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Emerald City is ceasing publication. Please do not send us any more books to review because we will not be able to cover them.

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This site will stay up for the foreseeable future.

Final Issue

#134 - October/November 2006

Reviews of Gene Wolfe, Jay Lake, Susanna Clarke, John Shirley, Zoran Zivkovic and many more

For the full issue click here.

Contents

• Latro in Egypt – Gene Wolfe’s Soldier of Sidon, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• The Old Gods Return – Jay Lake’s Trial of Flowers, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Fairies and Society – Susanna Clarke’s Ladies of Grace Adieu, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Rapture without Rancor? – John Shirley’s The Other End, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Childhood Reading – Umberto Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• A Mosaic of Music – Zoran Živković’s Seven Touches of Music, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• The Little House of Horrors – Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Those Horrible Academics – Peter Raftos’ The Stone Ship, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Strange Because it is Foreign – Andreas Eschbach’s The Carpet Makers, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Elves in Black Leather – Justina Robson’s Keeping It Real, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Dead Again – Mike Carey’s Vicious Circle, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Monster Hunt Family Therapy – Bong Joon-ho’s movie, The Host, reviewed by Peter Wong
• Close Encounters of the Sexual Kind – Carla Speed McNeil’s graphic novel, Finder: Five Crazy Women, reviewed by Peter Wong
• A World of Horrors – Michel Houellebecq’s H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life, reviewed by Cheryl Morgan
• Out of Synch – Previously reviewed books get a new lease of life
• Miscellany – News round up
• Editorial Matters – What’s new in the Emerald City.

Site Awards

Emerald City was nominated for Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine and Best Web Site in 2005. Cheryl Morgan was nominated for Best Fan Writer. We placed second, third and second respectively, in a field of five.

Emerald City was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2004. We won. Cheryl Morgan was nominated for Best Fan Writer and finished second. Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who nominated us and voted for us.

Emerald City was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2003. We placed third in a field of five.