Kirjahaku

"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?"

A collection of nine stories originally published from 1987 to 2015, in such venues as "Tomorrow SF," "Pirate Writings," "Air Fish" (anthology), and "Perihelion SF.""The Science Fiction Encyclopedia" says of Michael Andre-Driussi's fiction: "his parodies of what might be called pulp Scientific Romance idioms are exact and arousing."Michael Andre-Driussi has seen 32 of his stories published to date, but the nine gathered here were the hardest to find as each lacked an enduring online presence.*"White Japan" tells of an American tourist having visions in the Land of the Rising Sun.*"The Ragnarockenroll Overture" gives the strange history of a mutated Asia. Ann Vandermeer reprinted it in her magazine "The Silver Web."*"Mad Dogs Raid Mars" shows a daring commando strike against a cyber-theocracy on the Red Planet.*"The Slushpile Surfer" paddles out to catch the next wave.*"Doomsday Tours" has a zeppelin full of tourists visiting historical sad spots across a Europe that is in the process of buckling after the withdrawal of American forces. (Originally published as a cover story in 1996, the background setting seems disturbingly current in 2016.)*"Tex of the Dobermans" gives the weird history of a feral boy in a mutated California. (This is the story "The Science Fiction Encyclopedia" was referencing by name immediately prior to the quote above.)*"Aliens with Candy" is a sad little tale.*"Mentally Gifted Mutants" tells about a government program to identify and train psionic children.*"It's a Long Road to the Sky Train" is about a woman who goes on a big trip across a strange landscape. Lois Tilton called it "An entertaining, if gruesome, read, with the imaginative characters that populate the absurdly dystopian setting, and of course Marika the heroine]" in "Locus Online Reviews," February 2015.These stories amount to 37,000 words of content, which is the size of a long novella, or just short of a novel (at 40,000 words).

Nine post-apocalyptic tales; two articles on the computer game "Fallout 3"; one list of ten classic stories in the "Fallout" style.

Twelve stories of science fiction and fantasy. From the back cover: A dozen stories showing great varietyA space-suited adventure in "Mad Dogs of Mercury," regarding mercs on the innermost planet when a simple job goes bad.A literary who-done-it with "Hardboiled Proust," tracing trouble at a living history park.A fairy tale in "Daughter of Plant and Woman," mixing history and her story.An alt-history through the lens of "Hitler's Hollywood," examining the alt-cinema that led to Nazi triumph.Twelve tales of action and intrigue, originally published in such magazines as M-Brane SF, Bards and Sages Quarterly, and Big Pulp.World-renowned for his reference book Lexicon Urthus, Michael Andre-Driussi has also received notice for three dozen published stories. Other collections include Fallout Stories and The Jizmatic Trilogy.

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.

A star-spanning STL voyage of alien discovery and adventure, in three parts.

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).

A collection of eleven stories. "Freaks Like Us, Born to Rule." "Psi Prison." "Digger's Daughter, Tiny." "Speculative Envoy." "Vitamin Double-D." "Your Life Is Mine." "The Donkey's Tale." "Stories to the Future." "Master Wu of Bamiyan." "Ghost Heart of San Francisco." "Paradise Axis."

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).