Strange Horizons, February 3, 2025

[On May 10, 2021 Strange Horizons officially expressed its political support for Palestinian solidarity. The views of Tangent Online reviewers are not necessarily those of Strange Horizons. Fiction critiqued at Tangent Online is, as much as is humanly possible, without prejudice and based solely on artistic merit.] Strange Horizons, February 3, 2025 “Hotel California” by …

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Tom Corbett, Space Cadet — “Doomed Cargo” Parts 1 & 2

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (January 1, 1952 — June 19, 1952) broadcast “Doomed Cargo” Part 1 on February 5, 1952 and “Doomed Cargo” Part 2 on February 7, 1952 as the 11th and 12th respectively of the show’s 50 episodes. We have run only one two-part Tom Corbett story previously, and that was back in …

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An Assembly of Monsters, edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

An Assembly of Monsters (Forgotten Lore Book 3) edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (NeoParadoxa books, kindle, pb, May 2025, 266 pp.) “The Whitby Light” by James Chambers “The Last Priestess” by David Lee Summers “A Fearsome Tail” by Aaron Rosenberg “The Immoral Immortal” by Keith R.A. DeCandido “A Sad and Bitter World” by Hildy Silverman “The …

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Chandu the Magician — “The Black Steps”

Chandu, the Magician (1932-35, 1948-50) aired “The Black Steps” on February 3, 1949 as the 1st of the 13 half-hour episodes that began in February to begin the 1949 season that would then run until May when the summer hiatus would intervene until the show would pick up again with its final 6 episodes in …

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