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Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, September 2014: Graham Joyce, Adam Roberts, Infinity Plus, Gwyneth Jones, and more
Posted on 2014-10-07 at 13:35 by montsamu
From the Other Side, September 2014
By Paul Kincaid
[Editor's Note: "From the Other Side" is Paul Kincaid's monthly column on books and news from the other side of the Atlantic.]
September has been a sad month, since it opened with the death of Graham Joyce. You would be hard put to find any photograph of Graham in which he didn’t have a huge grin. It’s a measure of the man: he was charming, delightful, great company and someone who enjoyed life to the full. He was also one of the finest fantasists you
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Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, August 2014: New books from NewCon and Beccon, and two sf novels getting serious mainstream attention
Posted on 2014-09-03 at 14:35 by montsamu
From the Other Side, August 2014
By Paul Kincaid
[Editor's Note: "From the Other Side" is Paul Kincaid's monthly column on books and news from the other side of the Atlantic.]
So the biggest science fiction event in Britain has come and gone. For the record, I thought Capaldi makes a very interesting Doctor, but Moffatt remains a terrible scriptwriter. It seems to me that Doctor Who is going the way of Sherlock: glitzy and full of in-references for the fans, but rather short of coherent storytelling and
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