Bøger af Michael Andre-Driussi

This issue has been much harder to put together than the first issue for several reasons. The first two of these reasons are that the amount of submissions has almost doubled from the previous issue and along with this increase in submissions more of the submissions were of really high quality, but I also didn't realise how much work is actually involved in putting together a quarterly collection of short stories. This amount of work almost took the shine off the project, but every time I felt myself flagging I read another story that showed me the talent out there and this re-energised me to get the issue completed. The collection is another mix of completely different stories from a classic ghost story, The Sled, through a take on Scottish/Celtic mythology, The Spume Horse, eventually ending with a fantasy story, The Watchmaker. Again the best thing of editing a collection of stories from other people is I get to choose what I want to read and share them with others who I hope will enjoy them as much as I do. These are my favourites out of over 300 submissions, and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.

A chapter-by-chapter guide to seven volumes, the four-volume Book of the Long Sun and the three-volume Book of the Short Sun, two series by Gene Wolfe. Each chapter has a brief synopsis followed by commentary on such topics as Technology, Unusual Terms and Phrases, Biblical References, et cetera. Each volume has an appendix, giving Timelines and sometimes essays. Both series have an appendix as well, giving combined Timelines and additional essays.

Satoshi Kon challenges Hayao Miyazaki in a battle for the planet of the animes, reported through a collection of articles by Michael Andre-Driussi. Pieces include reviews, text-to-film comparisons, Four Point lectures, and more.

A collection of twenty-three articles, led by "Deciphering the Text Foundations of Traveller" (about the role-playing game from GDW) and "Languages of the Dying Sun" (about science fantasy from Jack Vance, Gene Wolfe, and Damien Broderick).

A chapter-by-chapter guide to Gene Wolfe's science fiction mysteries "A Borrowed Man" (2015) and "Interlibrary Loan" (2020).

A chapter-by-chapter guide to Gene Wolfe's Latro novels: "Soldier of the Mist," "Soldier of Arete," and "Soldier of Sidon."

A chapter guide to Gene Wolfe's early novels "Operation ARES" (1970), "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" (1972), "Peace" (1975), and "The Devil in a Forest" (1976).

This guide to Japanese animation is designed for the long-time reader of science fiction and fantasy. The material features a sequence of four thematic chapters with spoiler-free reviews, followed by a chapter with deeper analysis of two works, and closing with an overview of what the author terms "The Anime Renaissance." Most of these articles were previously published in "New York Review of Science Fiction" and "Internet Review of Science Fiction."

A chapter-by-chapter guide to Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun," its sequel "The Urth of the New Sun," and four shorter works.

"The Jizmatic Trilogy +" (plus) is an annotated edition of "The Jizmatic Trilogy," a collection of three short stories: "Under the Moons of Jizma," "The Gods of Jizma," and "Secret Master of Jizma." These are adventure tales in the style of a century past (circa 1912) but with strange currents of later eras. Each of the three is about eight thousand words: the total length is that of a short novella.The annotations are footnotes. There is also a chart at the end and a bibliography."Under the Moons of Jizma" first appeared in the magazine Interzone 110 in 1996, beginning the strange mash-up tale of Edgar Rice Burroughs and William S. Burroughs upon a Martian landscape. Only now can the rest of the tale be told!"Under the Moons of Jizma" is legally available for free on the internet, and it is included in this collection along with the two sequels ("The Gods of Jizma" and "Secret Master of Jizma") published here for the first time. Curious readers are encouraged to find and read the free version, then come back for more.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says of Michael Andre-Driussi's fiction: "his Parodies of what might be called pulp Scientific Romance idioms are exact and arousing." That should prove true for this outing as well, except that this is less parody and more homage."The Jizmatic Trilogy" is in the same, er, tradition as Philip Jose Farmer's "The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod" (1970), which asked, "What if William S. Burroughs wrote Tarzan?" This experiment probes "What if Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote Naked Lunch, set on Mars?"

"The Jizmatic Trilogy" is a collection of three short stories: "Under the Moons of Jizma," "The Gods of Jizma," and "Secret Master of Jizma." These are adventure tales in the style of a century past (circa 1912) but with strange currents of later eras. Each of the three is about eight thousand words: the total length is that of a short novella."Under the Moons of Jizma" first appeared in the magazine Interzone 110 in 1996, beginning the strange mash-up tale of Edgar Rice Burroughs and William S. Burroughs upon a Martian landscape. Only now can the rest of the tale be told!"Under the Moons of Jizma" is legally available for free on the internet, and it is included in this collection along with the two sequels ("The Gods of Jizma" and "Secret Master of Jizma") published here for the first time. Curious readers are encouraged to find and read the free version, then come back for more.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says of Michael Andre-Driussi's fiction: "his Parodies of what might be called pulp Scientific Romance idioms are exact and arousing." That should prove true for this outing as well, except that this is less parody and more homage."The Jizmatic Trilogy" is in the same, er, tradition as Philip Jose Farmer's "The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod" (1970), which asked, "What if William S. Burroughs wrote Tarzan?" This experiment probes "What if Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote Naked Lunch, set on Mars?"

Seven previously published pieces pertaining to the science fiction of American author Jack Vance, and his voyages around the world.

A collection of fourteen previously published articles, written by Michael Andre-Driussi, on the fiction of science fiction author Gene Wolfe.

Articles on and around the Soviet novel "Roadside Picnic" (1971) by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, a work made into the motion picture "Stalker" (1979) by Andrei Tarkovsky. Topics include: variations in different translations; the encrypted politics of the novel; the deep influence of a lesser-known Victorian novel; and the failed anthology that the novel was supposed to be in.