The August issue begins with Esther M. Friesner’s “At These Prices,” an amusing story of a hotel staffed by fantasy regulars: brownies, trolls, dwarves, and fairies. These characters and their fervent dedication to coffee and poker are quite funny, but the real laughs come from Bella Franklin, the free-booting and dotty hotel guest they match [...]
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I’m always ambivalent about Realms of Fantasy. The reviews are fine, the fiction is consistently good or fun or both, and I love the non-fiction Folkroots pieces. I’m happy to allow the sometimes garish and adolescent artwork because just as often it’s eye-poppingly gorgeous.
Where I balk is the advertisements for erotic pulp with [...]
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The July issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a slight disappointment overall. The most enjoyable story, Lawrence C. Connolly’s “Daughters of Prime,” uses a tried and true motif. Cara has been sent to observe an alien species in its native habitat. When contact is made there’s a lot of language confusion. [...]
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