Essays & Reviews
2020
- Review of The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez at Strange Horizons, August 2020
- Review of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz at Strange Horizons, January 2020
- Review of The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson at The Guardian, November 2019
- Review of Dark Constellations by Pola Oloixarac, translated by Roy Kesey at Strange Horizons, October 2019
- Review of Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson at Strange Horizons, July 2019
- Roundtable discussion of Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner, with Charlotte Geater and Zen Cho, moderated by Aishwarya Subramanian, at Strange Horizons, June 2019
- Review of Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman at Strange Horizons, April 2019
- Review of The Breath of the Sun by Isaac R. Fellman at Strange Horizons, November 2018
- Review of The Haunting of Hill House at Strange Horizons, October 2018
- Review of Lost in Space, season 1 at Strange Horizons, June 2018
- Review of Paris Adrift by E.J. Swift at Strange Horizons, May 2018
- Science Fiction: slavery stereotypes, and a new M. John Harrison: column discussing An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon and You Should Come With Me Now by M. John Harrison, at The New Scientist, December 2017 (subscribers only)
- Science fiction picks sound wedding bells and other alarms: column discussing An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King, Landscape With Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson, and Acadie by Dave Hutchinson, at The New Scientist, October 2017
- Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check: column discussing Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee, Amatka by Karin Tidbeck, and The Rift by Nina Allan, at The New Scientist, August 2017
- Review of Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock at Strange Horizons, June 2017
- Final demands: we explore sci-fi's unworldly money troubles: column discussing New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson and Proof of Concept by Gwyneth Jones, at The New Scientist, May 2017
- Space opera is taking humanity to its limits: column discussing The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley, The Fortress at the End of Time by Joe M. McDermott, and Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor, at The New Scientists, March 2017
- Review of The Power by Naomi Alderman at Strange Horizons, February 2017
- "This is the Next World": The Stealth Futurism of Person of Interest at PopMatters, October 2016. See also my primer on getting past the hump of the show's indifferent standalone episodes, Person of Interest: The Good Bits Version.
- The 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist (1, 2) at Strange Horizons, August 2016
- Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream, adapted by Russell T. Davies at Strange Horizons, June 2016
- Review of The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar at Strange Horizons, April 2016
- Review of The Liminal War and The Entropy of Bones by Ayize Jama-Everett at Strange Horizons, February 2016
- Review of Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman at Strange Horizons, June 2015
- Review of Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho at Strange Horizons, March 2015
- Review of Edge of Tomorrow at Strange Horizons, June 2014
- Review of Snowpiercer at Strange Horizons, April 2014
- Short Fiction Snapshot #7: Review of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" by Ted Chiang at Strange Horizons, March 2014
- Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire at Strange Horizons, December 2013
- Review of Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox at Strange Horizons, September 2013
- Review of The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker at Strange Horizons, August 2013
- Review of Big Mama Stories by Eleanor Arnason at Strange Horizons, July 2013
- "On the Meeting of Epic Fantasy and Western in Felix Gilman's Half-Made World Duology", a seminar entry at Crooked Timber, May 2013
- The 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist (1, 2) at Strange Horizons, April/May 2013
- Short Fiction Snapshot #2: Review of "Boat in Shadows, Crossing" by Tori Truslow at Strange Horizons, April 2013
- Review of The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman at Strange Horizons, March 2013
- Short Fiction Snapshot: Introduction and Review of "Intestate" by Charlie Jane Anders at Strange Horizons, February 2013
- Space Adventure as Mercantile Venture: Review of Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer at The Los Angeles Review of Books, January 2013
- "Proof That Molly Gloss Deserves to Be One of Your Favorite Authors" at io9, December 2012
- Review of The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett at Strange Horizons, November 2012
- Review of The Black Opera by Mary Gentle at Strange Horizons, June 2012
- Review of The Avengers at Strange Horizons, May 2012
