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“The Clingerman Files”, Mark Bradley editor, 2017 Size 5 1/2 B Publishing, and More
The Short: I finally read Mildred Clingerman’s posthumous collection The Clingerman Files, Mark Bradley editor, 2017 Size 5 1/2 B Publishing. This reprints the contents of her collection A Cu…
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February 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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I have been thinking about how time consuming a puppy can be, and how that will effect my reading and writing. Here is an essay on that and dogs in speculative fiction. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/d...
Dogs and Speculative Fiction – The Second Time Around
The Short: We recently got a new puppy. We love him, but he has turned our life upside down as expected. This led me to think about both a) how much I love SFF that features dogs, and b) how the ad…
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February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I have been thinking about how time consuming a puppy can be, and how that will effect my reading and writing. Here is an essay on that and dogs in speculative fiction. adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/d...
Locus released their 2026 Recommended Reading List today. I really value this group effort on SF, fantasy and horror. Thanks to @locusmag.bsky.social There are links to many of the short fiction works. Hugo Award nominations were 2/10 to 3/14 last year. Enjoy! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
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February 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Locus released their 2026 Recommended Reading List today. I really value this group effort on SF, fantasy and horror. Thanks to @locusmag.bsky.social There are links to many of the short fiction works. Hugo Award nominations were 2/10 to 3/14 last year. Enjoy! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
Nudged by a post by Milo Haze, I took a whack at an updated, aggregated list of Best SF novels of all time. It's not perfect, but it's interesting. Enjoy and discuss! adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/r...
Revisiting Best SF Novel Lists
The short: After some discussion at the Science Fiction Book Club on Facebook of how satisfactory the results of the 1990 Locus Poll SF novels is viewed today, I decided to take a whack. Here is my…
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January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Nudged by a post by Milo Haze, I took a whack at an updated, aggregated list of Best SF novels of all time. It's not perfect, but it's interesting. Enjoy and discuss! adeeplookbydavehook.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/r...
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“Cyberabad Days”, an Ian McDonald collection, 2009 Pyr/Prometheus
The Short: Cyberabad Days, 2009 Pyr/Prometheus and Gollancz, by Ian McDonald, is a seven story collection in his India 2047 series. The Pyr/Prometheus edition also has a worthwhile introductory ess…
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January 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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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...
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“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
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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
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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
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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...