Praise for Tim Powers
“Powers has all the writing skills needed to dazzle...[he] writes action and adventure that Indiana Jones could only dream of. And, just when it threatens to get out of hand, there's a dash of humor and irony that keeps you ready for the joy of it.”—The Washington Post
“Tim Powers is a genius.”—Algis Budrys, Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy
“The best fantasy writer to appear in decades.”—Manchester Guardian
“Powers deserves wider attention.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“No author alive can take such notions and make them so utterly believable. No one but Tim Powers.”—David Brin
“One of those writers with an utterly unique voice and sense of vision.”—OtherRealms
“Tim Powers is a name to be reckoned with.”—Science Fiction Chronicle
The Philip K. Dick Award, presented annually to “distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States,” is, perhaps, my favorite literary honor. There’s something freeing about the paperback original format that seems to allow up-and-coming authors a shot at publishing truly singular books. Look no further than a list of past […]
In writing her new novel Paris Adrift (out this week from Solaris), author E.J. Swift wanted to honor the past without repeating it—always a tricky proposition when we’re talking time travel, that most familiar of sci-fi tropes. She joins us today to talk about how she put her own spin on futzing about with the […]