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Speculative Fiction 2012: The Year's Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary

About the book

Cover - speculative-fiction-2012Speculative Fiction celebrates the best in online non-fiction - the top book reviews, essays and commentary of the year.

This first volume, edited by bloggers Justin Landon (Staffer's Musings - US) and Jared Shurin (Pornokitsch - UK), collects over fifty pieces from science fiction and fantasy's top authors, bloggers and critics.

Contents

Contributors include Joe Abercrombie, Daniel Abraham, Niall Alexander, Elizabeth Bear, Rob Berg, Liz Bourke, Maurice Broaddus, Myke Cole, Kate Elliott, Katherine Farmar, Chris Gerwel, Christopher Garcia, Daniel Goodman, Ana Grilo, Niall Harrison, Dan Hartland, Matt Hilliard, Kameron Hurley, Thea James, N.K. Jemisin, Paul Kincaid, Lady Business, Rose Lemberg, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Cynthia Martinez, Tim Maughan, Foz Meadows, Jonathan McCalmont, Martin McGrath, Aidan Moher, Ken Neth, Larry Nolen, Abigail Nussbaum, Christopher Priest, Stefan Raets, Adam Roberts, Tansy Rayner Roberts, CS Samulski, Penny Schenk, Ro Smith, Maureen K. Speller, Aishwarya Subramanian, Matthew Surridge, Sam Sykes, Gav Thorpe and Lavie Tidhar

Edited by Justin Landon and Jared Shurin

Introduction by Mur Lafferty

Afterword by Ana Grilo and Thea James

Cover by Sarah Anne Langton

Details

Published April 2013
(Revised Second Printing: November 2013)

Paperback: Out of print
ISBN: 978-0-9573475-5-7

Kindle: Out of print
ISBN: 978-0-9573475-2-6

Speculative Fiction 2012

Reviews

Winner, British Fantasy Awards (Best Non-Fiction)

Finalist, Hugo Awards (Best Related Work)

"SpecFic 2012 is a romping ride through 2012's blogging scene, and a stunning example of the maturity and intelligence of our community. I know what's going on my Hugo Ballot next year..." - One Chapter More

Discussion of Speculative Fiction 2012 on the Speculate! podcast, with Justin Landon as a guest.

Reddit AMA with the editors and contributors.