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The Green Man Review (abbreviated GMR) was a web magazine operating from 2000 onward that specialized in reviews for books, music, and other media. The publication derived its name from the folklore figure of the Green Man, which is often associated with nature and rebirth. It was known for in-depth reviews of speculative fiction and film including video, folk music and live performances, and folklore. Kinrowan Ltd., a music consultancy group, published it.

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Jane Yolen, an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books, known for The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella, includes an excerpt from the magazine on her author site. [1]

The publication was cited in The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twelfth Annual Collection [2] and also cited in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection [3] among other publications such as The New York Review of Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Interzone.

Dark Horse Comics lists GMR in its index of reviews for comic B.P.R.D., Vol. 8: Killing Ground. [4]

The Green Man Review all-volunteer staff was collectively responsible for the design and content of the magazine. Reviews were written by staff with compensation consisting of the review item itself.

The December 18, 2002, GMR masthead [5] listed the leading editorial staff as consisting of Cat Eldridge (Editor and Publisher), Asher Black (Managing Editor), who was later responsible for MYTHOLOG, and Grey Walker (Aigne), as well as 49 staff writers, editors, proofers, and assistants. At the height of the publication, there were 70 staff writers.

The publication was updated weekly, adding an average of thirty new reviews, divided between books and music, with the occasional live performance review, video review, or essay or column. The GMR archives consisted, until 2015, of over two thousand reviews.

In 2011, the magazine shifted to a blog format without a traditional masthead. That continued at least until September 5, 2015. [6] By January 9, 2016, the original site became a placeholder, and the blog was moved by September 5, 2020, to a new domain where it has continued with an editorial staff of five.

Notable publications

Early history

The Green Man Review: Roots & Branches of Music and Literature, formerly known as Folk Tales, existed as a print-based newsletter for over twenty-five years before moving to an exclusively-online format. Originally, the print publication was part of the Portland Folk Club in Portland, Maine, where it was known as Mostly Folk and then later as Folk Tales. [The name was changed in 1995 from Mostly Folk to Folk Tales to avoid confusion with a local folk music radio program called Mostly Folk].

The publication's early focus was on trad music (a genre of traditional music), including Celtic and English traditions and American roots music (such as Cajun, contradance, bluegrass, old-timey, and country).

GMR is quoted extensively by Tachyon Publications for reviews [11] of books like Patricia A. McKillip’s Dreams of Distant Shores.

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References

  1. ↑ Yolen, J. (n.d.). Sherwood. Retrieved July 16, 2023, from https://www.janeyolen.com/sherwood/
  2. ↑ Dozois, G. R. (ed.). (1995). The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twelfth Annual Collection. St. Martin's Griffin.
  3. ↑ Dozois, Gardner (ed.). (2007). The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection. St. Martin's Griffin.
  4. ↑ Dark Horse Comics. (n.d.). Reviews: B.P.R.D., Vol. 8: Killing Ground. Retrieved July 16, 2023, from https://www.darkhorse.com/Reviews/
  5. ↑ Wayback Machine. (2002, December 18). GMR masthead staff listing. Archive.org. Retrieved July 16, 2023 from https://web.archive.org/web/20021218033323/http://www.greenmanreview.com/bio/staff.html
  6. ↑ Wayback Machine. (2015, September 5). [Title of the webpage]. Archive.org. Retrieved July 16, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150905052308/http://greenmanreview.com/
  7. ↑ SFFaudio. (n.d.). The Green Man Review has Peter S. Beagle audio: The Stickball Witch. Retrieved July 16, 2023, from https://www.sffaudio.com/the-green-man-review-has-peter-s-beagle-audio-the-stickball-witch/
  8. ↑ Beagle, P. S. (Author & Narrator). (March 2008). The Stickball Witch [Audio recording]. The Green Man Review.
  9. ↑ Bull, E. and Shetterly, W. (1994). War for the Oaks [Video trailer]. The Green Man Review.
  10. ↑ War for the Oaks Trailer , retrieved 2023-07-15
  11. ↑ Tachyon Publications. (n.d.). Posts tagged 'The Green Man Review'. Retrieved July 16, 2023, from https://tachyonpublications.com/tag/the-green-man-review/
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