Ever New Earths gathers twenty-five years of book columns written by legendary writer James Sallis and published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction to offer an exceptional overview of developments in contemporary science fiction, fully appreciating the genre鈥檚 traditions while recognizing its reach, its potential. This is a rare view of the genre from the inside, written toward outsiders with reason to learn and understand more: critics, historians, writers, editors.
鈥淗e鈥檚 right up there, one of the best. It is quite possible that speaking of Jim Sallis in the same tone as Poe and Dostoevsky is not overblowing on my part. His early work indicates a mind and talent of uncommon dimensions.鈥
鈥擧arlan Ellison, author, 鈥淚 Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream鈥
鈥淪allis might be one of the best writers in America.鈥濃擫es Roberts, author, An Infinite Number of Monkeys
鈥淪allis鈥檚 writing hovers just at the edge of brilliance.鈥濃Booklist
鈥淪allis is a rare find . . . a fine prose stylist with an interest in moral struggle and a gift for the lacerating evocation of loss.鈥濃Newsday
鈥淛ames Sallis鈥檚 extraordinary fiction is distinguished by its honesty and meticulous artistry. With his highly imagistic stories, he has regularly displayed a finely honed mastery of sophisticated literary techniques and sharply etched psychological portraits.鈥濃Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers
