Essays and reviews

2010

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang – review, SF Site (mid-August 2010)
Pinion by Jay Lake – review, Strange Horizons (6 August 2010)
Into Your Tent: The Life, Work and Family Background of Eric Frank Russell by John L. Ingham – review, Vector 263 (Summer 2010)
The Voice of the Heart: The Working of Mervyn Peake's Imagination by G. Peter Winnington – review, Science Fiction Studies 111 (July 2010)
Cheek By Jowl by Ursula K. Le Guin & Imagination/Space by Gwyneth Jones  – review, Strange Horizons (2 July 2010)
Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds – review, SF Site (mid-June 2010)
Lifelode by Jo Walton – review, Strange Horizons (28 May 2010)
The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe – review, Interzone 228 (May-June 2010)
Interview with Gene Wolfe – interview, Interzone 228 (May-june 2010)
Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction edited by Mark Bould and China Miιville – review, SF Site (mid-May 2010)
Starting the Conversation (Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn) – review essay, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Vol 20, No 2 (2010)
Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson – review, SF Site (May 2010)
The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr – review, World Literature Today (May-June 2010)
Against a Definition of Science Fiction – essay, World Literature Today, exclusive online content (May-June 2010)
Cold Earth by Sarah Moss – review, Strange Horizons (21 April 2010)
Makers by Cory Doctorow – review, SF Site (mid-April 2010)
Brain Thief by Alexander Jablokov – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 259 (March 2010)
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teen's Science Fiction by Farah Mendlesohn – review, Vector 262 (Winter 2010)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and The Utopian Vision of H.G. Wells by Justin E.A. Busch – review, SF Site (April 2010)
The Infinities by John Banville – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 258 (February 2010)
The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel – review, Strange Horizons (19 March 2010)
Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon – review, SF Site (mid-March 2010)
Geosynchron by David Louis Edelman – review, Interzone 227 (March-April 2010)
The American Epic Novel in the Late Twentieth Century: The Super-Genre of the Imperial State by W. Gilbert Adair – review, Science Fiction Studies 110 (March 2010)
Under the Rose edited by Dave Hutchinson – review, SF Site (March 2010)
Geosynchron by David Louis Edelman – review, SF Site (mid-February 2010)
The Rapture by Liz Jensen – review, SF Site (February 2010)
Tales from the Mabinogion: The Ninth Wave by Russell Celyn Jones and White Ravens by Owen Sheers – review, Strange Horizons (1 February 2010)
Avilion by Robert Holdstock – review, SF Site (Mid-January)
The Fire in the Stone by Nicholas Ruddick – review, Foundation 105 (Spring 2009)

2009

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Transition by Iain Banks – review, Interzone 225 (December 2009)
On Joanna Russ edited by Farah Mendlesohn – review, SF Site (Mid-November)
Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter's Tales by Greer Gilman – review, SF Site (November)
An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe – review, Foundation 104 (Winter 2008)
Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 edited by Ellen Datlow – review, SF Site (Mid-September)
The New Uncanny edited by Sarah Eyre & Ra Page – review, Strange Horizons (14 September)
Centuries Ago and Very Fast by Rebecca Ore – review, SF Site (Mid-August)
Of Time and the River: Time in the fiction of Robert Holdstock – essay, Vector 260 (Summer)
This is Not A Game by Walter Jon Williams – review, Vector 260 (Summer)
Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald – review, SF Site (August)
The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination by Frank McConnell – review, SF Site (August)
Traitor to the Crown by C.C. Finlay – review, Strange Horizons (20 July)
H.G. Wells's Fin de Siecle: Twenty-First Century Reflections on the Early H.G. Wells edited by John S. Partington – review, Science Fiction Studies 108 (July 2009)
Reading Science Fiction edited by James Gunn, Marleen S, Bar & Matthew Candelaria – review, SF Site (Mid-July)
Canary Fever: Reviews by John Clute – review, Interzone 223 (July-August 2009)
Against a Definition of Science Fiction – talk, BSFA/SFF AGM (27 June)
Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow – review, SF Site (Mid-June)
UFO in her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo – review, SF Site (June)
Psychological Methods to Sell should be Destroyed: Stories by Robert Freeman Wexler – review, Interzone 222 (June 2009)
Perspectives on Geoff Ryman – essay, Wiscon 33 Souvenir Book (May)
The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr – review, SF Site (Mid-May)
Best American Fantasy 2008 edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer – review, SF Site (May)
Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 248 (April 2009)
The Sound of Building Coffins by Louis Maistros – review, Strange Horizons (10 April)
It All Depends What You Mean By Best (the final bookslut column) – column, LiveJournal (4 April)
Some of my best friends are others – column, Bookslut (April)
Northwest of Earth by C.L. Moore – review, SF Site (April)
The Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene Wolfe – review, Interzone 221 (March-April 2009)
Journey into Space by Toby Litt  – review, Interzone 221 (March-April 2009)
The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke & Frederik Pohl – review, SF Site (Mid-March)
Shadows of the New Sun edited by Peter Wright – review, Science Fiction Studies 107 (March 2009)
Yes, but is it any good? – column, Bookslut (March)
Incandescence by Greg Egan – review, SF Site (March)
The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod – review, Vector 258 (Winter 2008)
The Magic by Christopher Priest  – review, Vector 258 (Winter 2008)
Apostrophizing the year – column, Bookslut (February)
The Quiet War by Paul McAuley – review, SF Site (February)
Spirit: or, The Princess of Bois Dormant by Gwyneth Jones – review, Strange Horizons (26 January)
The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak – review, SF Site (Mid-January)
Historicize Me Now – column, Bookslut (January)
The Ant King and Other Stories by Benjamin Rosenbaum – review, SF Site (January)
 

