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Farah Mendlesohn

Mendlesohn, Farah Jane

July 27, 1968 (age 57)

Birth place: Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

193 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
1991 53 Essay Women in Science Fiction: Six American SF Writers between 1960 and 1985 Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
1992 114 Review There Won't Be War Foundation, #56 Autumn 1992
1992 114 Review When the Music's Over: A Benefit Anthology Foundation, #56 Autumn 1992
1993 101 Review Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction Foundation, #59 Autumn 1993
1993 94 Essay Letter (Foundation #58) Foundation, #58 Summer 1993
1993 59 Essay Science Fiction Courses in Higher Education in Great Britain: A Preliminary Guide Foundation, #59 Autumn 1993
1994 124 Review First Contact Foundation, #62 Winter 1994/1995
1994 10 Interview Grinding Axes Foundation, #62 Winter 1994/1995
1994 127 Review Obernewtyn Foundation, #62 Winter 1994/1995
1994 126 Review Random Factor Foundation, #62 Winter 1994/1995
1995 90 Essay Audio Books: A New Medium for Sf? Foundation, #64 Summer 1995
1996 46 Interview Journeying into Space Foundation, #68 Autumn 1996
1997 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #70) Foundation, #70 Summer 1997
May 1997 6 Essay Letter (Interzone #119) Interzone, May 1997
1998 4 Essay Notes for Contributors Foundation, Summer 1998
1998 80 Essay Popular Science, Rewriting and Utopia: Or, the Revolution Will Not Take Place in a Fanzine Foundation, Autumn 1998
1998 110 Review The Cassini Division Foundation, Autumn 1998
June 1998 22 Essay "The Ideology of Robert A. Heinlein": Responses The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1998
September 1998 21 Review Earth Made of Glass Vector 201
November 1998 29 Review Accidental Creatures Vector 202
January 1999 27 Review The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5 Vector 203
March 1999 12 Essay Books of the Year: 1998 Vector 204
November 1999 8 Essay Impermanent Revolution: The Anarchic Utopias of Ken MacLeod Vector 208
2000 35 Essay Commentaries on Native Tongue Foundation, #79 Summer 2000
2000 113 Review Demand My Writing: Joanna Russ/Feminism/Science Fiction Foundation, #79 Summer 2000
January 2000 4 Essay Letter (Vector 209) Vector 209
July 2000 24 Review redRobe Vector 212
September 2000 30 Review Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion and American Culture Vector 213
November 2000 28 Review Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature Vector 214
November 2000 17 Review What If? Religious Themes in Science Fiction Vector 214
December 2000 61 Review Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature Interzone, December 2000
2001 100 Review Pashazade Foundation, #83 Autumn 2001
2001 121 Essay SFF Newsletter 4 Foundation, #82 Summer 2001
July 2001 54 Essay Letter (Interzone #169) Interzone, July 2001
July 2001 27 Review Stardust and Ashes: Science Fiction in the Christian Perspective Vector 218
November 2001 23 Review Midnight Robber Vector 220
2002 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #84) Foundation, #84 Spring 2002
2002 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #85) Foundation, #85 Summer 2002
2002 Editor Foundation - 2002 Foundation, #86 Autumn 2002
2002 107 Review The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 Foundation, #85 Summer 2002
March 2002 4 Essay Books of the Year - 2001 Vector 222
March 2002 24 Review The Years of Rice and Salt SFRA Review #257
May 2002 28 Review Mortal Engines Vector 223
November 2002 22 Review The Translator Vector 226
November 2002 25 Review The Xenocide Mission Vector 226
2003 94 Review Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists Foundation, #87 Spring 2003
2003 88 Review Diana Wynne Jones: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom Foundation, #88 Summer 2003
2003 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #87) Foundation, #87 Spring 2003
2003 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #88) Foundation, #88 Summer 2003
2003 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #89) Foundation, #89 Autumn 2003
2003 Editor Foundation - 2003 Foundation, #87 Spring 2003
January 2003 4 Essay Catching 'em Young: Picture Book Science Fiction for the Under Sevens Vector 227
January 2003 9 Essay Perdido Street Station and the Edge of the Fantastic SFRA Review #262
April 2003 39 Review Falling Out of Cars Locus, #507 April 2003
April 2003 39 Essay Locus Looks at Books: Divers Hands (Locus #507) Locus, #507 April 2003
May 2003 28 Review Broken Angels Vector 229
June 2003 15 Review Across the Nightingale Floor The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 16 Review Copper The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 16 Review Faerie Wars The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 39 Essay Locus Looks at Books: Divers Hands (Locus #509) Locus, #509 June 2003
June 2003 15 Essay New Fantasy for Children in the UK The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 15 Review Stravaganza The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 15 Review Strawgirl The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 16 Review Summerland The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 15 Review The Dark Horse The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 16 Review The Folk Keeper The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 39 Review The Iron Chain Locus, #509 June 2003
