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Recommended only to Harlan Ellison completists. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/t...
“The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World”, Harlan Ellison collection, 1969 Avon
The Short: I read the Harlan Ellison collection The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, 1969 Avon, recently when I wanted to read his story “White on White”. Although hor…
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January 1, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Recommended only to Harlan Ellison completists. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/t...
Recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/28/b...
“Belladonna Nights and Other Stories”, a collection by Alastair Reynolds, 2021 Subterranean Press
The Short: I recently read the Alastair Reynolds collection Belladonna Nights and Other Stories, 2021 Subterranean Press. It includes 16 short stories and novelettes. It also includes an Introducti…
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December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/28/b...
Recommended, with a few minor caveats. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/t...
“The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy: A Michael Bishop Retrospective”, 2012 Subterranean Press
The Short: I read The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy: A Michael Bishop Retrospective, Michael H. Hutchins editor, 2012 Subterranean. Along with 25 stories from 1970 to 2009, it inc…
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December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Recommended, with a few minor caveats. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/t...
My thanks to @cmzhang42.bsky.social for suggesting I read this. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/e...
“Editor’s Choice in Science Fiction”, Sam Moskowitz editor, 1954 McBride Company
The Short: I read Editor’s Choice in Science Fiction, Sam Moskowitz editor, 1954 McBride Company. It includes an Introduction by Moskowitz, twelve stories, and brief story/author essays by th…
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December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My thanks to @cmzhang42.bsky.social for suggesting I read this. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/e...
Strongly recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/m...
“Moon Songs: The Selected Stories of Carol Emshwiller”, Matthew Cheney editor, 2025 Third Man Books
The Short: I don’t love all fiction by Carol Emshwiller, but she has a singular voice and I really love what I love. Moon Songs: The Selected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, Matthew Cheney edito…
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December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Strongly recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/m...
Here is my review of "A Century of Science Fiction", 1962, Damon Knight's first anthology, and the first of three related SF anthologies of his in the 1960s that survey the history of SF. Strongly recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
Damon Knight’s Survey of SF #1, “A Century of Science Fiction”, 1962 Simon & Schuster
The Short: I recently read Damon Knight’s first anthology, A Century of Science Fiction, 1962 Simon & Schuster. It includes 26 short stories, novelettes, and several novel excer…
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November 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here is my review of "A Century of Science Fiction", 1962, Damon Knight's first anthology, and the first of three related SF anthologies of his in the 1960s that survey the history of SF. Strongly recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/d...
I just finished reading Mary Robinette Kowal's latest, "The Martian Contingency with Lady Astronaut Elma York. She is back on Mars, & there are big challenges. Equally fun and interesting are her Acknowledgments and About the History essays. Strongly recommended. www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/titl...
Title: The Martian Contingency
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October 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I just finished reading Mary Robinette Kowal's latest, "The Martian Contingency with Lady Astronaut Elma York. She is back on Mars, & there are big challenges. Equally fun and interesting are her Acknowledgments and About the History essays. Strongly recommended. www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/titl...
Here is my review and my thoughts on the Foundation trilogy. This is the first time I explicitly read it in the original Astounding magazines. I am very glad I read it again and I enjoyed doing it, albeit Asimov still has limitations in his writing. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/a...
Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy read as short fiction
The Short: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy – Short Fiction Group on Facebook is reading Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy, comprised of the Gnome Press collections Foundation, 1951…
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October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Here is my review and my thoughts on the Foundation trilogy. This is the first time I explicitly read it in the original Astounding magazines. I am very glad I read it again and I enjoyed doing it, albeit Asimov still has limitations in his writing. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/a...
Here is my review of the first anthology of SF novellas/short novels, by Groff Conklin in 1954. I recommend 4 of the 6 stories and the Introduction. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/6...
“6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction”, Groff Conklin editor, 1954 Dell
The Short: I read 6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction, Groff Conklin editor, 1954 Dell last year. It’s the first anthology of novella/short novel length science fiction, by a bit. The fiv…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Here is my review of the first anthology of SF novellas/short novels, by Groff Conklin in 1954. I recommend 4 of the 6 stories and the Introduction. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/6...
Although I have a few quibbles, strongly recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/t...
“The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction”, Edward L. Ferman editor, 1985 Octopus Books
The Short: I recently read The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science, Edward L. Ferman editor, 1985 Octopus Books. While I was not surprised to find it a bit uneven, my ov…
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September 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Although I have a few quibbles, strongly recommended. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/t...
Here is my ninth and last essay about panels I was on at Seattle Worldcon 2025. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/w...
Women Write: An Overview of Women in SFF history
I applied to be on the panel “Women Write: An Overview of Women in SFF history” for Seattle Worldcon 2025. I did this because I have an interest in the subject of women in SFF, I had wr…
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September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Here is my ninth and last essay about panels I was on at Seattle Worldcon 2025. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/w...