Cheryl Morgan has a nice line in the latest Emerald City, that "most American claims to admire Celtic culture are on a similar level to telling someone from India that you really love that wonderfully authentic Indian writer, Mr. Kipling ( Read more... )

9) River of Gods, by Ian McDonald. Another one of my review books from infinity plus. Actually the best one so far. That leaves only Beyond Infinity and the zine to read. I'll have to start writing the reviews soon ( Read more... )

10) Too Long a Sacrifice, by Mildred Downey Broxon and 11) Sacrifice of Fools, by Ian McDonald

These are, respectively, the only fantasy and science fiction novels I'm aware of of which large chunks are set in Belfast, the city of my birth. I've been rereading them in preparation for writing an article for shsilver, assuming he still wants it, about what ( Read more... )