Visitants edited by Stephen Jones – review
Visitants isn’t the first anthology to feature the theme of angels; there was an anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois entitled Angels! which was published in 1995. For all of its diversity, the fantasy genre seems, for some reason, to be a bit leery of angels as subject matter. To the best of [...]
A Virtual Anthology: Jeffrey Ford & Ian R. MacLeod – BSC Flashback
Sunday usually means we put up a BSC Flashback, and today we are going back to where we went last week, just flipping some pages. Last week we talked Jeff Vandermeer and Shadow Cabinets. This week we go to the Virtual Anthology, an idea by top shelf author Jeffrey Ford that I first saw over [...]
Doctorow and MacLeod Share Campbell Award; James Alan Gardner takes Sturgeon
A bit late on this, but last month I announced the finalists for the 2008 Campbell Award. In May I also noted the finalists for the 2009 Sturgeon Award.
More info and winners after the jump . . .
SYNERGY – Back in the Day Gems?
Synergy is back! This is the third installment of the feature, and the first under the BSCreview banner! For newcomers, the basic gist is that one of our contributors offers a single question for our other contributors to give answer to. Beyond that, we go out and adopt talented outsiders who choose to become BSC la familia to participate. The question fielded this month was given to us by Brian, and we are taking it back today rekindling memories of our favorite childhood gems; be it movies, books, TV, comics whatever. We have a great field today full of award winning and hot new talented writers that include Charles Stross and Ken Scholes, to one of my all time favorite comic creators in Colleen (A Distant Soil) Doran, and we get Trekkie (and Fifth Element) credentials with Sonita Henry joining us who most recently was in the Abram’s Star Trek movie, that’s just taking over box office bragging rights!
I hope you all enjoy . . .
Ian R. MacLeod wins 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award
Last month we posted the short list for the 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and today it has been announced that Ian R. MacLeod has won the award for Song of Time. BSC would like to congratulate Mr. MacLeod.
More after the jump . . .
A Moment of Tomio – Ian R. MacLeod Appreciation
Just a line to say that I saw that the appreciation I wrote for last year’s Novacon38 program is online at Ian R. MacLeod’s site. MacLeod, the Locus, Sidewise, and multiple World Fantasy award winning author, was the guest of honor at the convention. You can check go check that out! (looks like all links [...]
Alternate Londons by Ian R. MacLeod
Back with our reshowcasing of choice essays, articles, and manifestos! This one, Alternate Londons, is from one of my favorite writers. There are quite a few writers who write both novels and have a substantial catalog of short fiction, but there aren’t – I think – many that can claim to be doing both consistently at such a high level. Ian R. MacLeod’s fiction has garnered him World Fantasy, Locus, and Sidewise Awards, along with nominations for the Hugo and Nebula.
His work includes novels like The Great Wheel, The Light Ages, The House of Storms, The Summer Isles, and Song of Time. His short fiction can be found in three of his collections: Voyages by Starlight, Breathmoss and Other Exhalations, and Past Magic. BookSpot Central is pleased to represent Alternate Londons. . .
Exclusive – Song of Time by Ian R. MacLeod
Something white’s lying on the shore as I cross the last ridge of shingle. Seagulls rise as I trudge towards it. I’d walk on if I could be sure that it was merely a salt-bleached log, but I can’t simply turn away. The ground slips and a bigger wave breaks over my knees. A hand [...]
Book Review – The Light Ages
Author: Ian R. MacLeod Publisher: ACE Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2003 Ian R. MacLeod’s “The Light Ages” casts Industrial Revolution-era England in a new mold with a mix of fantasy elements, politics and revolution, and a re-imagined history. It’s the third Age of Industry in England. The world has been changed forever by the discovery [...]
On the Spot at BSC – Ian R. MacLeod interview
This week, my On the Spot guest is a talented author, who excels and has been recognized for both his novel length efforts and his short story offerings. My introduction to Mr. MacLeod’s work was the The Light Ages; the 2004 Nebula Nominee for Best novel made me an instant fan, and the story continues [...]