2008

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Hard Right – article, Argentus 8 (23 December) link to eFanzines.com
Multireal by David Louis Edelman – review, SF Site (Mid-December)
Why aren't they here? The Question of Life on Other Worlds by Surendra Verma – review, Vector 257 (Autumn 2008)
Dangerous Laughter – column, Bookslut (December)
Of Wind and Sand by Sylvie Bιrard – review, SF Site (December)
The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs – review, Strange Horizons (19 November)
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories by John Kessel – review, SF Site (Mid-November)
Genre at the End of Time – column, Bookslut (November)
City at the End of Time by Greg Bear – review, SF Site (November)
Dangerous Laughter: 13 Stories by Steven Millhauser – review, Strange Horizons (20 October)
The canon ... and why it isn't – column, Bookslut (October)
Ubik: The Screenplay by Philip K. Dick – review, SF Site (October)
Year's Best Fantasy 8 edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer – review, Interzone 218 (October 2008)
Gateways to Forever by Mike Ashley – review, Fruitless Recursion (29 September)
Eclipse One edited by Jonathan Strahan – review, SF Site (Mid-September)
How to build a canon – column, Bookslut (September)
Conversation Hearts by John Crowley – review, SF Site (September)
The Best of Lucius Shepard by Lucius Shepard – review, SF Site (Mid-August)
Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley – review, Foundation 102 (Spring 2008)
Escapement by Jay Lake – review, Strange Horizons (8 August)
All Things Being Equal – column, Bookslut (August)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow – review, Interzone 217 (August 2008)
The Ten-Cent Plague by David Hajdu – review, Fruitless Recursion (27 July)
Wastelands edited by John Joseph Adams – review, SF Site (Mid-July)
Omega by Christopher Evans – review, Strange Horizons (11 July)
A Discussion About Swiftly (with Niall Harrison, Dan Hartland & Victoria Hoyle) – Torque Control (4 July)
To Think, To Speak, To Use Reason – column, Bookslut (July)
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds – review, SF Site (July)
These we have loved – column, Bookslut (June)
Swiftly by Adam Roberts – review, Interzone 216 (June 2008)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: Twentieth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin Grant – review, SF Site (Mid-May)
A very American disaster – column, Bookslut (May)
For there were giants in those days – column, Bookslut (April)
Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology edited by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel – review, SF Site (April)
Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Russian Fantasy and Science Fiction edited by Alexander Levitsky – review, Vector 255 (Spring 2008)
Dust by Elizabeth Bear – review, SF Site (Mid-March)
Alasdair Gray: The Fiction of Communion by Gavin Miller – review, Science Fiction Studies 104 (March 2008)
A History of Today – column, Bookslut (March)
The New Weird edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer – review, SF Site (March)
Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell – review, Strange Horizons (22 February)
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams – review, SF Site (Mid-February)
The Nail and the Oracle: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume XI by Theodore Sturgeon – review, Interzone 214 (February 2008)
The SFWA European Hall of Fame edited by James & Kathryn Morrow – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 234 (February 2008)
All in the Family – column, Bookslut (February)
Time ... and again ... and again – column, Bookslut (January)
The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan – review, SF Site (January)
 

2007

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Islomania? Insularity? The Myth of the Island in British Science Fiction – essay, Extrapolation (Winter 2007)
Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany – review, Strange Horizons (20 December)
The Nail and the Oracle by Theodore Sturgeon – review, SF Site (Mid-December)
The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick – review, SF Site (Mid-December)
Outbound by Jack McDevitt – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 232 (December 2007)
Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley – review, SF Site (December)
Where's the sense in sensawunda? – column, Bookslut (December)
Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe – review, Interzone 213 (December 2007)
One for Sorrow by Christopher Barzak – review, SF Site (Mid-November)
HARM by Brian Aldiss – review, SF Site (November)
God's in his heaven, all's wrong with the world – column, Bookslut (November)
The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy – review, SF Site (Mid-October)
Swans Over the Moon by Forrest Aguirre – review, SF Site (Mid-October)
Shatterday by Harlan Ellison – review, SF Site (October)
What won't sell – column, Bookslut (October)
Mainspring by Jay Lake – review, Interzone 212 (September-October 2007)
It Happened Otherwise? Three Alternate Histories In War Times by Kathleen Ann Goonan, The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter, Resistance by Owen Sheers  – review, Strange Horizons (17 September)
Polyphony 6 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake – review, Strange Horizons (5 September)
Endless Things by John Crowley – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 229 (September 2007)
We are all science fictionists now – column, Bookslut (September)
Breakfast with the Ones you Love by Eliot Fintushel – review, Strange Horizons (10 August)
The Influence of Anxiety – column, Bookslut (August)
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds – review, Interzone 211 (July-August 2007)
Brave New Words edited by Jeff Prucher – review, SF Site (Mid-July)
Daemonomania by John Crowley – review, Strange Horizons (4 July)
Does anyone even know what science fiction is any more? – column, Bookslut (July)
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod – review, Strange Horizons (4 June)
Carnival by Elizabeth Bear – review, SF Site (Mid-May)
The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror by John Clute – review, Vector 252 (May-June 2007)
Ink by Hal Duncan – review, SF Site (May)
Adventures in Unhistory by Avram Davidson – review, SF Site (Mid-April)
The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction edited by George Mann – review, Interzone 209 (April 2007)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy – review, Strange Horizons (26 March)
Un Lun Dun by China Miιville – review, SF Site (Mid-March)
You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing by John Scalzi – review, SF Site (March)
Farthing by Jo Walton – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 223 (March 2007)
Giant Lizards from Another Star by Ken MacLeod – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 222 (February 2007)
Star Begotten by H.G. Wells – review, Strange Horizons (9 January)
Hav by Jan Morris – review, Vector 250 (January-February 2007)
Escape From Earth edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois & Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison – review, SF Site (January)
Infoquake by David Louis Edelman – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 221 (January 2007)
 

