A Reverie for Mister Ray


A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction is a collection of nonfiction work by American writer Michael Bishop published in 2005 by PS Publishing. It includes essays and reviews from 1975 to 2004, originally published in a wide variety of newspapers, magazines, literary journals, and fanzines. Most of the pieces concern the speculative fiction genre. The book was edited by Michael H. Hutchins.

Contents

Upfront

  • A Reverie for Mister Mike: An Introduction by Jeff VanderMeer
  • Alien Graffiti: Author’s Apologia by Michael Bishop
  • On the Road: Editor’s Preface by Michael H. Hutchins

Drawing from the Wells

State of the Art

  • Evangels of Hope
  • Believers and Heretics: An Episcopal Bull
  • The Knack and How to Get It, See?
  • The Contributors to Plenum Four
  • Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction Since 1960
  • Children Who Survive: An Autobiographical Meditation on Horror Fiction
  • 104 Really Cool Works of Twentieth-Century Fiction in English

On Reviewing

  • Oh, to Be a Blurber!
  • On Reviewing and Being Reviewed
  • Critics’ Night at the Sci-Fi Bistro

Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead

The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe Timescape by Gregory Benford Wild Seed by Octavia Butler Myths of the Near Future by J. G. Ballard

Going Deeper

Fellow Travelers

Rolling the Bones

Edge Running

Open Heart