Geeks With Books
a column by Rick Klaw
In the fourth and last part of the article on the making of Weird Business, the 400+ page comic book anthology he co-edited with Joe R. Lansdale, Rick tells us about how booksellers and comic retailers reacted in their attempts to sell the book and its impact on the sale of graphic novels.

Rude Mechanicals by Kage Baker
reviewed by David Soyka
The title alludes to a famed staging of the Shakespeare comedy, A Midsummer's Night Dream, by German director Max Reinhardt in the 30s. More specifically, it concerns the comic exploits of two cyborg operatives from the author's long-running Company series. Those who seek to perform the play as part of the duke's wedding celebrations are considered "rude" due to their low class and "mechanical" because they are tradesmen, skilled at making things, but lacking "higher" intellectual abilities, which include acting skills.

For A Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
reviewed by Michael M Jones
You'd think that after a while, the universe would give Rachel Mariana Morgan, witch and bounty hunter, a break. After all, her best friend is a living vampire who's drinking blood again, the shady machinations of her ex-boyfriend left her saddled with an ancient artifact of immense power, a prominent drug lord wants her to work for him, and demons want her, body and soul. Rachel knows it's really bad when Newt, an insane demon, shows up in her home in the middle of the night, and it only gets stranger, and worse, from there.

The Last Mimzy
a movie review by Rick Norwood
This slight, surprisingly pretty, mildly enjoyable film is based on a classic science fiction story of more than sixty years ago by Henry Kuttner and his wife, C.L. Moore. Thanks to the film, a collection of their stories has been reissued in paperback, under the film's title and spelling.

Babylon 5.1
TV reviews by Rick Norwood
Rick offers his movie predictions for what is worth seeing in 2007 (based entirely on the reputation of the writers) and reflects upon his predictions for 2006.

The Alchemist's Apprentice by Dave Duncan
reviewed by Donna McMahon
What could be stranger than a dodecahedral planet? One might reasonably ask that question after reading a couple of the author's latest titles and the answer, interestingly enough, is: a genuine historical setting. Renaissance Venice, as painted in in this book is full of delightful detail that's far too daft to be fiction.

Adventures in Unhistory by Avram Davidson
reviewed by Paul Kincaid
Avram Davidson's heyday probably stretched from the late 50s to perhaps the early 70s. By the time of his death in 1993, however, his star had slipped from the SF firmament. He was a writer's writer, indeed right to the end other authors would extol his work, but for the last twenty years or more of his writing life he made little substantial impact on the reading public. Since his death, however, Tor have made sterling efforts to bring his work back to public attention.

Blindsight by Peter Watts
reviewed by Alma A. Hromic
Sixty five thousand alien objects burn up to ashes in Earth's atmosphere... and the world holds its breath. For two months, in which nothing happens. And then something, maybe, does -- a half-dead space probe overhears whispers out there in interstellar space, whispers that may or may not be connected with those 65,000 defunct UFOs, whispers that may or may not be aimed at Earth -- but may be aimed, far more frighteningly, at something else, something that might be en route to Earth, intentions unknown.

The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction edited by George Mann
reviewed by David Hebblethwaite
Solaris Books is the new science fiction and fantasy imprint from Games Workshop's publishing arm. This anthology is their "book-sized calling card." It's heartening to see a company with Games Workshop's clout investing, as it were, in the field; so one wants to wish Solaris well -- provided, of course, that they publish good fiction.

Golden Age SF: Tales of a Bygone Future edited by Eric T. Reynolds
reviewed by Steven H Silver
Peter Graham once noted that the golden age of science fiction is twelve. While it may be true that age is the one at which science fiction is most likely to grab hold of a reader's imagination, it is also true that there was a period in the 40s and 50s when there was something magical about science fiction. Lurid covers promised adventure and thrills. In this anthology, the editor has selected stories that will remind our internal twelve-year-olds of the adventure of that other golden age.

New Arrivals
compiled by Neil Walsh
Some of the new books that have come our way in recent weeks include the latest from John Meaney, Harry Turtledove, Sarah Zettle, first novel from newcomer Joe Hill, sneak peeks at forthcoming titles from Charles de Lint, Jacqueline Carey, Poppy Z. Brite, and plenty more!

Axis of Time Trilogy by John Birmingham
reviewed by Peter D. Tillman
A naval task force from 2021 is diverted to 1942 by a DARPA teleportation experiment gone spectacularly wrong. In the confusion of the transition, the moderns sink most of Admiral Spruance's fleet, enroute to the Battle of Midway. The trilogy goes on to re-fight WW2, and to show once again that the oldest cliché can look fresh in the hands of a good writer with a new approach.

Star Trek, The Animated Series: Logs Three and Four by Alan Dean Foster
reviewed by Steve Lazarowitz
The logs are everything you'd expect from one of the original Star Treks. The stories are fun, fast paced, entertaining, and Alan Dean Foster tackles them with obvious relish (and perhaps a bit of mustard as well). As he is always an entertaining read, this isn't entirely unexpected. What IS unexpected is the quality of the stories, which originally were created for Saturday morning television.