2006

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Threshold Shift by Eric Brown – review, SF Site (Mid-December)
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: To Be Continued by Robert Silverberg  – review, SF Site (Mid-December)
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster – review, Strange Horizons (19 December)
Promised Land by Jack Dann – review, Interzone 207 (December 2006)
The Prestige directed by Christopher Nolan – review, Strange Horizons (27 November)
Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan – review, SF Site (Mid-November)
Year's Best Fantasy 6 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer – review, SF Site (November)
Little Machines by Paul McAuley – review, Strange Horizons (1 October)
Horizons by Mary Rosenblum – review, Interzone 206 (October 2006)
The History of Science Fiction by Adam Roberts – review, Foundation 98 (Autumn 2006)
Founded on the shambles – essay, Vector 249 (September-October)
End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood – review, SF Site (Mid-September)
Polyphony 5 edited by Deborah Layne & Jay Lake – review, Strange Horizons (4 September)
10/10 May/May: Singling Out the Duplications in The Separation – essay, Steam Engine Time 5 (September)
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 217 (September 2006)
Kafka in Bronteland and Other Stories by Tamar Yellin – review, Strange Horizons (29 August)
The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle – review, SF Site (Mid-August)
Shuteye for the Timebroker by Paul Di Filippo – review, SF Site (August)
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips – joint review with Maureen Kincaid Speller, Interzone 205 (August 2006)
Twenty Years After – essay, Vector 248 (July-August)
Technophobia! Science Fiction Visions of Post-Human Technology by Daniel Dinello – review, SF Site (July)
Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe – review, Science Fiction Studies 99 (July 2006)
9tail Fox by Jon Courtenay Grimwood – review, Foundation 97 (Summer 2006)
The Butterflies of Memory by Ian Watson – review, Strange Horizons (21 June)
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters and Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 214 (June 2006)
The Amphora Project by William Kotzwinkle – review, SF Site (June)
The Patron Saint of Plagues by Barth Anderson – review, Strange Horizons (22 May)
Visionary in Residence by Bruce Sterling – review, SF Site (Mid-May)
Parietal Games edited by Mark Bould & Michelle Reid – review, Strange Horizons (13 April)
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds – review, Interzone 203 (April 2006)
Visions and Re-Visions: (Re)constructing Science Fiction by Robert M. Philmus – review, Interzone 203 (April 2006)
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier – review, Strange Horizons (30 March)
Suffering in Paradise: The Bubonic Plague in English Literature from More to Milton by Rebecca Totaro – review, Utopian Studies (March 2006)
The Begum's Millions by Jules Verne – review, SF Site (March)
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 edited by Fowler, Murphy, Notkin & Smith – review, SF Site (Mid-February)
Dogs of Truth by Kit Reed – review, SF Site (Mid-February)
Cultural Breaks by Brian Aldiss – review, SF Site (January)
 

2005

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Numbers Don't Lie by Terry Bisson – review, SF Site (Mid-December)
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham – review, Strange Horizons (14 December)
Accelerando by Charles Stross – review, Vector 244 (November-December 2005)
Cognitive Mapping: The End – column, Vector 244 (November-December 2005)
Encounters edited by Maxine MacArthur & Dona Maree Hanson – review, Strange Horizons (8 November)
The Complete Critical Assembly & Up Through an Empty House of Stars by David Langford – review, Science Fiction Studies 97 (November 2005)
H.G. Wells: Traversing Time by W. Warren Wagar – review, Strange Horizons (25 October)
Life by Gwyneth Jones – review, Foundation 95 (Autumn 2005)
Vellum by Hal Duncan – review, Vector 243 (September-October 2005)
Our Ecstatic Days by Steve Erickson – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 204 (August 2005)
Subterranean Worlds: A Critical Anthology edited by Peter Fitting – review, Interzone 199 (August 2005)
Lord Byron's Novel, The Evening Land by John Crowley – review, Interzone 199 (August 2005)
x,y,z,t: dimensions of science fiction by Damien Broderick – review, Science Fiction Studies 96 (July 2005)
Constellations edited by Peter Crowther – review, Interzone 197 (March-April 2005)
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 199 (March 2005)
Deluge by S. Fowler Wright – review, Science Fiction Studies 95 (March 2005)
Maps of a Curious Sort: Landscape in the Fiction of Keith Roberts – essay, Foundation 58 (Summer 1993)
Coyote and Coyote Rising by Allen Steele – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 198 (February 2005)
Things that Never Happen by M. John Harrison – review, Vector 239 (January-February 2005)
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel & A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 197 (January 2005)
 

2004

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Town That Forgot how to Breathe by Kenneth J. Harvey – review, Vector 238 (November-December 2004)
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell – review, Vector 238 (November-December 2004)
The Labyrinth Key by Howard Hendrix – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 195 (November 2004)
Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 194 (October 2004)
Attending Daedalus by Peter Wright – review, Foundation 92 (Autumn 2004)
Novelties and Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction by John Crowley – review, Interzone 194 (September-October 2004)
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 193 (September 2004)
The Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith by Karen L. Hellekson – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 190 (June 2004)
The New Hard Men of SF: The Hard SF Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer – review essay, Vector 235 (May-June 2004)
The Golden Transcendence by John C. Wright – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 188 (April 2004)
Jennifer Government by Max Barry – review, Foundation 90 (Spring 2004)
 

2003

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Fuzzy Dice by Paul Di Filippo – review, Vector 232 (November-December 2003)
Infinity Plus Two edited by Keith Brooke & Nick Gevers – review, Vector 232 (November-December 2003)
The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time edited by Barry N. Malzberg – review, Vector 230 (July-August 2003)
Crossfire by Nancy Kress – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 179 (July 2003)
What are the New Wave Fabulists?: Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists edited by Peter Straub – review essay, The New York Review of Science Fiction 175 (March 2003)
The Translator by John Crowley – review, Foundation 87 (Spring 2003)
The Separation by Christopher Priest – review, Vector 227 (January-February 2003)
 

2002

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Collected Stories of Greg Bear & The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 172 (December 2002)
The Great Escape by Ian Watson – review, Vector 225 (September-October 2002)
Transcension by Damien Broderick – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 168 (August 2002)
Drinking Midnight Wine by Simon R. Green – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 167 (July 2002)
1984 by Samuel R. Delany – review, Foundation 85 (Summer 2002)
Metaplanetary by Tony Daniel – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 166 (June 2002)
In the Country of the Blind by Michael Flynn – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 164 (April 2002)
If the South had Won the Civil War by MacKinlay Kantor and The Blue and the Gray Undercover edited by Ed. Gorman – review, Vector 222 (March-April 2002)
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson – review, Foundation 84 (Spring 2002)
A Year at its Best? – review essay, The New York Review of Science Fiction 162 (February 2002)
Emptiness Gets into You – review essay, The New York Review of Science Fiction 161 (January 2002)
 

2001

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn – editorial, Steam Engine Time 3 (December 2001)
Future Historical – essay, Steam Engine Time 3 (December 2001)
The North-South Continuum – essay, Steam Engine Time 2 (November 2001)
The Outpost by Mike Resnick – review, Vector 219 (September-October 2001)
Cognitive Mapping 23: Postmodernism – column, Vector 219 (September-October 2001)
Appleseed by John Clute – review, Foundation 83 (Autumn 2001)
Science Fiction Without the Future: A Response – essay, The New York Review of Science Fiction 157 (September 2001)
Cognitive Mapping 22: Manifest Destiny – column, Vector 218 (July-August 2001)
Extremities by Kathe Koja – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 155 (July 2001)
Elegy: The Collected Stories by Arthur C. Clarke – review essay, Vector 217 (May-June 2001)
Cognitive Mapping 21: God – column, Vector 217 (May-June 2001)
The Perseids and Other Stories by Robert Charles Wilson – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 151 (March 2001)
Celtika by Robert Holdstock – review, Foundation 81 (Spring 2001)
George Turner: A Life by Judith Raphael Buckrich – review, SFRA Review 250 (January-February 2001)
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds by Arthur C. Clarke – review, Vector 215 (January-February 2001)
 

