Basically, you manipulate the material world, using processes discovered by trial and error, and force it to come up with the goods. If it doesn’t, it’s because your frog’s blood got contaminated, or the black cat you boiled had a white hair somewhere. You do your research, you follow the instructions, and the right demon appears. We don’t do magic because we have something that works better, and it’s called science.’ The science in science fiction looks no different from the magic in fantasy to me.

“I’ve always been puzzled by science fiction people who say, ‘Science here, magic there. A long-time critic of SF and fantasy works, ten-years of her critical essays and reviews are collected in Deconstructing the Starships: Science, Fiction and Reality (1999). She's published two collections, Identifying the Object (1993), and World Fantasy Award. Clarke Award and first of a series of five planned books with Castles Made of Sand (2002) and Midnight Lamp (2003) published so far. Award and first of a trilogy, and Bold as Love (2001), winner of the Arthur C.

Later novels include White Queen (1991), co-winner of the first James Tiptree, Jr. As Jones she published first adult SF novel, Divine Endurance, in 1984. A full-time writer since the mid-’80s, she's published YA novels as Ann Halam, from Ally, Ally, Aster (1981) to most recently Taylor Five (2002). Gwyneth Jones grew up in Manchester, England, and after earning a BA degree in 1973 spent several years in the Civil Service, part of the time living in Singapore and Malaysia. THE MAGAZINE OF THE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY FIELD

Taylor Five by Ann Halam