Thanks to a friend who showed up on my doorstep a few weeks ago with a very tall stack of Elizabeth Bear books that I hadn’t yet read, my to-read shelf is looking very very yummy. For an appetizer, I’ve just had a lovely plate of Chill, which I knew would be a delight the [...]
Posts under ‘Fiction’
Gobsmacked
Michael Moorcock is going to be writing a Doctor Who novel! The news, from the man himself.
Comfort Reading
Comfort reading is like comfort food, only not fattening. It’s an indulgence that you give yourself when you’re stressed or tired and want something familiar and beloved. Over the years I’ve discovered that my comfort reading list is really quite short: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings; Emma Bull’s War for the Oaks; the original [...]
Mmmmm. Used Books. Yummy.
I’m enough of a book geek that I’ll frequently choose a trip to a used bookstore over going to a movie. Which is what my husband and I did last night and came away with three bags of goodies. Among the “new” acquisitions: beginners’ books on learning Persian and Japanese, a quotation dictionary, a handful [...]
My Brain is Melting
By far, the funniest discussion of bad writing I’ve seen in years: Go. Read. Laugh. Not really work-safe, but absolutely hysterical.
Gentlemen Bastards
I’ve just finished reading the first two of Scott Lynch’s Gentlemen Bastards novels, The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies, and… OMG. My first reaction is an overwhelming impulse to go out and find his fan club and start campaigning for president. Almost immediately following that is the jealousy. Damn it. [...]
Goodbye, Uncle Forry
He had a long, fantastic life. He influenced a lot of people. He will be missed. Sci-Fi’s No. 1 Fanboy, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies at 92
Muggle Quidditch
I didn’t realize until I read it in the campus paper, but my alma mater (which also happens to be my employer) has a Quidditch team.
What We Used to Read
Via Elizabeth Bear. Yes, I am in fact several weeks behind in reading some of my favorite blogs. It’s been a busy life. MGK Versus His Adolescent Reading Habits MGK Versus His Adolescent Reading Habits, Part Two It’s only side-splittingly funny because it’s true. I say this despite my lingering fondness for most of the [...]
The Intelligencer
I don’t read a lot of thrillers, but this one caught my eye at a charity book sale because it’s written in two time periods, and the historical setting is England in May of 1593. And the POV? Yup. Kit Marlowe. In the last couple of weeks before he died. Admittedly, I started it with [...]