2000

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Centauri Device by M. John Harrison – review, Vector 214 (November-December 2000)
Cognitive Mapping 20: Mars – column, Vector 214 (November-December 2000)
Down There in Darkness by George Turner – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 147 (November 2000)
An Introduction to the Fiction of Christopher Priest – essay, Novacon 30 Programme Book, (November)
Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks – review, Vector 213 (September-October 2000)
Joe's Liver by Paul Di Filippo – review, Vector 213 (September-October 2000)
The Guns of Valverde by P.G. Nagle – review, Vector 213 (September-October 2000)
Cognitive Mapping 19: Gormenghast – column, Vector 213 (September-October 2000)
Mendoza in Hollywood by Kage Baker – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 144 (August 2000)
Stars and Stripes in Peril by Harry Harrison – review, Vector 212 (July-August 2000)
Metal Fatigue by Sean Williams – review, Foundation 79 (Summer 2000)
The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter – review, Vector 211 (May-June 2000)
Drek Yarman by Keith Roberts – review, Vector 211 (May-June 2000)
Cognitive Mapping 18: Scientists – column, Vector 211 (May-June 2000)
Beyond the Gates by Catherine Wells – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 140 (April 2000)
When Our Toys were Taken Away: Science Fiction in the 21st Century – essay, Steam Engine Time 1 (April)
Mistah Kurtz, He Dead  – essay, Steam Engine Time 1 (April)
Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask by Jim Munroe – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 139 (March 2000)
What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction – essay, Foundation 78 (Spring 2000)
Architects of Emortality by Brian Stableford – review, Vector 209 (January-February 2000)
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (trans. Mirra Ginsburg)  – review, Vector 209 (January-February 2000)
Mirrors, Doubles, Twins 2: In the Realtime – Patterns in the fiction of Christopher Priest – essay, Vector 209 (January-February 2000)
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 137 (January 2000)
 

1999

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Plato Papers by Peter Ackroyd – review, Vector 207 (September-Octoberr 1999)
The Marriage of Sticks by Jonathan Carroll – review, Vector 207 (September-Octoberr 1999)
Cognitive Mapping 17: Backwards – column, Vector 207 (September-Octoberr 1999)
Throwing Away the Orthodoxy: Christopher Priest – interview, Vector 206 (July-August 1999)
Mirrors, Doubles, Twins 1: In the Dreamtime – Patterns in the fiction of Christopher Priest – essay, Vector 206 (July-August 1999)
The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson – review, Vector 206 (July-August 1999)
Dark Cities Underground by Lisa Goldstein – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 131 (July 1999)
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 11 edited by Gardner Dozois – review, Foundation 76 (Summer 1999)
Entering the Labyrinth: The ficciones of Jorge Luis Borges – essay, Vector 205 (May-June 1999)
Cognitive Mapping 16: Conformity – column, Vector 205 (May-June 1999)
The Vortices of Time by K.V. Bailey, Ape into Pleiades by Lilith Lorraine, Kin to the Far Beyond by Steve Sneyd & Entropies and Alignments by Steve Sneyd – review, Vector 205 (May-June 1999)
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy edited by David Pringle – review, Vector 205 (May-June 1999)
A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove – review, Vector 204 (March-April 1999)
Starlight 2 edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 126 (February 1999)
Cognitive Mapping 15: Transformation – column, Vector 203 (January-February 1999)
The Extremes by Christopher Priest – review, The New York Review of Science Fiction 125 (January 1999)
 

1998

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

To Hold Infinity by John Meaney – review, Vector 202 (November-December 1998)
Cognitive Mapping 14: Exogamy – column, Vector 202 (November-December 1998)
Stars and Stripes Forever by Harry Harrison – review, Vector 201 (September-October 1998)
The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell  – review, Vector 201 (September-October 1998)
(Re)Commended Science Fiction by Roger Robinson – review, Vector 201 (September-October 1998)
9 Dr Who books – review, Vector 200 (July-August 1998)
Cognitive Mapping 13: Humanity – column, Vector 198 (March-April 1998)
A Scientific Romance by Ronald Wright – review, Vector 198 (March-April 1998)
Cognitive Mapping 12: Clouds – column, Vector 197, (January-February 1998)
The Arbitrary Placement of Walls by Martha Soukup – review, Vector 197, (January-February 1998)
How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove – review, Vector 197, (January-February 1998)
 

1997

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Discovering Ian McDonald – essay, Intuition Progress Reports 1&2 (December)
Connie Willis: A One-Sided Dialogue – essay, Intuition Progress Reports 1&2 (December)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index 1992-1995 edited by Hal W. Hall – review, Vector 196 (November-December 1997)
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell – review, Vector 196 (November-December 1997)
Cognitive Mapping 11: Modernism – column, Vector 196 (November-December 1997)
At the City Limits of Fate by Michael Bishop – review, Foundation 71 (Autumn 1997)
The Fifth Element by Terry Bisson – review, Vector 195 (September-October 1997)
Signs of Life by M. John Harrison – review, Vector 195 (September-October 1997)
Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories by Lucius Shepard – review, Vector 195 (September-October 1997)
Cognitive Mapping 10: Death – column, Vector 195 (September-October 1997)
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy edited by John Clute & John Grant, TheBFI Companion to Horror edited by Kim Newman, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by David Pringle – review, Vector 194 (July-August 1997)
Minor Arcana by Diana Wynne Jones – review, Vector 194 (July-August 1997)
Cognitive Mapping 9: Transhumanity – column, Vector 194 (July-August 1997)
Fairy Tale by Alice Thomas Ellis – review, Vector 193 (May-June 1997)
The Monster and the Critics and Other Essays by J.R.R. Tolkien – review, Vector 193 (May-June 1997)
Cognitive Mapping 8: Violence – column, Vector 193 (May-June 1997)
The Man in the Mirror of the Book by James Woodall – review, Vector 192 (March-April 1997)
The Best New SF: 9th Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois  – review, Vector 192 (March-April 1997)
Cognitive Mapping 7: Invisibility – column, Vector 192 (March-April 1997)
Golden Days by Carolyn See – review, Foundation 69 (Spring 1997)
Milton in America by Peter Ackroyd – review, Vector 191 (January-February 1997)
Amnesiascope by Steve Erickson – review, Vector 191 (January-February 1997)
Spares by Michael Marshall Smith – review, Vector 191 (January-February 1997)
The Glamour by Christopher Priest – review, Vector 191 (January-February 1997)
Cognitive Mapping 6: Magic Realism – column, Vector 191 (January-February 1997)
The View from the Bridge: Michael Marshall Smith – interview, Vector 191 (January-February 1997)
 

