By Gabriel CarlylePeaceNewsMay 2013 ‘What if something that didn’t happen had happened differently?’ is the tricksy question at the heart…
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The Human Front: A Review
By Luther BlissettMedium.comJanuary 7th, 2017 Reading The Human Front made me want to read more MacLeod. I went and picked…
New Taboos: A Review
By David AgranoffJune 24th, 2013 Since the outspoken author series started I have looked forward to this book. John Shirley…
New Taboos: A Review
By Andrew AndrewsTrue Review In NEW TABOOS, you begin to wonder if the world hasn’t started to wear down on…
New Taboos: A Review
By William CastroNortheastern Illinois University Independent April 19th, 2016 “New Taboos” is a small collection of writings by John Shirley.…
New Taboos on the Daily Kos
by Kurt WilckenDaily KosJuly 21st, 2013 Back in the 1980s, writer John Shirley was on the cutting edge of the…
New Taboos: A Publishers Weekly Review
Publishers WeeklyOctober 2013 Lyricist and “Dread Lord” of cyberpunk Shirley (A Song Called Youth) releases a full-throated howl about the…
New Taboos: A Review
By Luther BlissettMedium.comJanuary 7th, 2017 Opening piece, “A State of Imprisonment,” sticks with you. Brutal without unnecessary graphic details. Kind…
The Fantastic Ursula K. Le Guin
By Julie PhillipsThe New YorkerOctober 17th, 2016 The literary mainstream once relegated her work to the margins. Then she transformed…
Gypsy: An Interview with Carter Scholz in Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fantasty & Science FictionNovember 13th, 2015 – Tell us a bit about “Gypsy.” The quintessential sf story, to me, is…