> Publishers Weekly reviews virtually all of the hardcover sf that comes
> out, most of the trade sf, and a minority of the paperback sf. Most of
> the people who do the reviewing are quite knowledgeable, though the
> reviews are published anonymously, which many people find offensive
> (including the reviewers themselves--being one myself, I know this to be
> true). Also, PW, publishes the reviews a week or two before the books
> come out most of the time, so you know what to look for.
>
> Locus has some of the most knowledge book reviewers in the field,
> particularly Russell Letson and Gary Wolfe. Charles de Lint is
> particularly good on fantasy in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
> Fiction. Gerald Jonas in the New York Times Book Review does intelligent
> reviews and he seems to be free from the anti-SF prejudices of the NYTBR
> itself.
If you can get it, Interzone (a UK SF periodical) publishes the most
literate and interesting SF reviews in the field, every issue.
Cheers,
Chas
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