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The Fix reviews Jeschonek’s Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal
Posted by Paul Raven on July 23rd, 2008 at 8:59
Over at The Fix Online, Fábio Fernandes pulled on the asbestos gloves and got to grips with PS Publishing's third short fiction showcase collection, Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal by Robert T. Jeschonek. As is usual with The Fix, it's an in-depth review that treats each story individually; here's the closing few paragraphs discussing the final story, "Playing Doctor":
Naturally, the main goal of any mad scientist is to conquer the world, or to destroy it. Hildegarde Medici has just finished the construction of a doomsday weapon, which she fully intends to use—if she has the time to. The problem is that she’s discovered that she has cancer.
But what if her assistant has a plan of his own? Madly in love, he will do anything to make her happy. Even if it means turning himself into a guinea pig again. But it’s okay to be mad, as he tells her later, “Mad is good.”
And if you are Robert T. Jeschonek, then mad must be truly an excellent thing, because this collection is pretty good. May he uphold the legacy of Lafferty and Tenn for a very long time.
So, Jeschonek gets a clean bill of health from Fernandes... but maybe you'd like to experiment with this Showcase yourself, hmm? Click through below and place your order!
- Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal - jacketed hardcover - £25.00 ($50.00 approx.) - 100 copies only
- Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal - hardcover - £10.00 ($20.00 approx.) - 300 copies only
Ian MacLeod’s Song of Time reviewed at Booklist
Posted by Paul Raven on July 1st, 2008 at 7:24
We're pleased as punch to see yet another PS Publishing title receive a starred review from Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association. This time it's the turn of Ian R MacLeod with his forthcoming full-length novel Song of Time.
Here's what reviewer Ray Olson had to say:
"Near the end of the twenty-first century, an old woman in Cornwall rescues a nude young man from the ocean, somehow dragging him from the beach to her well-appointed house. She is a world-famous violinist, who, despite having taken full advantage of life-prolonging therapeutics, knows death is near. He is obviously educated but lacks all personal knowledge. She calls him Adam. It suits her needs to reminisce and his to listen. Her remembrances are punctuated by daily life with Adam until she has told him all. [...] Another book, equally fascinating, could be written just to fully describe and explain MacLeod’s envisioned twenty-first century. This book forefronts a personal story within that vision and artfully suggests that, in human terms, the personal trumps the historical every time.
MacLeod's unique talent is to straddle fantasy and science fiction in a way that uses each to embellish and expand the possibilities of the other, and it sounds like Song of Time showcases that storytelling mojo to great effect. I'm looking forward to this one!
Song of Time will be published around the end of the year, but you can pre-order right now to make sure you get a copy as soon as it arrives in the PS warehouse:
- Song of Time (slipcased hardcover) : £50 (US$100 approx.) - 200 copies only
- Song of Time (hardcover) : £20 (US$40 approx.) - 500 copies only
Paul Di Filippo reviews Christopher Evans’ Omega
Posted by Paul Raven on June 24th, 2008 at 7:26
Renowned author-turned-reviewer Paul Di Filippo turns the SCI FI Weekly spotlight on Christopher Evans' most recent novel from PS Publishing, Omega - and he likes what he sees:
"Certainly [Omega] will garner deserved comparisons to recent work by Christopher Priest, Brian Aldiss and Ian MacLeod. Evans works in the same rueful, elegiac mode as his fellow Brits. Think also of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta (1988). Unlike American, Turtledovian uchronias, which always seem to be about wresting control of the timestream back toward "normality" or exploiting the altered historical conditions for fun and profit and adventures, U.K. alternate histories revel in fleshing out doomed scenarios that possess an inertia all their own, and which serve as object moral lessons. And indeed, Evans's scenario does just that.
