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James Nicoll's review of Devil or Angel
The indefatigable James Nicoll has reviewed Devil or Angel and Other Stories in his usual comprehensive way, with a summation and a pertinent comment on each story. And this general recommendation: "You generally cannot go wrong picking up Hughes’s books and this is no exception."
He confirms my hope that knowledgeable readers will recognize these sixteen non-Archonate (except one) pieces as stories that might have appeared in Galaxy or Astounding fifty years ago.
And he delights me by saying one of my stories might have been penned by William Tenn or Fredric Brown.
I acknowledge an old debt to James because I believe that, as a winnowing first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club, he would have been the one to recommend my first Archonate novel, Fools Errant, to Andy Wheeler, the club's editor. The novel and its sequel were reprinted as an SFBC omnibus, Gullible's Travels and gave me to believe that I was well launched on an sf writer's career.
He confirms my hope that knowledgeable readers will recognize these sixteen non-Archonate (except one) pieces as stories that might have appeared in Galaxy or Astounding fifty years ago.
And he delights me by saying one of my stories might have been penned by William Tenn or Fredric Brown.
I acknowledge an old debt to James because I believe that, as a winnowing first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club, he would have been the one to recommend my first Archonate novel, Fools Errant, to Andy Wheeler, the club's editor. The novel and its sequel were reprinted as an SFBC omnibus, Gullible's Travels and gave me to believe that I was well launched on an sf writer's career.
James Nicoll reviews A WIZARD'S HENCHMAN
Here's a thoughtful review of my Erm Kaslo novel by the erudite sff aficionado and critic James Nicoll.
I won't be posting news and reviews here much anymore. I'll be putting the effort into a monthly newsletter sent to readers who sign up for it. I'm told it's a much better way of reaching out than Facebook and Twitter.
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I won't be posting news and reviews here much anymore. I'll be putting the effort into a monthly newsletter sent to readers who sign up for it. I'm told it's a much better way of reaching out than Facebook and Twitter.
If you'd like to be on the list, send me an email at matthewhughes [at] archonate [dot] com and put "Newsletter" in the subject line.
Or you can go to the InstaFreebie site and sign up while getting a free download of my 2006 space opera standalone novel, TEMPLATE, in mobi, epub, or pdf format.
