Rich Horton

Two Classic Movies: My Man Godfrey and The River Two Classic Movies: My Man Godfrey and The River by Rich Horton Here's an informal look at two movies I watched recently, both classics. Th...

A look at two classic movies: The River, and My Man Godfrey: rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/11/two-...

Yes -- I saw that and ... well, why can't we edit our posts!

Resurrected Review: The Dramaturges of Yan, by John Brunner Here's another review of John Brunner, who is really one of my favorite SF writers of his era, but oddly more due to his less well-known wor...

A minor of enjoyable John Brunner novel: THE DRAMATURGES OF YAN (1971/1972): rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/11/resu...

Great Short Science Fiction since 1989 A Personal SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018

Here's a repost of my sort of TOC for anthologies of the best short science fiction between 1989 and 2018. richhorton314252.substack.com/p/great-shor...

Here's a review of C. S. E. Cooney's lovely new novel Saint Death's Herald. open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

Delighted to see this -- I've thought A Fine and Private Place seemed like it was directly influenced by One More Spring -- I even asked Beagle about that once. But I hadn't seen anyone else notice the connection.

Review: A Royal Pain, by Rhys Bowen A Royal Pain , by Rhys Bowen a review by Rich Horton I came across this book in an antique store near Rolla, MO, a few weeks ago. It looked ...

A look at a very light "historical" mystery, A Royal Pain, by Rhys Bowen. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...

Resurrected Review: The Armies of Memory, by John Barnes Here's something I wrote back in 2006 about the concluding novel in John Barnes' Thousand Cultures series. Barnes' work has never, it seems ...

A resurrected review of The Armies of Memory (2006), by John Barnes, who should get more attention. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/10/resu...

And the River Flows Rumer Godden's luminous novella The River

I've written about another great midcentury English woman writer, Rumer Godden, and her lovely 1946 novel The River. open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

The End of the World (and a Beginning?) Ray Nayler's new novel Where the Axe is Buried

I think Ray Nayler is doing the most exciting things with SF of any writer today. Here's a look at his new novel, Where the Axe is Buried. open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

Resurrected Review: Fool Me Twice, by Matthew Hughes I wrote the review below back in 2004. I should add some detail -- Matthew Hughes (born in England but in Canada from age 5) has continued t...

I've resurrected another decades old review, this one of Matthew Hughes' diverting Vancean novel Fool Me Twice. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/10/resu...

Diamonds and Paste A look at The Eustace Diamonds, and why Trollope is so fun

Here's a look at Anthony Trollope's The Eustace Diamonds, and at why I think Trollope is so great.
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Better Old Stuff A look at the June 1955 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Here's a look at a rather better issue of a 1955 SF magazine than the one I reviewed last week:
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Resurrected Review: Aiding and Abetting, by Muriel Spark Review: Aiding and Abetting , by Muriel Spark by Rich Horton The recent publication of a biography of the great British novelist Muriel Spar...

Muriel Spark is getting well-deserved attention with the publication of a new biography. Some while ago I read about a dozen of her books. I need to reread her, but in the interim, here's a very brief look at one of her last novels, Aiding and Abetting. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/10/resu...

Belated Happy Shared Birthday!

Old Bestseller Review: Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens Thoughts on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations by Rich Horton What to say about Great Expectations , one of the most famous English novels ...

Looking at Charles Dickens' GREAT EXPECTATIONS: rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/10/old-...

The Bad Old Stuff A look at an indifferent issue of Fantastic, from 1956

Here's a look at a 1956 issue of Fantastic. Not a great issue, but it does have four stories by a very young Robert Silverberg. open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

From A to Z in Short Fiction Magazines Looking at Analog and Zyzzyva

I review recent iissuse of Analog (an SF magazine) and Zyzzyva (a "literary" magazine). open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

Resurrected Review: Bones of the Earth, by Michael Swanwick Another Resurrected Review, this one of Michael Swanwick's 2002 novel Bones of the Earth , which, it seems to me, isn't remembered as well a...

Here's a review of Michael Swanwick's 2002 novel Bones of the Earth, which I loved but which doesn't seem to get as much notice these days as it deserves. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/09/resu...

Resurrected Review: The Blood of a Dragon, by Lawrence Watt-Evans Resurrected Review: The Blood of a Dragon , by Lawrence Watt-Evans by Rich Horton Lawrence Watt-Evans's Ethshar novels are uniformly enjoyab...

Something I wrote long ago about one of Lawrence Watt-Evans' amusing and intelligent Ethshar novels, The Blood of a Dragon. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/09/resu...

Satire and Sympathy Elizabeth Taylor's wonderful novel Angel

Elizabeth Taylor's beautiful and powerful novel Angel: open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

Innocence and Emptiness The Death of the Heart, by Elizabeth Bowen

A look at a 1938 novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart. open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

Review: Victims of the Nova, by John Brunner Review: Victims of the Nova, by John Brunner (1962, 1963, 1965, revised 1969, 1974, 1981, omnibus edition 1989) by Rich Horton Early John B...

Here's a review of all three of John Brunner's novels about the survivors of a nova that destroyed the planet Zarathustra. Brunner wrote the novels in the early '60s, and revised them later, finally published an omnibus of all three as Victims of the Nova. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...

Review: The Blighted Stars, by Megan O'Keefe Review: The Blighted Stars , by Megan O'Keefe by Rich Horton My latest read for the book club I'm a member of was Megan O'Keefe's 2023 novel...

Here's a review of Megan E. O'Keefe's 2023 novel The Blighted Stars, first in the Devoured Worlds trilogy. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...

Review: Rich Larson's Changelog Propulsive action, wrenching characters, dark visions of near future technology

Here's a review of Rich Larson's new collection CHANGELOG, available now from Fairwood Press: open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

Review: Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!, edited by Richard Wolinsky Review: Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! , edited by Richard Wolinsky by Rich Horton In 1977, the Berkeley, CA, community radio stat...

Here's a review of an oral history of sorts of SF, based on interviews conducted at the Berkeley radio station KPFA: Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!, edited by Richard Wolinsky

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Old Bestseller Review: The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas Review: The Three Musketeers , by Alexandre Dumas (with Auguste Maquet) by Rich Horton The Three Musketeers is Alexandre Dumas's most famou...

Now a look at Alexandre Dumas's most famous novel, THE THREE MUSKETEERS. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/08/old-...

The Fellowship of the Ring and regret a living vision of that which has already been left far behind by the flowing streams of time

Some notes, thoughts, reflections, whatever -- after my recent reread of The Fellowship of the Ring. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Short Science Ficton Reviews Asimov's for July-August 2025, The Daily Tomorrow, Synthesized Sunsets

Here's a review of the July-August Asimov's, plus a look a couple more online short stories: open.substack.com/pub/richhort...

Review: Hidden Folk, by Eleanor Arnason Review: Hidden Folk , by Eleanor Arnason by Rich Horton Eleanor Arnason is one of my favorite writers. She's been publishing excellent short...

Here's a review of Eleanor Arnason's delightful collection of stories set (mostly) in Iceland, HIDDEN FOLK. rrhorton.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...