- Review of The Recollection by Gareth L. Powell in Vector, issue #270, spring 2012
- Review of Chronicle at Strange Horizons, February 2012
- Review of Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern at Strange Horizons, November 2011
- Review of Torchwood: Miracle Day at Strange Horizons, September 2011
- Review of Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks at Strange Horizons, June 2011
- Review of Stone Spring by Stephen Baxter in Foundation, issue #108, spring 2011
- Review of The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman at Strange Horizons, January 2011
- Review of Spirit by Gwyneth Jones in Foundation, issue #107, winter 2010
- Progressive Scan: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, in Vector, issue #264, autumn 2010
- Review of Sleepless by Charlie Huston at Strange Horizons, November 2010
- Review of Under the Dome by Stephen King at Strange Horizons, August 2010
- Progressive Scan: The Sarah Jane Adventures, Season 3, in Vector, issue #263, summer 2010
- Review of Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link at Strange Horizons, May 2010
- 2009 Short Fiction, a roundup at Strange Horizons, March 2010
- Review of Investigating Firefly and Serenity: Science Fiction on the Frontier by Rhonda V. Wilcox and Tanya R. Cochran (eds.) in Foundation, issue #105, spring 2010
- Review of The Strange Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington at Strange Horizons, February 2010
- Progressive Scan: Genre TV in 2009, in Vector, issue #262, winter 2009
- Progressive Scan: Ashes to Ashes, Season 2, in Vector, issue #261, autumn 2009
- Fantasy: Movement into the Cities, in convention booklet for ICon 2009, autumn 2009 (in Hebrew)
- Review of Amberlight and Riversend by Sylvia Kelso at Strange Horizons, August 2009
- Progressive Scan: Being Human, in Vector, issue #260, summer 2009
- Review of Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters by John Langan at Strange Horizons, April 2009
- Review of Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts at Strange Horizons, March 2009
- Progressive Scan: 2008 TV in Review, in Vector, issue #259, spring 2009
- Review of Liberation by Brian Francis Slattery at Strange Horizons, December 2008
- Review of The Quiet War by Paul McAuley at Strange Horizons, October 2008
- Review of Wit's End by Karen Joy Fowler at Strange Horizons, September 2008
- Review of The X-Files: I Want to Believe at Strange Horizons, August 2008
- Review of The Philosopher's Apprentice by James Morrow at Strange Horizons, June 2008
- The 2008 Arthur C. Clarke Nominees, a shortlist review (1, 2) at Strange Horizons, April 2008
- Reviews of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon, Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr., James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips, and The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester in Chalomot BaAspamia, issue #20, April 2008 (in Hebrew)
- Review of Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi at Strange Horizons, March 2008
- Review of Till Human Voices Wake Us by Mark Budz at Strange Horizons, January 2008
- Review of Battlestar Galactica: Razor at Strange Horizons, November 2007
- Non-SFnal SF, in Chalomot BeAspamia, issue #18, September/October 2007 (in Hebrew)
- Review of Ice and Guilty by Anna Kavan at Strange Horizons, September 2007
- Review of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon at Strange Horizons, July 2007
- Review of The Solitudes by John Crowley at Strange Horizons, July 2007
- The 2007 Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominees, a shortlist review at Infinity Plus, June 2007
- What Kind of Year Has it Been? SF on TV in 2006, in Vector, issue #252, May/June 2007
- Review of Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill at Strange Horizons, March 2007
- Review of Nova Swing by M. John Harrison at Strange Horizons, December 2006
- Review of In the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss at Strange Horizons, September 2006
- Review of Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski at IROSF, August 2006
- Six Comments on "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" at Strange Horizons, August 2006
- Review of The King's Last Song by Geoff Ryman at Strange Horizons, June 2006
- Review of The Weight of Numbers by Simon Ings at Strange Horizons, May 2006
- Review of Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer at Strange Horizons, March 2006
- Beyond the Fields of Tolkien: Unconventional Fantasy, in The Tenth Dimension, April 2006 (in Hebrew)
- Dogme 2005: Geoff Ryman and the Mundane SF Manifesto in The Tenth Dimension, February 2006 (in Hebrew)
- Insert Your Lost Pun Here: Is ABC's Ratings Phenomenon Losing Its Way? at Strange Horizons, January 2006
- Review of Mothers and Other Monsters by Maureen F. McHugh at Strange Horizons, December 2005
- "Russian Vine" by Simon Ings: An Appreciation at The ED SF Project, November 2005 (Reprinted in Vector, issue #245, January/February 2006)