The moody tangibility of Owain's dire circumstances—"Decades of warfare had led to pollution and ionisation of the upper atmosphere so that the skies were seldom truly dark by night or free of murkiness by day."—drives home to the reader exactly what a charmed life we lead nowadays. Despite surging gasoline prices, acts of terrorism, greenhouse effects and other global worries, our world—and thus Owen's—is a utopia by comparison to Owain's. This ability of SF to shine a light on the historical record, giving us a fresh retrospective view of our century, and exactly how lucky we've been, is an extremely useful and valuable tool that mainstream fiction cannot supply."
Another great clipping for Evans' folder - and for ours as well! I know Peter was particularly proud to be publishing Omega, and the steady stream of strong reviews has served to prove his instincts correct.
So, click through below to order your own copy of Omega and find out what all the fuss is about!
- Omega (signed, limited, slipcased hardcover) - £50.00 ($100.00 approx.)
- Omega (hardcover) - £20.00 ($40.00 approx.)
Rhys Hughes’ The Crystal Cosmos reviewed at SF Signal
Posted by Paul Raven on June 18th, 2008 at 9:01
SF Signal's John DeNardo got his teeth into Rhys Hughes' recent PS Publishing novella The Crystal Cosmos, and found it to be "[a] bizarre (but ultimately satisfying) reading experience."
Here's the opening paragraph of the full review, which states DeNardo's opinion quite clearly:
"I've never quite has a reading experience like the one I had with The Crystal Cosmos, a novella written by Rhys Hughes. It is simultaneously high-concept, bizarre, wonderful and a little frustrating. There were times when I was confused and times when I was enraptured; there were times when I thought it was hardly worth continuing and times I thought it was pure genius. It's a strange dichotomy that I still can't quite resolve. I ultimately liked it - and as I mull the story over I like it more and more - but it's one of those things that I would have to read again to fully appreciate."
It appears that perhaps DeNardo took a while to realise that Rhys Hughes adds more than a hint of the surreal to his fiction, but the signal came through clearly in the end - at least, as clearly as it ever can where Rhys Hughes is concerned!
If you fancy trying your luck with an exploration of The Crystal Cosmos, we still have copies available in both formats - click through below to get your hands on one:
- The Crystal Cosmos - jacketed hardcover - £25.00 ($50.00 approx.)
- The Crystal Cosmos - hardcover - £10.00 ($20.00 approx.)
Matthew Hughes live appearance, plus Template reviews
Posted by Paul Raven on June 2nd, 2008 at 7:16
You can hardly click a link on the web at the moment without bumping into Matthew Hughes, or so it seems. In addition to Matthew being profiled by John Joseph Adams at SciFi Wire, numerous reviews of Template have materialised.
SF Revu seemed particularly impressed by Template, summing up by saying:
"The balance between the theme and event is finely tuned by Hughes throughout and his setting, so well defined already in his published works, provides an endlessly fascinating backdrop."
Meanwhile, there's a round-up of "unprofessional" fan reviews of Template, as well - which are just as important to writers (and publishers!) as the more formal work of career reviewers. A few notable snippets:
You might bump into Matthew Hughes beyond the internet, as well - if you happen to be in the Yorkshire region, that is. Here's a message from the man himself:
"I'll be doing a reading and giving a talk on what life is like for a struggling-but-cheerful sf author. The event is at the Harrogate branch of the North Yorkshire County Library, on Victoria Avenue in Harrogate, on Thursday, June 12, from 7:30 p.m.
There will be light refreshments and a complementary glass of wine. Tickets cost £2. For more information, phone 0845 0349520. They want me to do another one in Ripon sometime later, but no date has been set."
If you're in the right area, why not pop along? In addition to supporting a great author, you'll be supporting the public library service, too - and as a former employee thereof, I can assure you that thanks to government incompetence at local and national levels, the public library service needs all the support it can get! Use 'em or lose 'em, folks.