1996

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and The Sandman: Book of Dreams edited by Neil Gaiman & Ed Kramer – review, Vector 190 (November-December 1996)
Cognitive Mapping 5: Space – column, Vector 190 (November-December 1996)
Walking the Labyrinth by Lisa Goldstein – review, Vector 189 (September-October 1996)
Ancient Echoes by Robert Holdstock – review, Vector 189 (September-October 1996)
Cognitive Mapping 4: Islands – column, Vector 189 (September-October 1996)
Pirates of the Universe by Terry Bisson – review, Vector 188 (August 1996)
Fremder by Russell Hoban – review, Vector 188 (August 1996)
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders – review, Vector 188 (August 1996)
Cognitive Mapping 3: Aliens – column, Vector 188 (August 1996)
Excession by Iain M. Banks – review, New Scientist (29 June 1996)
How to Live Forever by Stephen R.L. Clark – review, Foundation 66 (Spring 1996)
Evolution of a Fan – essay, Evolution Programme Book (April 1996)
New Legends edited by Greg Bear – review, Vector 187 (February 1996)
Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia by John Clute  – review, Vector 187 (February 1996)
Justice City by D.G. Compton – review, Vector 187 (February 1996)
Cognitive Mapping 2: Language – column, Vector 187 (February 1996)
 

1995

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Odd Genre: A Study in Imagination and Evolution by John J. Pierce – review, Vector 186 (December 1995)
Cognitive Mapping 1: Alternate History – column, Vector 186 (December 1995)
A Perfectly Mysterious Process: Samuel R. Delany – interview, Vector 186 (December 1995)
The Prestige by Christopher Priest – review, Vector 185 (September-October 1995)
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter – review, Vector 184 (Summer 1995)
Vivia by Tanith Lee – review, Vector 184 (Summer 1995)
Neuromancer by William Gibson – review, Vector 183 (July-August 1995)
Water by Sue Thomas – review, Vector 183 (July-August 1995)
How Hard is SF? The Ascent of Wonder edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer – review essay, Vector 182 (Spring 1995)
Nemira 94: Romanian SF Anthology edited by Romulus Barbulescu & George Anania – review, Vector 182 (Spring 1995)
The Mad Man by Samuel R. Delany – review, Vector 182 (Spring 1995)
Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling – review, Vector 182 (Spring 1995)
 

1994

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow – review, Vector 180 (August-September 1994)
North Wind by Gwyneth Jones – review, Vector 180 (August-September 1994)
Tonguing the Zeitgeist by Lance Olsen – review, Vector 180 (August-September 1994)
Wordsmiths of Wonder by Stan Nicholls – review, Vector 179 (June-July 1994)
Losing the Edge – essay, Mexicon 6: A Mexicon Decade (May 1994)
Fools by Pat Cadigan – review, Vector 178 (April-May 1994)
Blood Red Angel by Adrian Cole – review, Vector 178 (April-May 1994)
Star Trek TNG: Here There Be Dragons by John Peel – review, Vector 178 (April-May 1994)
Omni Best Science Fiction One, Two & Three edited by Ellen Datlow – review, Vector 177 (February-March 1994)
Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski – review, Vector 177 (February-March 1994)
The Broken God by David Zindell  – review, Vector 177 (February-March 1994)
Crisis of Identity (critical magazines) – review, Vector 177 (February-March 1994)
 

1993

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

New Noir by John Shirley – review, Vector 176 (December 1993-January 1994)
British SF: An Obituary – Ultimate Island by Nicholas Ruddick – review essay, Vector 176 (December 1993-January 1994)
Glory Season by David Brin – review, Critical Wave 33 (November 1993)
Touching the Earth: The Fiction of Robert Holdstock – essay, Vector 175 (October-November 1993)
Shadow Hunter by Will Baker – review, Vector 175 (October-November 1993)
The Hollowing by Robert Holdstock – review, Vector 175 (October-November 1993)
Defying Rational Chronology: Time and Identity in the work of Steve Erickson – essay, Foundation 58 (Summer 1993)
Anatomising Science Fiction: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute & Peter Nicholls – review essay, Vector 173 (June-July 1993)
Remembrance Day by Brian Aldiss – review, Vector 173 (June-July 1993)
Mindstar Rising by Peter F. Hamilton – review, Vector 173 (June-July 1993)
The Martian Inca & Space Marine by Ian Watson – review, Vector 173 (June-July 1993)
Secret Maps: The Topography of Fantasy and Morality in the Work of Steve Erickson – essay, Foundation 57 Spring 1993)
The Course of the Heart by M. John Harrison – review, Foundation 57 Spring 1993)
Mars by Ben Bova – review, Vector 172 (April-May 1993)
Scaling the Walls (critical magazines) – review, Vector 172 (April-May 1993)
Strange Journeys: A choice of recent travel literature – review essay, British Book News (March 1993)
Vermilion Sands by J.G. Ballard – review, Vector 171 (February-March 1993)
Aestival Tide by Elizabeth Hand – review, Vector 171 (February-March 1993)
 

1992

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Jago by Kim Newman – review, Vector 170 (December 1992-January 1993)
Storming the Reality Studio edited by Larry McCaffery – review, Vector 169 (October-November 1992)
Chimeras by Christopher Evans – review, Paperback Inferno 97 (August-September 1992)
The Entire Enchilada: Lawrence Sutin – interview, Vector 168 (August-September 1992)
Lost Futures by Lisa Tuttle – review, Vector 168 (August-September 1992)
Time's Arrow by Martin Amis – review, Foundation 55 (Summer 1992)
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction edited by Phil Hardy – review, Vector 165 (February-March 1992)
Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee – review, Vector 165 (February-March 1992)
 

