Mining the Genre Asteroid: Rocannon’s World
When I say the words “Ursula K Le Guin and her work,” your first thought is probably either Earthsea or The Left Hand of Darkness or The Dispossessed. Or maybe you think of “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”. LeGuin’s oeuvre, however, is far more than those works. Even within the Hainish verse, there is a host of other in-universe work that Le Guin has written — work that doesn’t get as much attention or play today as The Left Hand of Darkness, the Hainish Cycle’s shining star. The point of this ongoing column is to tell you why works such as this are worth your reading time and attention. Today. In our contemporary moment. And so, in today’s Mining the Genre Asteroid, I’d like to discuss Le Guin’s first published novel, Rocannon’s World.
Comics Review: Why aren’t we all talking about how awesome MOONSTRUCK Volume 2 is?
Welcome to the latest installment of my comics review column here at Skiffy & Fanty! Every month, I use this space to shine a spotlight on SF&F comics (print comics, graphic novels, and webcomics) that I believe deserve more attention from SF&F readers. This month, I want to take a look at a new original graphic novel that definitely deserves more attention than it has received. That graphic novel is Moonstruck Volume 2: Some Enchanted Evening. Warning: this review contains spoilers! I continue to be puzzled by how completely Moonstruck fell off our collective SFFnal radar; the early issues were received with so much enthusiasm that I initially wondered if the series was so prominent and successful that it no longer needed the spotlight this column attempts to give. But then? Online conversations about Moonstruck subsided. I don’t recall seeing much discussion of the conclusion of the first storyline or the release of the collected volume that compiled it, which I suggested voters consider for a Hugo nomination this year.