Unfortunately, you're very unlikely to find a copy of Template at your local library. You can secure one by clicking the links below, though:
- Template - slipcased hardcover - £50.00 ($100.00 approx.) 200 copies
- Template - hardcover - £20.00 ($40.00 approx.) 500 copies
The Fix reviews Postscripts #14
Posted by Paul Raven on May 23rd, 2008 at 8:06
The Fix Online has a flattering review of Postscripts #14, done in their customary in-depth style. Each story gets its own bit of analysis, and you should pop over there to read it in full. But I will just repeat the nice things that David Hebblethwaite says about Postscripts (and PS Publishing in general) at the beginning:
"PS Publishing must have one of the most diverse lists in the independent press; and their magazine, Postscripts, reflects that diversity: reading an issue is like reaching into the PS bran tub and pulling out a random selection."
We're pretty proud of that diverse list, as it happens! So stick your arm into our bran tub (oo-er) and click through below to secure yourself a copy of Postscripts #14:
- Postscripts #14, hardcover - £25 [US$50 approx.] 200 copies only
- Postscripts #14, paperback - £6 [US$12 approx.] 500 copies only
More great reviews for Zivkovic and Evans
Posted by Paul Raven on May 16th, 2008 at 8:32
It looks like the ALA aren't the only people enjoying the latest PS Publishing titles; hot on the heels of yesterday's glowing reviews from Booklist, Zoran Živković and Christopher Evans have racked up another recommendation each.
Back on 3rd May, Lisa Tuttle took a look at Christopher Evans' Omega for The Times' science fiction and fantasy reviews section. Being as it was in the print edition, I can't link to it (how Twentieth Century!), but I can quote from it:
"A more compelling vision of two minds sharing a single body shines through Christopher Evans' Omega [...] Character-driven SF at its best, with a terrific concept -- a super-weapon with shocking potential -- at its core."
These are moving fast, so click through below to place your order at the PS Webstore:
- Signed, limited, slipcased hardcover - £50.00 ($100.00 approx.) 200 copies
- Hardcover - £20.00 ($40.00 approx.) 500 copies
Meanwhile, Karen at SF Signal gets her teeth into Zoran Živković's The Last Book, and finds it a tasty morsel deserving a four-star review:
"We should all give PS Publishing a rousing vote of thanks for keeping the stories of Serbian writer Zoran Živković available for US audiences. [...] Although this short novel (less than 200 pages) is a murder mystery where it's always raining, it isn't at all dark and gloomy. I found myself laughing out loud ...
It is very fast and easy to read, perfect for a rainy afternoon in a tea shop, perhaps, which is where the two protagonists spend much of their time. For anyone who enjoys books about books, and also short witty books by excellent writers, this will be one you shouldn't miss."
Her bottom-line summary? "Umberto Eco for the rest of us". So click through to add The Last Book to your collection:
- Signed, limited, slipcased hardcover - £50.00 ($100.00 approx.) 200 copies
- Hardcover - £20.00 ($40.00 approx.) 500 copies
PS titles by Christopher Evans and Zoran Zivkovic reviewed in Booklist
Posted by Paul Raven on May 15th, 2008 at 7:51
Booklist is the magazine produced by the American Library Association, so we can assume that they know a thing or two about good books. We certainly think so, anyway - as they seem very taken with two recent PS Publishing titles in the reviews section of their current issue, a special edition devoted to science fiction and fantasy.
Here's what Keir Graff had to say about Christopher Evans' Omega:
Alternate histories positing unusual twists to World War II aren’t themselves unusual, but Evans’ particular scenario might still be unique [...] a fascinatingly imagined wartime London—in the twenty-first century.
In this reality, Hitler died in a plane crash, the Germans and the English are allies, and an endless, grinding conflict has reduced the world to a polluted, underpopulated place where technological advancement coexists with extreme deprivation—it’s Blade Runner meets the Blitz. [...] Evans handles his tricky premise with a sure hand; not for alternate-history fans only.
