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Dune by Frank Herbert. Dune is epic sci-fi. Operatic sci-fi. It’s the sci-fi of world (nay, universe) building, and in that sense it shares much with the fantasy genre—those works inspired by ...
SF Site is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine edited by Rodger Turner. It is among the oldest of websites dedicated to science fiction and primarily publishes book reviews. It has won the Locus Award and received nominations for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
It includes works of science fiction criticism, essays, and in-depth critical reviews of new works of fiction and scholarship. For the first 24 years, it was published by David G. Hartwell 's Dragon Press , but with the start of volume 25, it has shifted to publisher Kevin J. Maroney's Burrowing Wombat Press.
The second volume of the series in 2016 was given a starred review by the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews described the work as a "very elite, highly curated set of stories" and as a "set of primal, classic-seeming tales from our past, present, and future." [3]
[1] Allen Stroud of SF Book Review mentioned "The Medusa Chronicles is an excellent read, continuing where Clarke left its principal character and expanding his ideas in a way that pays homage but also expresses the gift of the two writers who have chosen to take their pens to this future fiction world". [2]
John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998.
The blog The Sleaze Factor, that celebrates trashy books, movies and pop culture, found Yargo "Very delightful indeed." He continues, "Contrary to what some may believe, Yargo is surprisingly effective. Of course you have to dig Jacqueline Susann to really get this one. We’re not talking about [fantasy and science fiction author] Alan Dean ...
The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs. It received positive reviews, with critics finding it to be well-researched and useful for students in particular.