June 2003 15 Review The Ropemaker The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
June 2003 15 Review Time Witches The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
July 2003 4 Essay Reply to Chris Dunk Vector 230
July 2003 28 Review The Great Good Thing Vector 230
October 2003 55 Essay Locus Looks at Books: Divers Hands (Locus #513) Locus, #513 October 2003
October 2003 55 Review Maul Locus, #513 October 2003
November 2003 19 Review Shadowmancer The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2003
December 2003 14 Review Lion Boy The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2003
December 2003 14 Review The Great Ghost Rescue The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2003
December 2003 14 Review The Various The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2003
2004 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #90) Foundation, #90 Spring 2004
2004 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #91) Foundation, #91 Summer 2004
2004 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #92) Foundation, #92 Autumn 2004
2004 Editor Foundation - 2004 Foundation, #92 Autumn 2004
2004 108 Review The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction Foundation, #92 Autumn 2004
January 2004 33 Review Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin Vector 233
January 2004 13 Review City of Pearl The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2004
January 2004 22|22.2 Essay Letter (NYRSF, January 2004) The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2004
January 2004 29 Review Predator's Gold Vector 233
February 2004 17 Review The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod Locus, #517 February 2004
March 2004 3 Essay BSFA Reviewers Poll: 2003 Vector 234
March 2004 59 Essay Locus Looks at Books: Divers Hands (Locus #518) Locus, #518 March 2004
March 2004 59 Review The Seagull Drovers Locus, #518 March 2004
March 2004 27 Review The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod Vector 234
May 2004 16 Review The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction Vector 235
June 2004 29 Essay Locus Looks at Books: Divers Hands (Locus #521) Locus, #521 June 2004
June 2004 29 Review Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories Locus, #521 June 2004
July 2004 6 Essay Letter (Matrix 165) Matrix 168
July 2004 294 Review The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod Science Fiction Studies, July 2004
July 2004 33 Review The Year of Our War Vector 236
October 2004 1|1.1 Review Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2004
2005 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #94) Foundation, #94 Summer 2005
2005 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #95) Foundation, #95 Autumn 2005
2005 Editor Foundation - 2005 Foundation: A Celebration of British Science Fiction, #93 Spring 2005
2005 Editor Foundation - 2005 Foundation, #95 Autumn 2005
2005 116 Essay The Dialectic of Decadence and Utopia in Iain M. Banks's Culture Novels Foundation: A Celebration of British Science Fiction, #93 Spring 2005
January 2005 29 Review In the Night Room Interzone, January-February 2005
February 2005 81 Essay Letter (Locus #529) Locus, #529 February 2005
March 2005 14 Essay Books of the Year: 2004 Vector 240
March 2005 140 Review The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2005
June 2005 7 Review Reflex The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2005
July 2005 60 Review The World Before Interzone, July-August 2005
July 2005 60 Review Tumbling After Interzone, July-August 2005
September 2005 76 Review Divided Kingdom Interzone, September-October 2005
September 2005 76 Review Magic or Madness Interzone, September-October 2005
September 2005 76 Review Mélusine Interzone, September-October 2005
September 2005 16 Review Science Fiction The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2005
November 2005 61 Review 9Tail Fox Interzone, November-December 2005
2006 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #96) Foundation, #96 Spring 2006
2006 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #97) Foundation, #97 Summer 2006
2006 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #98) Foundation, #98 Autumn 2006
2006 Editor Foundation - 2006 Foundation, #96 Spring 2006
March 2006 Review Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute Strange Horizons, 13 March 2006
April 2006 31 Review Diana Wynne Jones: Children's Literature and the Fantastic Tradition Locus, #543 April 2006
April 2006 Review The Last Witchfinder Strange Horizons, 17 April 2006
May 2006 36 Essay Searching for Intelligent Life in the World of Children's Science Fiction Locus, #544 May 2006
May 2006 Review The Highway Men Strange Horizons, 8 May 2006
May 2006 Review The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction Strange Horizons, 29 May 2006
June 2006 Review Zootsuit Black Strange Horizons, 19 June 2006
July 2006 Review The Good People Strange Horizons, 3 July 2006
November 2006 Review James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Strange Horizons, 6 November 2006
