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Contents2 December 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20131202/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: Why Don't You Ask the Doomsday Machine?, by Elliott EssexEvery time a warlord found me, intent on my becoming their blunt instrument, a mismatched armada followed shortly after—some squabbling coalition of assorted ally species, determined to save the universe from my grasp. FICTION: Podcast: Why Don't You Ask the Doomsday Machine?, by Elliott Essex, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Elliott Essex's "Why Don't You Ask the Doomsday Machine?." POETRY: Artifacts in the Lens, by Selkie D'Isathe camera loves / the butterfly she seems, in motion always, / bright, escaping reach COLUMN: Me and Science Fiction: Thor: The Dark World, by Eleanor ArnasonI am not a comic book fan, though I read plenty of them as a kid. But I am a fan of Marvel superhero movies. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum 25 November 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20131125/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) ARTICLE: Different Frontiers: Taking Over English, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew"English is a global language because of colonialism. How is it ironic to address postcolonial issues in English–a language of oppression and resistance, of loss and survival–a postcolonial language?" POETRY: Datafall, by Richard Larsonnear the village. / Old solar laptops, out of hiding POETRY: Podcast: November Poetry, by Stefanie Maclin, C. W. Johnson, Dominik Parisien, and Richard Larson, read by Julia Rios and Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the November issues of Strange Horizons. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood, reviewed by Adam Roberts 18 November 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20131118/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: A Secret Map of Shanghai, by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo"Shanghai is a man, a perfect, Vitruvian man," she had told him, as she spread him, unblemished, on her endlessly expanding bed, "but you my sullen boy are still half-devil, half-child." FICTION: Podcast: A Secret Map of Shanghai, by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Victor Fernando R. Ocampo's "A Secret Map of Shanghai." POETRY: Sand Bags, by Dominik Parisienthe hole is a universe deep / and she is falling down fracturing COLUMN: Movements: A Poetics of Struggle (Part One), by Rochita Loenen-RuizIn a recent conversation with yet another friend, I strove to explain the frustration that lies behind the giving away of our stories to visitors to our culture. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black, reviewed by Foz Meadows 11 November 2013![[Reviews ]](/2013/20131111/weekly.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: The Mythology of Salt, by O.J. CadeMakareta could not look away from the chisel and the mallet. Even the dye making, the kapara charcoal ground into dust, mixed with water and decanted into a mussel shell, could not hold her attention. The chisel – sharp and straight, the blade wide and shining – was all that she could see. FICTION: Podcast: The Mythology of Salt, by O.J. Cade, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents O.J. Cade's "The Mythology of Salt." POETRY: What the Higgs Boson Means to Me, by C. W. Johnsonspecks of data like locusts REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: William Gibson by Gary Westfahl, reviewed by Benjamin Gabriel Strange Horizons is a weekly online magazine of science fiction, fantasy, science fact, opinion, art, and reviews. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. Updated every Monday Graphic design by Elaine Chen. |
