Greatest SF
Reviewing the greatest short SF ever written, one story at a time
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
The Ultimate City, by J. G. Ballard
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This one contains Ballard's take on Shakespeare's Tempest. This one novella, called Ultimate City, has virtually every obsessi...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The Ultimate City, by J. G. Ballard
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This story has a lot to say about the attractions of science fiction, and what these attractions might really hide. The protagonist loves t...
Friday, January 15, 2016
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?, by James Tiptree Jr.
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Monday, December 28, 2015
Human Moments in World War III, by Don DeLillo
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The astronaut, stripped of all its ornamentation, is a man who has an opportunity to take in all of the world without any of human reality ...
Buddha Nostril Bird, by John Kessel
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I swear, I had to read this one several times over before realizing the author didn't want me to take it that seriously either. The cha...
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Useful Phrases, by Gene Wolfe (1992)
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I suppose if someone were to introduce a friend to the pleasures of reading Gene Wolfe, he could do worse than recommend this story. It is ...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Chippoke Na Gomi, by Misha Nogha (1989)
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The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (where this story is reprinted) tells me that Chippoke Na Gomi means tiny specks of dust, or, put...
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