http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com Like no place else. Copyright 2006 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/ishiguro-distortions/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/ishiguro-distortions/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2006 05:42:10 +0000 Nonfiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/ishiguro-distortions/ Geoffrey Maloney writes on the speculative fiction elements in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Unconsoled. http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/ishiguro-distortions/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/secret-life/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/secret-life/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:08:42 +0000 Fiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/secret-life/ Reprint fiction from Jeff VanderMeer's collection Secret Life. http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/secret-life/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-bradbury/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-bradbury/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:10:08 +0000 Virtual Anthology Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-bradbury/ The third instalment of Jeffrey Ford's The Virtual Anthology column, now reprinted at Fantastic Metropolis. http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-bradbury/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-james/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-james/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2004 17:45:30 +0000 Virtual Anthology Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-james/ The second instalment of Jeffrey Ford's The Virtual Anthology column, now reprinted at Fantastic Metropolis. http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/va-james/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/friends/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/friends/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2004 17:41:58 +0000 Fiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/friends/ Henry James' 1896 classic ghost story. http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/friends/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/rikki-ducornet/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/rikki-ducornet/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:19:48 +0000 Nonfiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/rikki-ducornet/ Western alchemy arose in Hellenistic Egypt --- Land of the Black Earth --- within a rich mélange of classical philosophy, Eastern rebirth myths, and the dualistic heresies of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism and Manicheanism. [1] Unraveling alchemy's origins and sources within this intellectual alembic is a difficult process. There are hints of ... http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/rikki-ducornet/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/neurosis-of-containment/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/neurosis-of-containment/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:59:00 +0000 Fiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/neurosis-of-containment/ "What I am about to relate took place in the late summer of 1930 when, a woman of middle age, I was a guest at the house of Mrs. Livesday in Barrytown-on-Hudson. The house was destroyed the following year in a freak storm that lasted under an hour and yet ... http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/neurosis-of-containment/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/silling/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/silling/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:47:31 +0000 Nonfiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/silling/ "Sade completed "that most impure tale" --- and the words are his --- The 120 Days of Sodom --- in the Bastille where he was confined for infractions that, if they were outrageous, were not murderous and --- unlike civilians in wartime --- involved consenting adults." http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/silling/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/the-deep-zoo/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/the-deep-zoo/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:58:05 +0000 Nonfiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/the-deep-zoo/ "In the tradition of Islam, the first word that was revealed to Mohammed was Igrá (Read!) The world is a translation of the divine, and its manifestation. To write a text is to propose a reading of the world and to reveal its potencies. Writing is reading and reading a ... http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/the-deep-zoo/feed/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/wormwood/ http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/wormwood/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:08:40 +0000 Fiction Reprints http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/wormwood/ "Gran'père was dying, and p'tit Pierre stood at the door clutching his cap, clawing at the rim in his terror and excitement. P'tit Pierre was not yet nine and in the light of the lantern his face was very small and white --- like a lima bean." http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/wormwood/feed/