"Blade Runner meets the Blitz"! That's the sort of pull-quote a publisher (and an author) dreams of. Secure your copy of Omega by clicking through below:
- Signed, limited, slipcased hardcover - £50.00 ($100.00 approx.) 200 copies
- Hardcover - £20.00 ($40.00 approx.) 500 copies
Reviewer Ray Olson gave The Last Book by Zoran Zivkovic a starred review, which indicates "a work judged to be outstanding in its genre":
When one person dies in a bookshop, it’s sad; although it requires calling in the police, it’s nothing more, especially since the deceased was old. But when two further deaths occur in the same shop within two days, and the coroner can ascertain no cause of death in all three cases, suspicion seems justified. [...] Two more die; the possibilities that a killer inspired by Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose or powerful forces (governmental? corporate?) possessing secret, traceless poisons may be responsible are considered; the involvement of a secretive, apocalyptic cult is established; and a green volume entitled The Last Book contains or is the key to the mystery.
Serbian master fantasist Zivkovic has written what may be the most delicious mystery by a speculative-fiction specialist since Stanislaw Lem’s mind-boggling The Investigation (1974). Unlike Lem’s novel, it is also a discreet, witty love story.
Compared favourably with Stanislaw Lem? Literary accolades don't come much weightier than that. Order your copy by clicking on the links below:
- Signed, limited, slipcased hardcover - £50.00 ($100.00 approx.) 200 copies
- Hardcover - £20.00 ($40.00 approx.) 500 copies
Edit: turns out the review of The Last Book is available on the Booklist website after all!
Justice and Wilbanks’ ‘Dead Earth: The Green Dawn’ on Green Man Review
Posted by Darren on November 7th, 2007 at 17:09
Reviewer Craig Clarke admires the "straightforward, cinematic prose style" of Mark Justice and David T. Wilbanks' zombiepocalypse novella Dead Earth: The Green Dawn, saying:
"...the duo's writing is smooth and assured, not at all like the product of most relative beginners. The authors have created a paean to the old pulp-style adventures, only with dead instead of living foes."
You can read Craig's full review over at greenmanreview.com.
Kevin Stone reviews Eric Brown’s ‘Starship Summer’ for TTAPress.com
Posted by Darren on November 6th, 2007 at 15:35
Reviewer Kevin Stone had, among other things, the following to say about our recently-published Eric Brown novella, Starship Summer, in a piece published on the TTA Press website:
"Starship Summer sticks to the tradition of writing about people rather than delving too deeply into the technological aspects of the setting, being in essence a very traditional story about friendship, and how the bonds between mankind can elevate us beyond our wildest dreams."
You can read the full review over at www.TTAPress.com.
Elizabeth Hand reviews Joe Hill’s ‘Twentieth Century Ghosts’
Posted by Darren on October 31st, 2007 at 17:36
Via The Inferior 4+1, Elizabeth Hand (Illyria, Bibliomancy) points us in the direction of her Washington Post review of Joe Hill's superb collection 20th Century Ghosts.
Elizabeth says the book is: "melancholy and very fine", and that "Hill's best stories veer away from the well-trodden creep shows and back alleys of genre writing into more dangerous territory: suburban basements, ball fields and schoolyards. These are where his protagonists, all male, vie with brothers, fathers, friends (but only occasionally wives or lovers) to stake some small claim to a deceptively mundane prize, what the narrator of the wrenching 'Voluntary Committal' calls 'a strong sense of self.'"
Sadly, the piece doesn't quite give PS a full name-check (we're relegated to "a small British Press"... we should probably blame the editor at the Post for that one, eh?) but of course, everyone who's anyone knows that we produced the first editions of this rather superb collection; all of which are now sold out, alas, although you might be able to find copies on eBay or AbeBooks that cost less than an arm and a leg, if you're exceptionally lucky.
