Author: Jonathan Thornton
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Interview with Bruce Sterling (ROBOT ARTISTS AND BLACK SWANS)
Bruce Sterling helped to define cyberpunk when he edited the anthology Mirrorshades in 1986, and wrote some of the genres defining texts such as Schismatrix (1985) ... -
ROBOT ARTISTS & BLACK SWANS: THE ITALIAN FANTASCIENZA STORIES by Bruce Sterling (BOOK REVIEW)
“Ideas changed the world. Thoughts changed the world – and thoughts could be written down. I had forgotten that writing could have such urgency, that writing ... -
Interview with Tim Powers (FORCED PERSPECTIVES)
Tim Powers is a unique voice in Fantasy. He specialises in rigorously researched secret histories, in which gaps in the historical record are explained by the ... -
STORMLAND by John Shirley (BOOK REVIEW)
“You haven’t been here that long. Just wait. I don’t go for it either, but who’s in charge of Stormland, really? The perpetual storm system is! ... -
BIRDS OF PARADISE by Oliver K. Langmead (BOOK REVIEW)
“The books are a perfect example, Adam thinks, of reading to confirm one’s own beliefs: they are all theological in nature, and of a very particular ... -
Interview with JOHN SHIRLEY (Stormland)
John Shirley is one of the original cyberpunk authors, and his Eclipse trilogy, comprised of Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988) and Eclipse Corona (1990), is one ... -
SISTERSONG by Lucy Holland (BOOK REVIEW)
“I wander so long, it feels as though I’ve crossed some hidden boundary. I’ve left our world for theirs – the nameless land where goddesses sing ... -
Interview with Elizabeth Knox (THE ABSOLUTE BOOK)
Elizabeth Knox is a Fantasy writer from New Zealand. Her marvellous novel The Absolute Book (2019) is a lyrical work of the Fantastic, involving hidden knowledge, ... -
Interview with Rudy Rucker (WARE TETRALOGY)
Wheenk! An Interview With Rudy Rucker 10 March 2021 Rudy Rucker is one of the key speculative fiction writers of the last forty years. He ... -
SKYWARD INN by Aliya Whiteley (BOOK REVIEW)
“I think of you in the cafeteria, holding my gaze. We’ve spent every lunchtime together for over a year. I feel the places where our languages ...