November 2006 15 Review The Lies of Locke Lamora The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2006
2007 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #100) Foundation, #100 Summer 2007
2007 3 Essay Editorial (Foundation #99) Foundation, #99 Spring 2007
2007 Editor Foundation - 2007 Foundation, #100 Summer 2007
2007 Editor Foundation - 2007 Foundation, #99 Spring 2007
January 2007 17 Essay The 2006 Thomas D. Clareson Award Vector 250
March 2007 24 Essay ... a Million Clutes Screaming 'Haecceity!'... Vector 251
March 2007 Review Glorifying Terrorism Vector 252
April 2007 Review End of the World Blues Strange Horizons, 16 April 2007
April 2007 48 Review Glorifying Terrorism Locus, #555 April 2007
April 2007 Review Glorifying Terrorism Strange Horizons, 9 April 2007
April 2007 Review Gradisil Strange Horizons, 16 April 2007
April 2007 Review Hav Strange Horizons, 16 April 2007
April 2007 Review Nova Swing Strange Horizons, 16 April 2007
April 2007 Review Oh Pure and Radiant Heart Strange Horizons, 16 April 2007
April 2007 Review Streaking Strange Horizons, 16 April 2007
April 2007 Essay The Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist Strange Horizons, 16 April 2007
July 2007 Review Verdigris Deep Strange Horizons, 9 July 2007
October 2007 Review Lisey's Story Strange Horizons, 29 October 2007
December 2007 Review Devices and Desires Strange Horizons, 3 December 2007
December 2007 Review Evil for Evil Strange Horizons, 3 December 2007
December 2007 Review The Escapement Strange Horizons, 3 December 2007
2008 117 Review Rhetorics of Fantasy Foundation, #104 Winter 2008
March 2008 Review Little Brother Strange Horizons, 31 March 2008
June 2008 60 Review Rhetorics of Fantasy Locus, #569 June 2008
June 2008 Review Rhetorics of Fantasy Strange Horizons, 9 June 2008
2009 33 Essay "Now Let Us Put Away Childish Things": Games, Fantasy amd the Elided Fantasy of Childhood Extrapolation, Spring 2009
2009 2 Essay Letter (Vector 259) Vector 259 Spring 2009
2009 37 Review Rhetorics of Fantasy Vector 259 Spring 2009
2009 22 Essay Special Section (Extrapolation, Spring 2009) Extrapolation, Spring 2009
January 2009 Review Metatropolis Strange Horizons, 5 January 2009
March 2009 Review Gullstruck Island Strange Horizons, 23 March 2009
March 2009 Essay The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks, adapted by Paul Cornell for Radio 4 Strange Horizons, 2 March 2009
August 2009 Review On Joanna Russ Strange Horizons, 3 August 2009
August 2009 110 Review Rhetorics of Fantasy Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2009
September 2009 42 Essay Charles N. Brown Locus, #584 September 2009
2010 30 Review On Joanna Russ Vector 264 Autumn 2010
2010 35 Review The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction Vector 262 Winter 2010
2010 11 Essay Writing a Ruritania in a Post-Colonial World Vector 263 Summer 2010
January 2010 Essay 2009 in Review Strange Horizons, 4 January 2010
January 2010 47 Review The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction Locus, #588 January 2010
April 2010 Review A Short History of Fantasy Strange Horizons, 12 April 2010
May 2010 Review Imagination/Space: Essays and Talks on Fiction, Feminism, Technology, and Politics Strange Horizons, 3 May 2010
June 2010 Review The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction Strange Horizons, 28 June 2010
June 2010 16 Review The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2010
December 2010 Review Lightborn Strange Horizons, 6 December 2010
December 2010 18 Review The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2010
2011 21 Essay Diana Wynne Jones: A BSFA Discussion Vector 268 Autumn 2011
2011 14 Review On Joanna Russ SFRA Review #296
January 2011 Essay 2010 in Review Strange Horizons, 3 January 2011
January 2011 Review Who Fears Death Strange Horizons, 3 January 2011
February 2011 23 Essay Letter (NYRSF, February 2011) The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2011
May 2011 56 Essay Diana Wynne Jones Locus, #604 May 2011
October 2011 Review 21st-Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000 Strange Horizons, 31 October 2011
January 2012 Essay 2011 in Review Strange Horizons, 2 January 2012
February 2013 18 Interview Ways of Reading Fantasy: An Interview with Farah Mendlesohn The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2013
March 2013 10 Review The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2013
2014 4 Essay Changes to Some Rules Regarding the BSFA Awards Vector 277 Autumn
2014 4 Interview The Jo Walton Interview Vector 276 Summer
June 2014 Essay Breaking Rules and Broken Rulers: The Novels of Frances Hardinge Strange Horizons, 23 June 2014
January 2016 52 Essay David Locus, #660 January 2016
February 2016 19 Essay An Age of Wonders: A Retrospective Review and Reflection on Influence The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2016
July 2016 16 Essay Clareson Award Acceptance Speech SFRA Review, #317 Summer 2016
May 2019 |4 Essay A Roundtable on Faith Depiction in SFF Strange Horizons, 27 May 2019
June 2021 8 Review The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2021

18 English-language books

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Cover April 2020 The White Notebooks, #17 The White Notebooks, #17