“You’re no good at reading, then, mate.”
While I am partial to a a bit of Amis, Kingsley, when it comes to Amis, Martin I have never quite found it to “take”, so to speak. I came…
Category: fiction
Review of “Albert of Adelaide”, Howard L Anderson, SF Site, 2012
Original here. `And I must confess that until I stumbled across it I had forgotten reading this book or writing this review. The anthropomorphised animal is a staple of children’s…
Review of “Kafkaesque” edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, SF Site, 2012
I previously blogged a shorter piece, adapted from this review, on Kafka and alternate history. Here is a full review of what was an enjoyable book to read, : “Kafkaesque”…
Review of “Tom Harris”, Stefan Themerson, Nthposition/SF Site 2011
This review originally reviewed on the now defunct nthposition.com, and with a few tweaks re appeared on SF Site which is still online but not active. Re-reading this review, I recall enjoying…
“Not Chess” by Gordon Cash
From Fabula Argentea, here is a nice little vignette by Gordon Cash: In a rare idle hour, I watched the two ancient-looking men play chess. The Parks Department had installed…
Fiction (and poetry) update
It’s been a while since I posted a fiction update – Jan 2017 to be precise. The one before that was two years ago. Alas, the pattern of outlets I…
“Still on patrol”
I came across this call for submissions for an upcoming anthology by Otter Libris: There is a tradition in the United States Navy that no submarine is ever truly lost…
Less-than-busy doctors: “The Beetle Hunter” Arthur Conan Doyle
Can I be forgiven some cross posting? This originally was posted on my other, more medically focused blog, A Medical Education, but i guess no one can stop me re-posting it…
Séamus Sweeney 