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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Nov 13, 2023 14:33:50 GMT
Anyone read Josephine Saxton? I noticed her books on the Archive. Actually here is a question: Best female SF authors.
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Post by helrunar on Nov 13, 2023 15:32:18 GMT
There are many excellent female SF authors. Ones who come to mind: Ursula K. Leguin, James Tiptree (Alice Bradley Sheldon), Octavia Butler, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Tanith Lee, Elizabeth A. Lynn--these are all from a bygone era and I'm sure there are many important current ones to name.
cheers, Hel.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Nov 29, 2023 15:33:11 GMT
Christmas season is almost upon us! Time to read ghost stories tucked up in a comfy chair with a blanket around our legs, next to a log fire, with our punch in hand (exaggerating here for effect) as we await Marley's ghost to remind us of our bad deeds (if you are the men on this site)! With that in mind place your ghost story recommendations below. Old fashioned, seasonal, you know the type.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Nov 29, 2023 21:05:43 GMT
OK, I'll bully off....
Here is "Blindburn", written and (if you follow the video link below) read by John Gaskin. Set in that liminal week between Christmas and New Year, somewhere in the vast nowhere in particular of the Monadhliath mountains of the Highlands of Scotland. Having walked in that utterly friendless part of the world, I can vouch for the tale's authenticity...
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Post by dem bones on Nov 29, 2023 21:17:13 GMT
Christmas season is almost upon us! Time to read ghost stories tucked up in a comfy chair with a blanket around our legs, next to a log fire, with our punch in hand (exaggerating here for effect) as we await Marley's ghost to remind us of our bad deeds (if you are the men on this site)! With that in mind place your ghost story recommendations below. Old fashioned, seasonal, you know the type. You might like to start with a Richard Dalby anthology. Ghosts for Christmas, Chillers for Christmas or Mammoth Book of Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories will see you alright. At time of writing, all three available to read online via archive.org.
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Post by helrunar on Dec 5, 2023 11:54:04 GMT
A member of the M. R. James Appreciation Society just recommended this "winter holiday" themed collection: claymcleodchapman.com/books/literally-dead-tales-of-holiday-hauntingsBlurb: Ghosts of Victorian Christmases past. A witchās winter solstice ritual gone wrong. A psychic mall Santa who sees dead children. A spirit trapped inside a club bathroom on New Yearsā Eve. The perfect wintertime ghost anthology to follow up its predecessor, LITERALLY DEAD: Tales of Halloween Hauntings.
Edited by Gaby Triana, this 2nd-volume anthology of 21 short stories by some of the most terrifying names in horror is the perfect collection for a dark and snowy December night. Featuring tales to make you shiver by the Christmas tree by: Ramsey Campbell, Cina Pelayo, Lisa Morton, Stephanie Wytovich, Jonathan Janz, Hailey Piper, Clay McLeod Chapman, Chet Wiliamson, Zin E. Rocklin, V. Castro, John Palisano, and more.
It was stated that this book is the "top selling" anthology on a popular online retail site. I myself have this British Library anthology on my electronic reading device. I added it last year around this time but have yet to get on with it. shop.bl.uk/products/sunless-solstice-strange-christmas-tales-for-the-longest-nightscheers, Hel.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 5, 2023 14:08:18 GMT
Thank you everyone.
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