reviews

My writing year 2021

In the years (or rather, decades) I’ve dreamt of my first novel*, I didn’t expect I’d end the year that dream came true with a predominant feeling of intense relief that it was over. Whatever 2022 brings, it’s one step ahead through simply not being 2021. That’s the painful truth of debuting in a corona […]

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George And The Winged Dragons?

A very extensive review appeared in The Levant yesterday of Robert N. Stephenson’s anthology Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Vol.IV. The reviewer had some surprising things to say about my story The Life and Death of George Hayes: This is a very good story. It’s beautifully written and deals with the Faustian choice […]

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Sleeping Beauties: An Almost Evil Vintage King

As a metaphor for what’s wrong with present-day American society and culture, this book is a success. But not the way Steve and Owen intended, I think. On the surface, Sleeping Beauties is another trademark Stephen King novel. So much so, in fact, that one is left wondering what, if anything, Junior contributed. There’s the […]

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War for the Planet of the Apes: A Technically Perfect Monstrosity

I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I’ve walked out of a movie theater halfway through a movie. My attempt at watching “War for the Planet of the Apes” is the third such occasion. And to think I had such high hopes! I can only conclude that everyone who rated the […]

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La lalala, la la la laaa lalala, Wat Een Fijne Dag*

Dutch only. De Paul Harland Dag 2014 was dus een heel fijne, enorm geslaagde dag! (En niet alleen omdat op vier na al mijn paperbacks van Ontmoeting met Vormgever en Mashup inmiddels uit mijn voorraad zijn verkocht. Sla dus snel toe; de PHD-prijs van € 10 voor het setje geldt nog steeds!) Net als vorig jaar wil ik geheel op eigen titel wat […]

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Imagine All The Children …

… living for the kill, you-ooh, oo-oo-oo…* Prisoner of War, with its ink still wet in issue #116 of Space and Time Magazine, has already racked up its first review. (Well, the issue has, and since Prisoner is in there…) SFRevu said some nice things about it: I won’t spoil things further and just say […]

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We’ve Got Stars Directing Our Fate

Another book presentation, another free copy to win! With 5 days to go before the launch of the Paul Harland Prize anthology, I can finally go ahead and reveal both the title and the cover art. (Due to unforeseen circumstances, my hand is kinda forced here: last Sunday evening a review* of the anthology appeared […]

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Somebodies Out There Like Me

Or at least my stories. In fairly close succession, Deep red ended up in first place in David Steffen’s Best of Pseudopod listing, and Belgian SF fan Hans de Bie enthused wildly about Diamond Sharks (here) and Beans and Marbles (here) in his two AnthologyBuilder reviews. Thanks, guys!

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Opinions, Anyone?

Having two podcasts out there (Deep Red and Beans and Marbles) has lead me to discover that the world of podcasts is much more active than the world of print. For one thing, there seem to be a gazillion sites out there dedicated to nothing but spreading new podcasts around like an infectuous disease, so […]

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Rivets And Bolts

Always nice to get another review. Online short fiction review site The Fix published a review of Issue 55 of Leading Edge Magazine, featuring Diamond Sharks: Floris Kleijne offers a riveting story with “Diamond Sharks.” […] This story of self-discovery is presented in a beautiful setting, nicely complemented by the illustrations of Michael Madder. Though […]

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