Tag: Vikings

Souls

by Derelict Space Sheep on October 10, 2026 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

Souls

by Joanna Russ, Fantasy & Science Fiction (January 1982), 7-46.

Historical novelette relating the sacking of an abbey by Viking raiders. Russ’s treatment offers a welcome departure from the action-driven narratives more common to speculative fiction. The Abbess Radegunde proves an especially formidable presence, yet the SF denouement is vague and unsatisfying.

Doctor Who: Dark Horizons

by Derelict Space Sheep on February 6, 2016 in 42 Word Reviews

Doctor Who: Dark Horizons

by J. T. Colgan (BBC, 2012)

While writing in a style evoking the tv show’s snapshot paciness, Colgan nevertheless crafts a solid historical setting — a Scottish island under both Viking and alien incursion — and adds depth to the mercurial flitting about of Matt Smith’s otherworldly (yet unworldly) Doctor.