Review: Sprawl by Alisa Krasnostein (ed.)

Sprawl – edited by Alisa Krasnostein
Twelfth Planet Press, 2010
340 pages
RRP: AU$29.95
ISBN 978-0-9804841-8-2

Reviewed by Russell B Farr

Sprawl is an anthology of 16 stories, 1 cartoon and 1 poem by a number of notable and critically acclaimed Australian SF writers, put together and published by the team at independent press Twelfth Planet. The anthology seeks to explore urban fantasy in an antipodean setting.

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REVIEW: 2012 by Alisa Krasnostein & Ben Payne (ed.)

2012 – edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
Twelfth Planet Press, 2008
118 pages
RRP: AU$20
ISBN 978-0-9804841-0-6

Reviewed by Russell B. Farr

Where will we be in 4 years’ time?

If 2012 is anything to judge by, very unhappy. In the debut anthology from Twelfth Planet Press, 11 writers give a pretty bleak vision of the future.

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opinions: two shoes for dancing #1

Jossed … Again!

Alisa Krasnostein

The end of the year is always a good time to review and 2008 was the year I really got into graphic novels. I’d never really been interested in them before, to be honest, but in 2008 I got Jossed. I’m one of those newbies who came to the form via Buffy.

You wanna make something of it?

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news: AK joins ticon4

We’re really pleased to announce that Twelfth Planet Press editor Alisa Krasnostein will be joining the ticon4 team. Starting 8 January, Alisa will be giving our readers a monthly dose of opinion, under the heading Two Shoes For Dancing.

She promises to be anything but boring. As the saying goes, checkitout.

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