{"id":715,"date":"2008-10-07T02:58:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T02:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/10\/07\/books-received-10608-part-two\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:35","slug":"books-received-10608-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/10\/07\/books-received-10608-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 10\/6\/08 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound.<\/p>\n

The all-John Picacio<\/a> cover edition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fast Forward 2<\/span> edited by Lou Anders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Promo copy:<\/p>\n

When Fast Forward 1 debuted in February 2007, it marked the first major all-original, all-SF anthology series to appear in some time and it was met with a huge outpouring of excitement and approbation from the science fiction community. No less than seven stories from Fast Forward 1 were chosen to be reprinted a total of nine times in the four major Best of the Year retrospective anthologies, a wonderful testament to the quality of contributions in our inaugural book. What’s more, Fast Forward 1 was hailed repeatedly as leading the charge in a return of original, unthemed anthologies series (several more have since appeared in our wake). Now the critically-acclaimed, groundbreaking series continues, featuring all new stories from: Paul Cornell, Kay Kenyon, Chris Nakashima-Brown, Nancy Kress, Jack Skillingstead, Cory Doctorow and Benjamin Rosenbaum, Jack McDevitt, Paul McAuley, Mike Resnick and Pat Cadigan, Ian McDonald, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Karl Schroeder and Tobias S. Buckell, Jeff Carlson, Paolo Bacigalupi.<\/p>\n

I reviewed Volume 1.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Well-Built City Trilogy<\/span>: The Physiognomy<\/span><\/a>, Memoranda<\/span><\/a> and The Beyond<\/span><\/a> by Jeffrey Ford (three books)<\/span><\/p>\n

Promo copy:<\/p>\n

More than just an alternate history or Earth, the world of the Well-Built City is Ford at his finest, with bizarre creatures, trees, foods, drinks, customs\u2014nothing is mundane in the writings of Ford. From the hallucinations of the drug, Beauty, to the destruction of buildings from a headache, the reader will find nothing like he has ever read before.<\/p>\n

See Part One here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. The all-John Picacio cover edition. Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders Promo copy: When Fast Forward 1 debuted in February 2007, it … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n