Elizabeth Hand’s ‘Illyria’ covered by the Green Man Review
Posted by Darren on October 29th, 2007 at 18:05
Our man Robert Wexler sent me a link to a review of Elizabeth Hand's Illyria, published online on The Green Man Review (the piece isn't dated so we can't tell how recently the review was written, but it's always better now than never when it comes to a good mention, eh?)
The reviewer, Kestrell Rath, says: "Elizabeth Hand's ... Illyria follows in a long tradition of science fiction and fantasy stories which reference the works of Shakespeare ... and Hand's lyrical writing style is a wonderful fit for the dark romance she sets out to tell."
She then explores the themes of the piece, before insightfully concluding: "Elizabeth Hand demonstrates in Illyria what draws so many of us to the literature of the fantastic, and what connects it so strongly to Shakespeare: the fact that fantastic worlds - no matter how strange they appear in regard to place, time, or culture - throw into contrast what we find most recognizable, that experience we call 'being human'."
Read the full review at www.greenmanreview.com.
Colin Harvey on ‘Sanity and Other Delusions’ by Gary Fry
Posted by Darren on October 19th, 2007 at 17:24
In a review over at Suite101.com, Colin Harvey says that our first Showcase title, Gary Fry's Sanity and Other Delusions is "an outstanding mini-collection of short stories on psychological disintegration" and that Fry's writing here is "much more complex and multi-layered than in [his] previous works".
We're printing 300 hardcovers and 100 jacketed hardcovers, publication is pretty much imminent, and you can pre-order via the Webstore.
David Craddock on Steven Erikson’s ‘Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, volume 1′
Posted by Darren on October 4th, 2007 at 16:36
David Craddock, writing on the Fantasy Book Critic blog, has reviewed our Steven Erikson novella collection, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach: The Collected Stories, Volume One, which compiles the three titles Blood Follows, The Lees of Laughter's End and The Healthy Dead into one handy, recently re-released volume for only £20 ($40 approx.)
David was particularly impressed by Steven Erikson's superb characterisation, comparing it extremely favourably to sometimes less-successful efforts that can be found in much longer works:
"Relying more on people rather than a world to drive his action, the strong personalities of Bauchelain the conjurer, Korbal Broach the eunuch, and Emancipor 'Mancy the Luckless' Reese drive each of the novellas. Though the reader never fails to uncover new facets of each of these three main personalities throughout the trilogy, each protagonist's goals, and motivations used to reach those goals, are understood almost perfectly by the midpoint of Blood Follows. Some authors fail to convey proper understanding of their protagonists over the course of several books, but Erikson does so after a few dozen pages."
David concludes: "Bauchelain and Korbal Broach... not only combines three novellas that form a complete story, but does so with the fluidity lacking in many 1,000-plus page monsters." Which touches on just one of the reasons why we here at PS love the novella form so much, and why we're so keen to see as many excellent novella-length works make it into print as we possibly can.
Bewildering Stories ezine reviews Richard Parks’ ‘Hereafter and After’
Posted by Darren on September 30th, 2007 at 15:14
Holly Schmidt, writing at bewlideringstories.com, takes a look at Hereafter and After by Richard Parks, saying that it's "...wonderfully irreverent, taking a skewed look at the afterlife and the gods of Norse mythology and the effect eternity would have on them," and concluding: "PS Publishing has another winner here."
PS titles reviewed by Steve Mazey and I.M. Lester
Posted by Darren on September 29th, 2007 at 13:47
Steve Mazey - who along with his missus, Lesley, has for several years now been providing a steady stream of horror and science fiction genre news and reviews over on their webzine The Eternal Night - dropped us a line to let us know that he's submitted a review of Philip José Farmer and Danny Adams' The City Beyond Play to Tetragon Science Fiction Magazine, a new US-based print and online publication that will be publishing science fiction novellas as well as reviews.
Steve said The City Beyond Play is: "...a wonderful piece of whimsy ... a medieval, chivalrous adventure of feudal realms, nobles and serfs, damsels and knights. But for all that ... most definitely a science fiction book."
