Many things these days contribute to my lack of sleep–social activity, parent scheduling, social evenings in different cities, my stubborn refusal to go to sleep when I should, time spent playing with the world through this Internet thing, and–of course–things I start to read when I should go to bed that I just-can’t-put-down.
Sometimes you can [...]
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Did you get a chance to experience the cognitive dissonance that comes from VanderMeerian words read in a high-toned children’s literature type voice?
Speaking of VanderMeerian weirdness, there was a nice little slice of it over at Tor.com.
Sometime soon (yes, Real Soon Now) I will write another golden book post, and this one will focus on [...]
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You know what I’m tried of? Cynicism that blocks honest attempts to improve the situation. People trying to seem soooo “plugged in” and “been around the block” by acting like shock and anger are inappropriate and even childish reactions to deplorable, illegal, and occasionally reprehenisble behaviour.
I could try to make this thought clear, but [...]
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You may recall that I’ve strongly encouraged people reading this to check out the Shadow Unit project on several previous occasions.
Well, the first “season” of Shadow Unit has been over for a while now, I want to take a few minutes to re-encourage you to check it out. The work got stronger throughout the season–in [...]
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I was delighted to find out this week that Emma Bull is writing a sequel to Territory (you might recall I was pretty excited about that one), tentatively titled Claim.
Of course, in the interim, I can always get a hit of Shadow Unit. (I think I might have mentioned that once or twice, possibly.)
I have [...]
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Another thing that happened while I was underwater at work was the release of Will Shetterly’s new book The Gospel Of The Knife.
It looks like this:
(I hope that the cover catches some of the many Dan Brown readers, exposing them to some good writing and also making Will a ton of money.)
The book is a [...]
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I’m back in Boston for week three of “Don’t-see-my-family-April”, and today work got me incredibly down.
However, as it is (or, as midnight just clicked over, was) International Pixel-Stained Peasant Day, I have lots of free fun stuff to read and cheer me tonight.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about you need to first see [...]
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If you’ve read either his debut novel Elantris, or his sophomore effort Mistborn, you will definitely be interested in Brandon Sanderson’s website, since it includes detailed annotations for both books, along with a blog and lots of other stuff including info and exceprts from forthcoming works.
Here’s a link to a recent essay on why [...]
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Pal Gwenda points out the online version of Locus’ Forthcoming Books list through next September and asks what we’re lusting after.
I’ve gone through the list and tried to pick out the top three each month, where “top three” is defined as “three I am most excited about reading”, which is not necessarily the same thing [...]
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I was quite pleased to see this:
July 2007
Territory by Emma Bull (new hardcover)
On PNH’s list of stuff he (and Teresa) have edited.
I’ve been patiently waiting for Emma’s next book since 1997 (or 1994, if you want to get picky about the possessive).
It was harder to be patient after I heard her read from [...]
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