The Complete Critical Assembly: The Collected White Dwarf (and GM, and GMI) SF Review Columns

by David Langford

The Complete Critical Assembly by David Langford collects his 101 sf/fantasy book review columns written for the British games magazines White Dwarf, GM and GMI from 1983 to 1992. These were previously collected in two volumes published by Ansible Information, Critical Assembly (1987) and Critical Assembly II (1992). As the blurb written for Amazon puts it:
Crammed with critical insights and acerbic wit, the "Critical Mass" -- later "Critical Hits" -- column was notoriously the first page turned to by White Dwarf readers, and it brings Langford appreciative fan mail to this day. Read the whole sequence and learn how to acquire 22 Hugos....

Genres: Fantasy, Reference

336 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2001

About the author

British science-fiction author, editor and critic. He publishes the newsletter Ansible.

Reviews

[Alex Sarll]

A collection of the wry, insightful columns which introduced me to several of my favourite writers (Pratchett, Simak, John Crowley), and have added a fresh batch to my To Read list this time around. I may not agree with every assessment, but they're always reasoned and fair. Ish. Well, except where L Ron Hubbard is concerned, but that's cool with me. Hard to believe if you've only seen the glossy ad catalogue it became, but yes, back in the day White Dwarf really was good for something beyond peddling plastic crack.