A brief announcement: as mentioned in my entry on Avilion, I read it in part to review for Strange Horizons; that review is now live.

'Cause it's a movie report. My review of District 9 is up at Strange Horizons. (A bit belated, which is my fault.) Synopsis: This movie is not very good.

My review of "Moon", the Duncan-Jones-don't-call-him-Zowie-Bowie-directed Sam Rockwell vehicle, is up at Strange Horizons. Guess what there are SPOILERS.

From a review of Spicy Slipstream Stories by James Maxey:

The most slip-stream story in the collection is penned by David Schwartz in "Proof of Zero," a tale of secret math-worshipping cultists that is strongly written yet utterly bewildering.

Which is more or less what I was going for, in this case.

1. This dude read Superpowers and liked it a lot. "[I]t's fantastic. In the post- Bryan Singer world, where heroes in other mediums than comics no longer have to wear spandex, this is how individuals with powers in this day and age should be written. I *highly* recommend this one."

2. French scientist surprised that elephants are not water-hole ( Read more... )

How good is my "Proof of Zero" from Spicy Slipstream Stories? So good that this reviewer recommends that in order to make sense of it you "sort of scrunch up your mind and mentally squint, letting the story flow through you while turning off that critical portion of your brain that's screaming 'this doesn't make sense.'" Mission accomplished ( Read more... )

. . . but I'm pretty OK with it, actually:

"Imagine if Syndrome from The Incredibles decided to write a novel about Supers, and you've got Superpowers."

I ain't telling you where I found it.

Apparently the way to get myself to post stuff is to announce a break. This time I'll try to give you some actual content. First things first, though; I wanted to post because of another review, this one from Michael Jones at Green Man Review, who says "Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down." Yay ( Read more... )

I said I wouldn't post, and I'm posting. Well, that's because Nisi Shawl's review of Superpowers in The Seattle Times made my day:

Schwartz wisely declines to explain how and why they've gotten these gifts, focusing instead on the ways their newfound abilities affect the five students. . . . Set in the days just before Sept. 11, Superpowers makes ( Read more... )

Book! You miss book news, I know you do. HERE IS MORE. Nice things said at AuthorMagazine.org. Jeff VanderMeer gives a shoutout over at Omnivoracious. In non-linkable news, Mr. Jason Erik Lundberg reports that he spotted (and purchased) the UK edition in Singapore. ALL YOUR CITY-STATES ARE FOR MY CONQUERING ( Read more... )