"Behold the Man": Michael Moorcock's Big Middle Finger to Christianity
a juvenile and mean-spirited novel from one of SFF's greatest authors
Eden Among the Stars: Pauline Gedge’s “Stargate”
An obscure science-fantasy explores the bounds of Tolkien's legacy
Timeless Warning: Karel Čapek’s “War With The Newts”
Nearly a century old, Čapek’s satire remains chillingly prophetic
Liminal Labyrinth
Magic and modernity in Margaret St. Clair's "Sign of the Labrys"
An Alternative Cosmos: Charles Fort's "New Lands"
The radical skepticism of Charles Fort's "New Lands"
The Lonely Cosmos of J. O. Jeppson's "The Second Experiment"
Maybe all stories about space are also stories about loneliness
Chess, Sex and Death: Ian Watson's "Queenmagic, Kingmagic"
On sacrificial kings and cold wars
Perverse Playground: Jack L. Chalker’s "Midnight at the Well of Souls"
On writers' fetishes, isekai stories, and transformation
An Inescapable Pattern: Octavia E. Butler's "Patternmaster"
On power and the limits of imagination
The Psychedelic Wizardry of Roger Zelazny’s "The Changing Land"
On bibliophilia, van art wizards, and integrity in fiction