This week, Tachyon Publications released Ann and Jeff VanderMeer’s great new anthology of all things steampunk, which has a wealth of Victorian gadgets and devices, as well as fine stories by Jay Lake, Paul Filippo, and Ian R. MacLeod. The editors’ introductions are relatively concise, obviously meant to be descriptive rather than scholarly. For the […]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Poetry Fix: Yehuda Amichai
This is the opening stanza of “Try to Remember Some Details.” I love the way Amichai gives great meaning to ordinary things. Try to remember some details. Remember the clothing of the one you love so that on the day of loss you’ll be able to say: last seen wearing such-and-such, brown jacket, white hat. […]
Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
Uplifting and yet tinged with a faint melancholy, Tove Jansson’s lovely comic books about the free-spirited Moomintrolls make me very happy. Drawn and Quarterly (D & Q) released The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip in gorgeous oversized hardcovers last fall, and reading them is sheer delight. There are times when you really need Jansson’s family […]