Saturday, December 09, 2006

Book-A-Day #145 (12/8): Majestrum by Matthew Hughes

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I really wish more people would buy Matt Hughes's books. He's gotten called "the new Jack Vance" a lot, which is a great ...

Book-A-Day #144 (12/7): Pearls Before Swine: Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic by Stephan Pastis

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This was from my emergency back-up reading pile; I'd read most of it a few months ago and put it down there for a rainy day. The rains, ...

Stalking the Wild Itzkoff, Part Two

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Continuing the incestuous Usenet-to-Blogger connection from Stalking the Wild Itzkoff , here are some more posts of mine on the subject... J...
Friday, December 08, 2006

Quote of the Week

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"When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns." - Raymond Chandler

I Was Told I should Blog This...

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So last night I went to the annual Christmas party thrown by the Spectrum Literary Agency -- they've been inviting me for years, but I a...

This Is The Year That Was In Hornswoggling

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Michael A. Burstein wasn't sure if this was a meme or not, but I figure if people pick it up from each other, then it has become a mem...
Thursday, December 07, 2006

Hey, I'm a "Usual Suspect"!

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From Ansible #233: JAMES GUNN will be honoured as SFWA Grand Master for 2007 at the Nebula Awards weekend next May. [SFWA] The usual mutter...

One More Quick Peeve

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Another thing to remember: all of the people you dislike are not necessarily friends with each other. Just because you hate them all equall...
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If This Goes On...

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I know everyone loves that idea, but it's really lazy. Take that trend you see now; the one you're extrapolating out forty years? (...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Book-A-Day #143 (12/6): Spectrum 13 edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner

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After thirteen years, if I have to tell you what these books are, I weep for you. If you're an artist, art director, or editor in the SF...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Book-A-Day #142 (12/5): Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson

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{heaves large sigh} I do enjoy these books immensely, but they take forever to read. It took me six days to get through the first third of ...
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Stalking the Wild Itzkoff

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There's a thread currently running on rec.arts.sf.written about The New York Times 's SF columnist, Dave Itzkoff . As someone who ...
Monday, December 04, 2006

Book-A-Day #141 (12/4): Chickenhare: The House of Klaus by Chris Grine

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This is an "all-ages" graphic novel that I found on a giveaway pile at work (have I mentioned recently that I love my job?) and re...

Book-A-Day #140 (12/3): Does This Cape Make Me Look Fat? by Chelsea Cain and Marc Mohan

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I got this for free on a giveaway shelf at work; it's a short, design-heavy humor book with the subtitle "Pop Psychology for Superh...

Book-A-Day #139 (12/2): Lost Girls, Book 3

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This post has sat, completely empty, for two days while I tried to figure out what to say, and I still don't know. I don't think Los...