Reviews

"The impressions and insights that abound in these columns make this book indispensable for any fan of science fiction." --Publishers Weekly"Malzberg pulls no punches and bears no fools: he knows his stuff.... If you care about science fiction, this is the book for you." --Don Sakers in Analog Science Fiction and Fact"Eminently readable. Malzberg's is a voice that needs to be heard." --Charles de Lint in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"Strikingly written and shot through with sharp observations... as exasperating as it is fascinating.... Prose like this can be... exhilarating." --Russell Letson in Locus"Incisive, wise, mordant, informed by a deep understanding of science fiction in all its aspects--a book of indispensable essays." --Robert Silverberg, SFWA Grand Master"Elegies and rants, a prose that Mencken might envy, seemingly eidetic recall for everything that has ever happened in science fiction's garish, slightly down-at-the-heels cabaret, plus an outlook on life as clear-eyed and weary-hearted as Edward Hopper's. Barry Malzberg is sf's institutional memory. Here is a full house of wise, provocative, and plangent essays--read 'em and weep." --Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary journalist"The most important book about science fiction published in the last decade." --John-Henri Holmberg, Swedish author, critic, publisher, and translator