Callahan's Con, by Spider Robinson (Tor, 2003)

The Callahan’s crew is back once more for another wild adventure from acclaimed author Spider Robinson. It’s been ten years since Jake Stonebender, his wife Zoey, their daughter Erin, time-traveling genius Nikola Tesla, inveterate punster Doc Webster, organ-playing Fast Eddy … Continue reading

Dreaming Down-Under, edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb (Tor, 2002)

Originally released in 1998, Dreaming Down-Under is one of those ambitious volumes which attempts to not just expand the limits and boundaries of the speculative fiction range of genres, but to shatter them altogether, much like Dangerous Visions did in … Continue reading

The Mocking Program, by Alan Dean Foster (Warner Books, 2002)

Welcome to the future. Welcome to the Montezuma Strip, a fever-hot, dangerous borderland that stretches from Baja to the Gulf. It’s a Spanglish place where anything is possible, no matter how dangerous, treacherous, or illegal. It’s a rough, fantastic, magical … Continue reading

Three Josepha Sherman Folklore Collections

Jewish American Folklore (August House, 1992) Trickster Tales (August House, 1996) Once Upon A Galaxy (August House, 1994) I’ve known Josepha Sherman for over a decade now, ever since my high school days. I was originally attracted to her writing … Continue reading

Wild Cards XVI: Deuces Down, edited by George R.R. Martin (iBooks, 2002)

Welcome back to the unpredictable, exciting world of the Wild Cards. After far too long a hiatus, George R.R. Martin has once again assembled a team of top-notch writers to tell some of the stories of a world where nothing … Continue reading

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (Written and Directed by George Lucas, 2002)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a man took a whole slew of mythic elements and cultural themes and wove them into one of the great stories of the 20th Century: The farm boy, ignorant of … Continue reading

Spider-Man (2002, Directed by Sam Raini, Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko)

With great power comes great responsibility. It’s the guiding mantra behind one of the 20th Century’s greatest heroes. But before he was a hero, he was a young man. A confused teenager like every other, with a crush on the … Continue reading

Spider-Man, by Peter David (Ballantine, 2002)

The story has become a modern day myth. A young man is granted extraordinary powers through a chance accident, and becomes one of the greatest heroes of his generation. Twist it a little, and it could be a Greek myth, … Continue reading

A Wizard Alone, by Diane Duane (Harcourt, 2002)

Years ago, long before Harry Potter was even a blip on the radar screen, I discovered the fascinating world of Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series, which began with So You Want To Be A Wizard, and continued with Deep Wizardry, … Continue reading

Chronicle – The Lost YA Reviews (2002)

This post is just here for the sake of completion. The following reviews ran in Chronicle issue 232, dated January 2003, and unfortunately, I no longer have any records of them beyond the actual magazine they appeared in. Someday, I’ll … Continue reading