Book Reviews: Ill Met and Well Met

Cover, Saber & Shadow, by S.M. Stirling and Shirley Meier

I have to give Leiber a pass on the fridging in Ill Met in Lankhmar. But I don’t have to enjoy it. 

One of the many reasons I still love Saber & Shadow is that its women don’t get fridged, because they are the protagonists. Their lovers don’t get fridged, either, because these women are into each other. It’s a joyful romp, albeit with a lot of tense moments, and a few traumatic memories for one character.

Mining the Genre Asteroid: The Big Time by Fritz Leiber

Mining the Genre Asteroid is Paul Weimer’s look at the history of the science fiction and fantasy field, bringing to light important, interesting and entertaining books from science fiction and fantasy’s past to you. The Snakes and the Spiders continually alter and change history in an unclear conflict in order to control the flow of […]