1991

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Legend Book of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois – review, Vector 164 (December 1991-January 1992)
Stalin's Teardrops by Ian Watson – review, Critical Wave 23 (September 1991)
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger – review, Critical Wave 23 (September 1991)
Eternal Light by Paul McAuley – review, Vector 162 (August-September 1991)
Only Connect: Psychology and Politics in the Work of Christopher Priest – essay, Foundation 52 Summer 1991)
Science Fiction Roots and Branches edited by Rhys Garnett & R.J. Ellis – review, Vector 161 (June-July 1991)
The Bone Forest by Robert Holdstock – review, Vector 161 (June-July 1991)
The Shadow of Heaven by Bob Shaw – review, Critical Wave 22 (June 1991)
Renewing the Icons – essay, Mexicon IV Programme Book (May 1991)
Castleview by Gene Wolfe & Children of the Wind by Kate Wilhelm – review, Vector 160 (April-May 1991)
Heads and Queen of Angels by Greg Bear – review, Foundation 51 (Spring 1991)
Touching the Earth: An Overview of the Fiction of Robert Holdstock – essay, Speculation Programme Book (Easter 1991)
 

1990

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Last World by Christoph Ransmayr – review, Vector 158 (December 1990-January 1991)
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks – review, Vector 158 (December 1990-January 1991)
Black Cocktail by Jonathan Carroll, A Short, Sharp Shock by Kim Stanley Robinson & Kalimantan by Lucius Shepard – review, Vector 158 (December 1990-January 1991)
The Quiet Woman by Christopher Priest & Christopher Priest by Nicholas Ruddick – review, Vector 158 (December 1990-January 1991)
Redemption by Tariq Ali – review, Times Literary Supplement (9-15 November 1990)
Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 157 (October-November 1990)
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Reference by Keith L. Justice – review, Vector 157 (October-November 1990)
Summertide by Charles Sheffield – review, Critical Wave 18 (September 1990)
A Mask for the General by Lisa Goldstein – review, Foundation 50 (Autumn 1990)
The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card – review, Critical Wave 17 (July 1990)
Of Science and Fiction: Paul McAuley – interview, Vector 156 (June-July 1990)
Aura by Carlos Fuentes – review, Vector 156 (June-July 1990)
Mercurius by Patrick Harpur & The Hope by James Lovegrove – review, Vector 156 (June-July 1990)
In the Hollow of the Deep Sea Wave by Garry Kilworth – review, Paperback Inferno 84 (June-July 1990)
Cantor's Dilemma by Carl Djerassi – review, Times Literary Supplement (22-28 June 1990)
Splitting the Atom by Stephen Amidon – review, Times Literary Supplement (1-7 June 1990)
Alternities by Michael P. Kube-McDowell – review, Paperback Inferno 83 (April-May 1990)
Mary Gentle: A Warning to the Curious – essay, Chronoclasm Programme Book (Easter 1990)
Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson – review, Paperback Inferno 82 (February-March 1990)
 

1989

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Broken Bubbles – essay, Vector 153 (December 1989-January 1990)
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror 1987 by Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento & The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by James Gunn – review, Vector 153 (December 1989-January 1990)
Jane Saint and the Backlash by Josephine Saxton – review, Vector 153 (December 1989-January 1990)
Forgotten Life by Brian Aldiss – review, Foundation 47 (Winter 1989/90)
Alligator Alley by Mink Mole and Dr Adder – review, Foundation 47 (Winter 1989/90)
Irish Encounters by Keith Roberts – review, Vector 151 ( August-September 1989)
The Rise of the Expert Company by Pamela McCorduck and H. Penny Nii – review, Personal Computer World (August 1989)
Tours of the Black Clock, Days Between Stations and Rubicon Beach by Steve Erickson – review, Times Literary Supplement (28 July-3 August 1989)
There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 150 (June-July 1989)
Seventh Son and Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card – review, Foundation 45 (Spring 1989)
Memories of the Space Age & Running Wild by J.G. Ballard – review, Vector 149 (April-May 1989)
Strokes by John Clute – review, Vector 149 (April-May 1989)
Gothic Fiction by Frederick S. Frank, PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography, Revised Edition by Daniel J.H. Levack & Dune Master: A Frank Herbert Bibliography by Daniel J.H. Levack & Mark Willard – review, Vector 148 (February-March 1989)
Terry's Universe edited by Beth Meacham – review, Vector 148 (February-March 1989)
The Eye of the Queen & Master of Paxwax by Phillip Mann – review, Paperback Inferno 76 (February-March 1989)
Memories of the Space Age and Running Wild by J.G. Ballard – review, Times Literary Supplement (13-19 January 1989)
The Fanzine File – column, Critical Wave 9 (January 1989)
 

1988

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster, Days Between Stations by Steve Erickson & The War Against Chaos by Anita Mason – review, Vector 147 (December 1988-January 1989)
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror 1986 by Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento – review, Vector 147 (December 1988-January 1989)
Best SF Stories by Brian Aldiss – review, Foundation 44 (Winter 1988/89) 
Days Between Stations by Steve Erickson – review, Foundation 44 (Winter 1988/89) 
The Digging Leviathan and Land of Dreams by James P. Blaylock – review, Foundation 44 (Winter 1988/89) 
The Fanzine File – column, Critical Wave 8 (November-December 1988)
Leigh Kennedy – interview, Interzone 26 (November-December 1988)
Nick and the Glimmung by Philip K. Dick – review, Vector 146 (October-November 1988)
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson – review, Vector 146 (October-November 1988)
Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard – review, Times Literary Supplement (21-27 October 1988)
Terry Pratchett – interview, Interzone 25 (September-October 1988)
Hitler Victorious edited by Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg – review, Paperback Inferno 73 (August-September 1988)
Cloudrock by Garry Kilworth – review, Vector 145 (August-September 1988)
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions by David Lyon and Science as Culture 2 – review, Computer Weekly (25 August 1988)
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson – review, Times Literary Supplement (12-18 August 1988)
The Fanzine File – column, Critical Wave 6 (July-August 1988)
The Wave and the Flame & Reign of Fire by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg with William B. Rossow – review, Critical Wave 6 (July-August 1988)
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin – review, Critical Wave 6 (July-August 1988)
The Natural History of the P.H. by Keith Roberts – review, Vector 144 (June-July 1988)
Hegira by Greg Bear – review, Paperback Inferno 72 (June-July 1988)
The Empire of Time by Crawford Kilian – review, Critical Wave 5 (May-June 1988)
Queenmagic, Kingmagic by Ian Watson – review, Critical Wave 5 (May-June 1988)
The Broken Worlds by Raymond Harris – review, Critical Wave 5 (May-June 1988)
Tiger! Tiger! by Alfred Bester – review, Paperback Inferno 71 (April-May 1988)
The Fine Art of Reviewing – essay, Vector 143 (April-May 1988)
Anatomy of Wonder edited by Neil Barron – review, Vector 143 (April-May 1988)
White Chappell Scarlet Tracings by Iain Sinclair – review, Vector 143 (April-May 1988)
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 143 (April-May 1988)
The Fanzine File – column, Critical Wave 4 (April 1988)
Khalindaine by Richard Burns – review, Critical Wave 4 (April 1988)
1987: Books of the Year – essay, Follycon Programme Book (Easter 1988)
The Female of the Species by Lionel Shriver – review, Times Literary Supplement (18-24 March 1988)
For Lust of Knowing by Archie Roosevelt – review, Literary Review (March 1988)
Karen Joy Fowler – interview, Interzone 23 (Spring 1988)
Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future edited by George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland and Eric S. Rabkin – review, Vector 142 (February-March 1988)
Between the Strokes of Night by Charles Sheffield – review, Critical Wave 3 (February 1988)
Robocop by Ed Naha – review, Critical Wave 3 (February 1988)
 

