by marissa | Jun 5, 2018 | Book Reviews, Fantasy, Science Fiction, SFF Classics
I recently re-read HP Lovecraft’s The Shadow Out of Time for an SFF Audio Podcast episode. It’s one of my favorite Lovecraft stories because it’s got all that obligatory cosmic horror, primordial masonry, and “unguessable...
by mvu | May 11, 2017 | Book Reviews, Science Fiction, SFF Classics
“Sometimes the biggest disasters aren’t noticed at all— no one’s around to write horror stories.” One of the best science-fiction experiences I’ve ever had was reading Vernor Vinge’s Fire Upon the Deep. I read it a few years ago but was inspired to...
by mvu | Jan 16, 2017 | Book Reviews, Science Fiction, SFF Classics
I recently joined a very special line-up to talk about one of the most influential speculative stories of all time — the story whose creepy, tentacley touch everyone has felt, even if they don’t know it. “When the stars were right, They could plunge...
by marissa | Dec 3, 2014 | Science Fiction, SFF Classics
Jesse Willis recently invited Paul Weimar (SFF writer/reviewer/podcaster) and me on to the SFF Audio Podcast for a fun conversation about Philip K Dick’s 1964 novel Martian Time Slip. Follow the link to see some more of the beautiful illustrations, collected by...
by marissa | Aug 20, 2013 | Book Reviews, Science Fiction, SFF Classics
My review of Philip K. Dick’s A Maze of Death is up over at SFF Audio. This was one of those books that started off weird, got weirder, and ended weird, and got better the more I thought about it. It’s probably not the best title to start with if you are...
by marissa | Mar 9, 2012 | Book Reviews, Science Fiction, SFF Classics
SFF Audio do some seriously good readings of classic short stories. Check out episode #146 for the brilliant story “Eight O’ Clock in the Morning” (read by the talented Greg Margarite). It’s followed by a discussion with the author, Ray Nelson,...
