Reprint: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

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Adolpho Bioy Casares, Andrew Hurley, Anthony Kerrigan, Dave Hutchinson, Emir Rodriguez Monegal, James E. Irby, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo

Continuing my endeavour to get everything that has appeared in print online, this is my In Short column for Vector 282, Summer 2016:

Reprint: New York 2140

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Kim Stanley Robinson

One of the things I wanted to do when I started this blog was provide a resource for myself: a place where various reviews and essays that had only ever appeared in print would be readily accessible in one place online. But I rather got out of the habit over the last year or so. Therefore, I shall attempt to get back up to speed over the next few weeks with more of these reprint posts, beginning with this review of New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson, which appeared in Interzone 270, May-June 2017:

Reprint: On Stranger Tides

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Tim Powers

Another review recovered from the mists of time. This is a review of the re-issue of On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers, and first appeared in Vector 267, Summer 2011.

Reprint: In the Lion’s Mouth

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Michael Flynn

Continuing to catch up with reviews, this is a review of In the Lion’s Mouth by Michael Flynn that first appeared in Interzone 238, January-February 2012.

Reprint: Banks, Holdstock, Kilworth, MacLeod Poems

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Garry Kilworth, Iain Banks, Ken MacLeod, Robert Holdstock

I’ve been meaning to get back to using this blog as a resource where I can keep as much of my writing as possible online, so let’s start with this review of Poems, Peoms & Other Atrocities by Garry Kilworth & Robert Holdstock, and Poems by Iain Banks & Ken MacLeod, which first appeared in Foundation 122, December 2015.

Reprint: Cyber Circus

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Charles Finney, Kim Lakin-Smith, Ray Bradbury

Finally, for this week, and probably for this year, my review of Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith, which first appeared in Vector 270, late-Spring 2012.

Reprint: The Silver Wind

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nina allan

This review of The Silver Wind by Nina Allan first appeared in Interzone 237, November-December 2011.

Reprint: Osama

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Bruce Springsteen, Don DeLillo, Lavie Tidhar

I finish the week with this review of Lavie Tidhar’s Osama. The review first appeared in Bull Spec 7 (Spring 2012).

Reprint: Fuzzy Dice

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Italo Calvino, Marvin Minsky, Paul DiFilippo, Robert Sheckley, Rupert Sheldrake

This review of Fuzzy Dice by Paul DiFilippo first appeared in Vector 232, November-December 2003:

Reprint: The Waterworks

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Bram Stoker, E.L. Doctorow, Hugo Gernsback, Mary Shelley

On the day I learned of the death of one of my favourite writers, E.L. Doctorow, whom I talk about here, I thought it appropriate to dig out this review of his excellent novel, The Waterworks. The review first appeared in Vector 180, August/September 1994: