LibraryThing reviewer gives 5 stars to Growing Up Bronx

A glowing review for H.A. Hargreaves short story collection, Growing Up Bronx, on LibraryThing. Available at Amazon Deceptively simple writing weaves the reader in to stories of the author’s early years in the Bronx. Characters are drawn with clean, deft stokes that bring a remarkable cast to life as richly full, complex, almost heart-breakingly real people, just as their influence mapped out the makings of the author. Hargreaves’ encompassing settings and spare, clear language transport…

North by 2000+ reviewed on LibraryThing

We seem to be receiving a good many positive reviews for our books of late. This one appeared on LibraryThing for H.A. Hargreaves’ impressive collection of short speculative fiction, North by 2000+. Available at Amazon This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. When North by 2000: A Collection of Canadian Science Fiction was first published way back in 1975, it was the very first collection of short stories clearly marketed as Canadian Science Fiction….

4 1/2 stars for Immunity to Strange Tales

Susan Forest’s short speculative fiction collection, Immunity to Strange Tales, recently received this 4 1/2 star review on LibraryThing. Available from Amazon This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Immunity to Strange Tales is a collection of twelve short stories, most of which could be considered Sci-Fi, most of which I enjoyed greatly. Outstanding were the stories Back (about a Time Machine), The Right Chemistry (about Atoms), Tomorrow and Tomorrow (about what one is…

Small World

About 18 months ago, I (Robert Runté) signed H. A. Hargreaves to reprint his classic 70’s SF collection, North by 2000 (the first SF collection ever marketed as “Canadian SF”.) I wanted the collection because I often give lectures on Canadian SF to English teachers, etc., and often use Hargreaves (especially his, “Dead to the World” story) as the exemplar of Canadian / US differences. In one of my more recent talks, someone had pointed…

2012 When Words Collide Fesitval (Calgary)

I (Robert Runté) attended the When Words Collide festival in Calgary again this year. Last year was WWC’s first convention, and I have been writing rave reviews ever since. Indeed, the organizers won a well deserved Aurora Award for their efforts. but I was nevertheless a bit worried that it might have been some kind of fluke. Could they repeat their initial success? I am here to say that yes, this was once again the…