1987

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Inspecting the Vaults by Eric McCormack – review, Vector 141 (December 1987-January 1988)
Critical Terms for Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Glossary and Guide to Scholarship by Gary K. Wolfe – review, Vector 141 (December 1987-January 1988)
The Forge of God by Greg Bear – review, Critical Wave 2 (December 1987)
To Live Forever by Jack Vance – review, Critical Wave 2 (December 1987)
Sphere by Michael Crichton – review, Critical Wave 2 (December 1987)
The River of Time by David Brin – review, Paperback Inferno 69 (December 1987)
Other Edens edited by Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock – review, Paperback Inferno 69 (December 1987)
Aegypt by John Crowley (as by John Peake) – review, Times Literary Supplement (20-26 November 1987)
Saint Hiroshima by Leigh Kennedy – review, Literary Review (November 1987)
Einstein's Monsters by Martin Amis – review, Vector 140 (October-November 1987)
Aegypt by John Crowley – review, Critical Wave 1 (October 1987)
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe – review, Critical Wave 1 (October 1987)
Writers of the Future edited by Algis Budrys & Mirrorshades: the Cyberpunk Anthology edited by Bruce Sterling – review, Vector 139 (August-September 1987)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint – review, Vector 139 (August-September 1987)
The Panda Hunt by Richard Burns – review, Literary Review (August 1987)
Grαinne by Keith Roberts – review, Fiction Magazine (July-August 1987)
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks and The Ring Master by David Gurr – review, Fiction Magazine (July-August 1987)
Book Reviewer: how to become one & how to do it – essay, Writers' Monthly (July 1987)
The View from the Mountain Road: Bruce Sterling – interview, Vector 138 (June-July 1987)
Science Fiction Master Index of Names by Keith L. Justice – review, Vector 138 (June-July 1987)
Defining Science Fiction – essay, Fiction Magazine (May 1987)
Who Knows Best? – editorial, Vector 137 (April-May 1987)
The Imperfect Echo: Guy Gavriel Kay – interview, Vector 137 (April-May 1987)
The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike & Humpty Dumpty in Oakland by Philip K. Dick – review, Vector 137 (April-May 1987)
Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree Jr – review, Vector 137 (April-May 1987)
Drunk With Love by Ellen Gilchrist, The Windeater/Te Kaihau by Keri Hulme, The Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark – review, Fiction Magazine (April 1987)
Getting to know Josephine Saxton – essay, Albacon 87 Progress Report 1 (Spring 1987)
Gwyneth Jones – interview, Interzone 19 (Spring 1987
The Horn Fellow by Dominic Cooper, Mummy's Boy by William Paul, Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin – review, Fiction Magazine (March 1987)
Writing and Selling Science Fiction – essay, Writers' Monthly (March 1987)
The Travails of Jane Saint & Little Tours of Hell by Josephine Saxton – review, Vector 136 (February-March 1987)
Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers edited by Curtis C. Smith – review, Vector 136 (February-March 1987)
1986 Best Short Stories edited by Giles Gordon & David Hughes, Passing Through by Don Bloch, Liberty Bodice & Black Stockings by Marie Stone, Burning Chrome by William Gibson – review, Fiction Magazine (January-February 1987)
 

1986

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

M. John Harrison – interview, Interzone 18 (Winter 1986/87)
A Young Man's Journey from Viriconium: M. John Harrison – interview,  Vector 135 (December 1986-January 1987)
Faith in Fakes by Umberto Eco & Letters from Hollywood by Michael Moorcock – review, Vector 135 (December 1986-January 1987)
Witch-Water Country & Tree Messiah by Garry Kilworth – review, Vector 135 (December 1986-January 1987)
The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw – review, Foundation 38 (Winter 1986/87)
The Memory of Whiteness by Kim Stanley Robinson – review, Foundation 38 (Winter 1986/87)
Walking on Glass by Iain Banks – review, Paperback Inferno 62 (October-November 1986)
The Bridge by Iain Banks – review, Vector 134 (October-November 1986)
Go Gently Gaijin by James Melville, Dead Birds by John Milne, The Lolita Man by Bill James – review, Fiction Magazine (October 1986)
Comedy and Realism (Alasdair Gray) – interview, Writers' Monthly (October 1986)
Collier Guides to Greece & Yugoslavia; Northern and Central Europe; Mexico, Belize, Guatemala & the French Antilles – review, Going Places (Autumn 1986)
In England's Green and Pleasant Land: Geoffrey Household – interview, Vector 133 (August-September 1986)
Jorge Luis Borges – obituary, Vector 133 (August-September 1986)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood – review, Vector 133 (August-September 1986)
The Roads to Sata by Alan Booth, Scot Free by Alastair Scott, The Cyclades by John Freely – review, Fiction Magazine (August 1986)
The Good Mother by Sue Miller, Joining the Grown-Ups by Christine Park – review, Fiction Magazine (July 1986)
A Mosaic of Words: Keith Roberts – interview, Vector 132 (June-July 1986)
Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones – review, Vector 132 (June-July 1986)
Nothing Natural by Jenny Diski, The Bridge by Maggie Hemingway, Coming to Birth by Marjorie Macgoye, Island of Glass by Babara Masterton, The Prodigal Father by Kate Saunders – review, Fiction Magazine (June 1986)
1985, Alasdair – a daft divine comedy: Alasdair Gray – interview, Vector 131 (April-May 1986)
The Last Election by Pete Davies – review, Vector 131 (April-May 1986)
A Maggot by John Fowles – review, Vector 131 (April-May 1986)
Count Zero by William Gibson, Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers, Welcome, Chaos by Kate Wilhelm, Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton – review, Fiction Magazine (Spring 1986)
1985 Books of the Year – essay, Albacon III Programme Book (Easter 1986)
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd – review, Vector 130 (February-March 1986)
 

