Peter Crowther

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Peter Crowther

4 Quotations from Peter Crowther

Bradburyesque adj. 1993 P. Crowther in Interzone (#74) Aug. 65/1 The stories themselves get off to a wonderful start with Joseph Citro’s ‘Kirby’, a McCammonesque (or Bradburyesque for those with longer memories) evocation of childhood friendships.
fannish adj. 1994 P. Crowther Bitter Sweets in Interzone (#82) Apr. 64/1 The new book…concerns Doctor Who and marks the 30th anniversary of the television show which boasts a level of fannish adulation second only, perhaps, to the likes of Star Trek and The Prisoner.
science fictioneer n. 1994 P. Crowther Bitter Sweets in Interzone (#82) Apr. 64/2 Science-fictioneers such as Robert Sheckley, Joe Haldeman and Frederik Pohl.
splatterpunk n. 1 1997 P. Crowther Speculatively Speaking… in Interzone (#119) May 59/2 The grand old days of all-encompassing sf have now given way to an even greater degree of specialization than could have been dreamed of when the New Worlds crew were deemed to be new wave : now we have cyberpunk, splatterpunk, hard sf, space opera, space fantasy…and so on.