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Tangent Online Recommended Reading List 2011

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Tangent Online 2011 Recommended Reading List

As with previous years, this list is not meant as comprehensive, there being several items we were not able to acquire and there are always the few stray stories published in non-traditional venues which we did not see. Also, this year we narrowed our focus to only those stories published in professionally paying markets as defined by SFWA (5c/wd.).

As is our custom, there are four sections to each length category. Those making the list in the short story, novelette, and novella lengths but having no stars, and those with either one, two, or three stars, according to how well the reviewer or reviewers valued a particular story. Quite often you will see more than a single reviewer's initials following a given entry. We have placed the story in the category receiving the most stars. Thus, it is possible that while one reviewer merely placed a story on the list without any stars, another also placed it on the list but with one or more stars, thus elevating that story to the higher ranking for any length category. Where there are more than one reviewer's initials following a story recommendation, they appear in no particular order.

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Collecting Fantasy Art #10: A Party and Some Sales
Sunday, 27 November 2011
  Collecting Fantasy Art #10   A Party and Some Sales   By Robert Weinberg Copyright  © 2011 by Robert Weinberg   I’d... Read more...
At the Mountains of Madness -- H. P. Lovecraft
Thursday, 22 December 2011
  At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)   By Nader Elhefnawy I must admit that I'm a relative latecomer to the works... Read more...
The Judge's House -- Bram Stoker
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Bram Stoker's (1847-1912) "The Judge's House" first saw print in the Dec. 5, 1891 issue of Holly Leaves, a seasonal publication of the UK magazine... Read more...
The City of Baal: Adventures in Colonial Africa by Charles Beadle
Sunday, 19 June 2011
The City of Baal: Adventures in Colonial Africa by Charles BeadleEdited and with an introduction by John Locke(Off-Trail Publications, 2007)“The... Read more...
Classic Alfred Bester Interview
Monday, 02 January 2012
Tangent Online Presents: An Interview with Alfred Bester (1913-1987)   Interviewer: Dave Truesdale Location: MidAmeriCon, 34th World Science... Read more...
Analog -- March 2012
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Analog, March 2012 “The Ediacarian Machine” by Craig DeLancey “Upon Their Backs” by Kyle Kirkland “Mother’s Tattoos” by Richard A.... Read more...
Fantasy & Science Fiction -- Jan./Feb. 2012
Monday, 19 December 2011
Fantasy & Science Fiction,  January/February 2012 “Small Towns” by Felicity Shoulders “The Comfort of Strangers” by Alexander... Read more...
Bull Spec #6, Autumn 2011
Tuesday, 06 September 2011
Bull Spec #6, Autumn 2011 “Perchance” by Stuart Jaffe “We Don’t Do Quests” by Dale Mettam “Selling Home” by Tina Connolly “Fadeout”... Read more...
Black Gate #15, Spring 2011
Monday, 02 January 2012
Black Gate #15, Spring 2011 “A River Through Darkness And Light” by John C. Hocking “The Oracle of Gog” by Vaughn Heppner “The Gifts of Li... Read more...
The Butterfly Man and Other Stories by Paul Kane
Sunday, 20 November 2011
The Butterfly Man and Other Stories by Paul Kane (PS Publishing, October 2011) “One for the Road” “Masques”  “A Chaos Demon is for... Read more...
Strange Horizons, January 2nd & 9th, 2012
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Strange Horizons, January 2, 2012 “MonitorBot and the King of Pop” by Jessica Barber Read more...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #84, December 15, 2011
Sunday, 01 January 2012
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #84, December 15, 2011 "Heartless" by Peadar Ó Guilín "The God Thieves" by Derek Künsken Read more...
Redstone Science Fiction #20, January 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Redstone SF #20, January 2012 "Ice in Our Veins" by Rhiannon Held "Motherhood" by Christopher Miller Reviewed by Chuck Rothman Read more...
OSC InterGalactic Medicine Show #26, Jan.-Feb. 2012
Friday, 27 January 2012
Special Double Review Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #26, Jan.-Feb. 2012 “Remains of the Witch” by Tony Pi “Arkmind” by... Read more...
Subterranean Online, Fall 2011
Monday, 17 October 2011
Subterranean Online, Fall 2011 "White Lines on a Green Field" by Catherynne Valente "SHAKA II" by Mike Resnick "Antiquities and Tangibles" by Mike... Read more...
The Revelator, Vol. 136, #1 -- Special Twins Issue
Sunday, 04 December 2011
The Revelator, Volume 136, Number 1 (October 2011) "Gaslight" by Jeffrey Ford "Nick Kaufmann, Last of the Red Hot Superwhores" by Nick Mamatas Read more...
Tangent Photo Gallery #3
Monday, 02 January 2012
This batch of photos plucked randomly from the bottomless box seems to be from 1998-2001. Following is just a sampling from several Nebula events, a... Read more...