He also very kindly pointed us in the direction of the reviews page of an ezine called Down in the Cellar, where three PS titles have been reviewed, all by one I.M. Lester, who to-date has commented on The Scalding Rooms by Conrad Williams ("This is your worst nightmare in print..."), Twelve Collections and the Teashop by Zoran Zivkovic ("...superbly written ... fascinating...") and Ramsey Campbell's The Grin of the Dark ("...fill[s] you with a sense of dread...")
Read all three reviews at www.downinthecellar.com (unfortunately the page doesn't have a sub-index or jump-menu, so you'll have to scroll...)
Advance quotes for Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘The Situation’
Posted by Darren on September 28th, 2007 at 13:05
Jeff VanderMeer is "getting more and more psyched" about the forthcoming publication of his chapbook novelette, The Situation. It looks like he's not alone, either, based on a couple of advance quotes that Jeff has already received:
"In The Situation, Jeff VanderMeer has created a work of surreal humor, bemused sadness, and meticulous artifice. It is as if the workplace novels of Sinclair Lewis and Joshua Ferris had been inverted, shaken, and diced until they came out looking like a Terry Gilliam creation. That a story which curves so resolutely inward toward its own logic could also be so poignant is something of an astonishment." - Kevin Brockmeier
"Take Dilbert, insert him into Gormenghast, add lashings of nighmarish biotech, and you'll have something of the flavour of Jeff VanderMeer's The Situation. This darkly hilarious story tells horrible truths about modern work and workplace relations. Anyone who has ever had a dysfunctional colleague, or served a flawed organisation, will recognise all too easily the machinations and the monsters in here." - Margo Lanagan
We're printing 200 jacketed hardcovers (£15.00 / $30.00 approx.) and 500 standard hardcovers (£7.50 / $15.00 approx.) of The Situation, which we've currently scheduled for publication in Spring next year. Cover art, created by the fabulously talented Scott Eagle is on the way and we'll post an image just as soon as the finalised version arrives.
Mario Guslandi reviews Ed Gorman’s ‘The Moving Coffin’
Posted by Darren on September 19th, 2007 at 9:48
There's a very good review of The Collected Ed Gorman, Volume 2: The Moving Coffin, over on www.laurahird.com in which Mario Guslandi says:
"Gorman is not a creator of mere action thrillers, although his stories are certainly not devoid of action and thrill, but a writer who likes to explore the darker side of human nature and the disreputable aspects of the world we inhabit."
He then makes his personal selection of the pieces in the volume that he most appreciated, before concluding:
"Highly recommended to any lover of good, entertaining but thought-provoking fiction."
You can read the full review on www.laurahird.com.
The Collected Ed Gorman, Volume 1: Out There in the Darkness is still available, as is the Volume 1 & Volume 2 slipcase. And don't forget that if you pre-order The Collected Ed Gorman, Volume 3 from us before the end of September, you'll be able to take advantage of our current free postage offer.
Charles de Lint reviews ‘Hereafter and After’ by Richard Parks
Posted by Darren on September 3rd, 2007 at 13:17
Richard Parks dropped us an email to let us know that no less a luminary than World Fantasy Award winning author Charles de Lint has reviewed two of Richard's titles, including our own Hereafter and After, in the August 2007 edition of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine.
Here's a short extract from the review:
"[In Hereafter and After] we meet recently deceased Jake Hallman who, after getting hit by a garbage truck, awakes to find himself in the afterlife on something called the Golden Road. An angel comes to escort him to Heaven, but Hallman has questions, which leads him to have an 'insight', which makes him that rare being in the afterlife: a dead person who is capable of change. The dead aren't supposed to change after their death; those who do become free souls.
"And that leads Hallman on a stranger journey through the afterlifes of all sorts of myths with only the company of an equally bewildered ex-Valkyrie named Freya for company. All of this allows Parks to poke gentle fun and make some serious commentary on our belief systems, and it gives us a terrific read."
