Novel: The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
When I read The Atrocity Archives a few years ago, it instantly became my favorite […]
Novel: Mind’s Eye by Paul McAuley
I enjoyed a pair of Paul McAuley‘s near-futurish thrillers from earlier in the decade, Whole
Novel: The Drylands by Mary Rosenblum
The Drylands (1993) by Mary Rosenblum is an impressively prescient novel centered around imminent worldwide
Novel: Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow
The previous two novels from James Morrow, The Last Witchfinder and The Philosopher’s Apprentice, are both
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Film: Tideland
Sadly, Terry Gilliam’s body of work has steadily degraded since his madly inventive film Brazil
Collection: Last Week’s Apocalypse by Douglas Lain
Douglas Lain started publishing regularly right around the time I started reviewing for Tangent, and
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TV: Wonderfalls
The magnificent Wonderfalls (2004) has the odd distinction of being a died-before-its-time TV gem that
Collection: Shuteye for the Timebroker by Paul Di Filippo
Genre writers don’t get much more prolific, versatile, or flat out fun than Paul Di
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Collection: Strange But Not a Stranger by James Patrick Kelly
I seem to have two reactions to reading a James Patrick Kelly story: to get depressed that
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Film: Synecdoche, New York
I caught up with Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York (2008) over the weekend. It’s one
Novel: The Knights of the Cornerstone by James P. Blaylock
For a while it seemed like the supply of James P. Blaylock novels was endless,
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Collection: Mothers & Other Monsters by Maureen F. McHugh
Maureen F. McHugh brings a dark edge to a classy, powerful collection
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Film & Comic Book: Watchmen
A look at Alan Moore’s landmark comic and its controversial film adaptation
Novel: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet delivers a masterpiece about the nuclear age
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Novel: Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
Matt Ruff delivers an imperfect but taut and engaging speculative thriller
Novel: The Philosopher’s Apprentice by James Morrow
Speculative fiction’s top satirist hits another one out of the park
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