Gary K. Wolfe Reviews The Big Blind by Lavie Tidhar
With its long and shady history, poker seems to have a natural affinity for fantasy writers, ranging from Edward Whittemore ( Jerusalem Poker) to Tim Powers ( Last Call). It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the ever-eclectic Lavie Tidhar turns his attention to it with The Big Blind, which is peppered with cardsharp lingo and informed descriptions of high-stakes games. There’s not actually a shred of SF or fantasy in the novella, so the obvious question is, why mention it at all here? Well, Tidhar has long taken a kind of perverse glee in his own unpredictability, sometimes blurring the ...
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