A Giant in the House & Other Excesses by Daniel Pearlman

A Giant in the House & Other Excesses

by Daniel Pearlman

(Merry Blacksmith Press, 2011)

“A Giant in the House”
“The Death Club”
“Hannibal’s Victory”
“Facedowns”
“The Fetal Position”
“Lyonel Unbound”
“Two-Time Losers”
“Double Occupancy”
“With Arms Outstretched”
“Refrigerator Blindness”
“Mariah My Soul-Mate”
“Great White Hope”

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Something for Nothing — Robert Sheckley

X Minus One aired Robert Sheckley’s “Something for Nothing” on April 10, 1957. It originally ran in the June 1954 issue of Galaxy. This is probably the fourth or fifth Sheckley (1928-2005) X Minus One radio dramatization we’ve showcased, and there are more to come, making his stories some of the most often adapted on …

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Analog — June 2012

Analog, Science Fiction and Fact, June 2012

“Crooks” by Paul Carlson
“Titanium Soul” by Catherine Shaffer
“The Fine Print” by Michael Alexander
“A Murmuration of Starlings” by Joe Pitkin
“An Ounce of Prevention” by Jerry Oltion
“Darwin’s Gambit” by Emily Wah
“A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy” by N.M. Cedeno
“Food Chained” by Carl Frederick

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Fantasy & Science Fiction — May/June 2012

Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2012

“Liberty’s Daughter” by Naomi Kritzer
“Asylum” by Albert E. Cowdrey
“Maze of Shadows” by Fred Chappell
“Taking the Low Road” by Pat MacEwen
“Necrosis” by Dale Bailey
“Typhoid Jack” by Andy Stewart
“City League” by Matthew Corradi
“Grand Tour” by Chris Willrich
“The Children’s Crusade” by Michael Alexander

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Frontiers of Space, Time and Thought by Edward M. Lerner

Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought:

Essays and Stories on The Big Questions

by Edward M. Lerner
 
(FoxAcre Press, 264 pp., March 22, 2012)

Stories:

“At the Watering Hole”
“RSVP”
“Unplanned-for Flying Object”
“Blessed Are the Bleak”
“Chance of Storms”
“A Time for Heroes”
“Where Credit is Due”
“Grandpa?” 
“Great Minds”
“No GUTs, No Glory”
“Inside the Box”
“Small Business”
“A Matter of Perspective”

Articles/Essays:

“Say, What? Ruminations about Language, Communications, and Science Fiction”
“Rock! Bye-Bye, Baby!”
“Faster than a Speeding Photon”
“Lost in Space? Follow the Money”
“Follow the Nanobrick Road”
“Beyond this point be RFIDs”
“Insignificance”
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Theatre Royal — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Last week we showcased one of Rudyard Kipling’s world famous stories adapted for radio. This week we turn to another world-class author with Robert Louis Stevenson’s (1850-1894) 1886 tale “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Originally titled “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” this timeless tragedy of a doctor who partakes of a …

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