1985

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Unrolling the Non-Stop Tapestry: Brian Aldiss – interview, Vector 129 (December 1985-January 1986)
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende – review, Vector 129 (December 1985-January 1986)
In Milton Lumky Territory by Philip K. Dick – review, Vector 129 (December 1985-January 1986)
Ringing the Changes (Brian Aldiss) – interview, Writers' Monthly (December 1985)
O Happy Days: Geoff Ryman – interview, Vector 128 (October-November 1985)
Viriconium Nights by M. John Harrison – review, Vector 128 (October-November 1985)
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 128 (October-November 1985)
Divine Endurance by Gwyneth Jones – review, Vector 126 (June-July 1985)
The Heroic Age by Stratis Haviaras – review, City Limits (3-9 May 1985)
VAT 85 – editorial, Vector 124/125 (April 1985)
The Mouse, the Lion and Riddley Walker: Russell Hoban – interview, Vector 124/125 (April 1985)
The Glamour by Christopher Priest – review, Vector 124/125 (April 1985)
The Anubis Gate by Tim Powers – review, Vector 124/125 (April 1985)
By-Ways of the Shining Path by Carlos Orfila Nunez – (review), Paperback Inferno (1 April 1985)
The Cremator by Ladislav Fuks (trans. Eva M. Kandler) – review, City Limits (11-17 January 1985)
 

1984

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

1982, Janine by Alasdair Gray – review, Vector 123 (December 1984)
Whither SF – Withered SF – editorial, Paperback Inferno (October 1984)
The Tithonian Factor by Richard Cowper – review, Vector 122 (October 1984)
And Torture One Poor Word Ten Thousand Ways: Lisa Tuttle – interview, Vector 121 (August 1984)
Fantasists on Fantasy edited by Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski – review, Vector 121 (August 1984)
Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 edited by Terry Carr – review, Vector 120 (June 1984)
Russell Hoban – essay, Tynecon II The Mexicon Programme Book (May 1984)
Alasdair Gray: An Introduction in Four Parts – essay, Tynecon II The Mexicon Programme Book (May 1984)
Science and Fiction – essay, Vector 119 (April 1984)
Winners and Losers – essay, Vector 119 (April 1984)
Habitation One by Frederick Dunstan – review, Paperback Inferno 7/5 (April 1984)
 

1983

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Orbitsville Departure by Bob Shaw – review, Vector 117 (December 1983)
The Realms of Fantasy – essay, Vector 117 (December 1983)
Regenesis by Alexander Fullerton – review, Vector 116 (October 1983)
Kepler by John Banville – review, Paperback Inferno 7/1 (August 1983)
Valediction – editorial, Vector 115 (August 1983)
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 114 (June 1983)
The White Plague by Frank Herbert – review, Books & Bookmen (May 1983)
The State of the Art – editorial, Vector  112 (February 1983)
Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop – review, Vector  112 (February 1983)
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick – review, Vector  112 (February 1983)
 

1982

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Darkworld Detective by J. Michael Reaves – review, Paperback Inferno 6/3 (October 1982)
The Makeshift God by Russell Griffin – review, Paperback Inferno 6/3 (October 1982)
No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop – review, Vector 110 (October 1982)
Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock – review, Arena SF 13 (Summer 1982)
The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 108 (June 1982)
Of Men and Machines: Keith Roberts – interview, Vector 108 (June 1982)
Century's End by Russell M. Griffin – review, Paperback Inferno 5/6 (April 1982)
Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter – review, Vector 106 (February 1982)
Little, Big by John Crowley – review, Vector 106 (February 1982)
 

1981

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The Death of Science Fiction – editorial, Vector 105 (December 1981)
The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick – review, Vector 104 (October 1981)
Guest Author: Bob Shaw – essay, Unicon 2 Programme Book (September 1982)
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge – review, Paperback Inferno 5/1 (August 1981)
Songs from the Stars by Norman Spinrad – review, Vector 103 (August 1981)
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 103 (August 1981)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl – review, Arena SF 12 (Summer 1981)
VALIS by Philip K. Dick – review, Vector 102 (June 1981)
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 102 (June 1981)
 

1980

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Threshold by Ursula K. Le Guin – review, Vector 100 (December 1980)
White Light by Rudy Rucker – review, Vector 100 (December 1980)
Molly Zero by Keith Roberts – review, Vector 99 (October 1980)
The Gardens of Delight by Ian Watson – review, Vector 99 (October 1980)
Leviathan's Deep by Jayge Carr – review, Vector 98 (June 1980)
The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr – review, Vector 98 (June 1980)
Writers of the Twenty-First Century: Ursula K. Le Guin edited by Joseph D. Olander & Martin Harry Greenberg – review, Vector 98 (June 1980)
Darkness Visible by William Golding – review, Arena SF 10 (April 1980)
Profundis by Richard Cowper – review, Arena SF 10 (April 1980)
 

1979

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

Mindsong by Joan Cox – review, Paperback Parlour 3/3 (December 1979)
Let's Go to Golgotha! edited by Anonymous & Split Second by Garry Kilworth – review, Vector 96 (December 1979-January 1980)
Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky – review, Paperback Parlour 3/2 (October 1979)
The Girl with the Jade Green Eyes by John Boyd – review, Vector 95 (October 1979)
Tales of Neveryon by Samuel R. Delany – review, Vector 95 (October 1979)
A Caller from Overspace by John Lymington – review, Vector 95 (October 1979)
Aliens: A Personal View – essay, Vector 95 (October 1979)
The Novels of Robert Holdstock – essay, Arena SF 9 (August 1979)
The Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert – review, Vector 93 Supplement (May-June 1979)
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke – review, Vector 93 Supplement (May-June 1979)
 

1978

2010, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 1999, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78

The World Inside by Robert Silverberg – review, Vector 89 (September-October 1978)
Floating Worlds by Cecelia Holland – review, Vector 88 (July-August 1978)
Operation Ares by Gene Wolfe – review, Vector 85 (January-February 1978)