact it is mostly about John Clute's review, not mine.

In a print publication this would be a letter to the editor but in the world of the internet it is appended to my original review.