You can read the full review over at the F&SF website, in which Charles de Lint also covers Richard's collection Worshipping Small Gods.
Richard Horton tips ‘Julian’ for Hugo glory…
Posted by Darren on July 27th, 2007 at 17:35
Reviewer Richard Horton has posted his pick of the Hugo Award shortlisted novellas over at his Livejournal blog and Robert Charles Wilson's Julian: A Christmas Story is his pick of the crop from a very strong field indeed.
Richard calls it "a wholly satisfying novella" and says that he'd be glad to read a longer story if this novella is intended to be as an introductory scenario.
Peter Tennant reviews ‘Cinema Macabre’
Posted by Darren on July 9th, 2007 at 12:27
Over at T3A Space, the blog of fellow UK indie publisher TTA Press, Peter Tennant has posted a review of our Mark Morris-edited anthology of cinematographic essays, Cinema Macabre.
Peter has some very nice things to say about the book - which contains fifty essays on the subject of 'my favourite horror film' by some of the biggest names in the genre (as well as yours-truly) - such as: "The overall feeling is like sitting down with a group of fellow Horror aficionados and shooting the breeze about what makes the hairs on the back of your neck rise, the difference being that these aficionados are more articulate than most."
Cinema Macabre has also made the long-list for this year's British Fantasy Awards in the newly-inaugurated Best Non-Fiction category.
M.J. Ewing on Ramsey Campbell’s ‘The Grin of the Dark’
Posted by Darren on June 6th, 2007 at 12:11
Blogger M.J. Ewing has some very complimentary things to say about Ramsey Campbell's latest PS publication The Grin of the Dark, over at his mjewing.co.uk blog.
Things like:
"Ramsey Campbell's latest novel is the best thing I've read in some time."
and:
"Campbell constantly challenges himself as a writer, stretching his boundaries while retaining a consistent level of readability & quality."
It's a good, analytical review, with plenty of attention on the role of Campbell as stylist, a crafter of prose that embraces "the horror of the idea (as opposed to merely visceral horror)". Well worth a read.
Paul DiFilippo on Postscripts #10
Posted by Darren on June 2nd, 2007 at 9:58
Over on the Inferior 4+1 blog, author Paul Di Filippo had some very nice things to say about the latest, 10th issue of our Postscripts magazine.
Alas though, the version of Postscripts #10 that Paul singles out as being particularly worthy of praise - the $25.00 PPC semi-Hardcover edition - is actually completely sold out here at PS Towers.
You could always try to hunt down a dealer in collectable editions, or try to find a second-hand copy, but it might cost you a wrist and an ankle at the very least; we saw the PPC edition offered for £200 on eBay.co.uk recently... and that's not even the slipcased copy!
We do have plenty of copies of the extremely reasonable (nay, let's be honest, insanely good value-for-money) £12.00 PPC semi-Hardcover edition in stock, although those are selling fast...
Our suggested remedy for the missing-out-on-Postscripts blues would be to take out a Subscription, at the earliest opportunity!
The ‘Voyage of Night Shining White’ reviewed on Yatterings.com
Posted by Darren on May 16th, 2007 at 14:19
Chris Roberson's novella The Voyage of Night Shining White gets a very positive write-up over at Iain Emsley's blog, Yatterings.com, where Iain describes it as "Zen space opera" and "...a book of extraordinary grace and poise".
Find out more about Chris and his work over at www.ChrisRoberson.net.
Eric Brown on Robert Edric’s ‘Mermaids’
Posted by Darren on May 12th, 2007 at 14:15
SF author Eric Brown makes mention of the PS novella The Mermaids by Robert Edric in today's Guardian SF column, calling the novella "...a finely written fable explores the nature of myth and its repercussions, as well as being a subtle coming-of-age story."