Long week
Assorted bits and pieces from the past week or so (some good, some not):
Archive for Books
Rich Horton to do Year’s Bests
As many of y'all know, Rich Horton reads possibly a higher percentage of the short science fiction and fantasy published...
R.I.P., Octavia Butler
For those who haven't heard: sf writer Octavia E. Butler died on Saturday, age 58. Here are some relevant links...
Rangergirl and the case of the snappy dialogue
I'm about a quarter of the way through Tim's novel The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, and so far I'm enjoying...
Africa, the Other, and sf
Some items that may or may not add up to more than the sum of their parts: Okay, so there's...
Lockpick Pornography: The Novel
I've posted a couple of times in the past year about Joey Comeau's short novel Lockpick Pornography--first when I first...
Rangergirl reading
Just a reminder that Tim Pratt will be reading at Borderlands Books in San Francisco today (Saturday, 7 January) at...
Productive
Here are some of the things I've done in the past week, in no particular order: finally washed some dishes...
(Some of my) favorite novels read in 2005
My pleasure-reading this year has been kinda haphazard. I've read probably a dozen novels (not counting re-reading the Narnia books...
Hitherby
Back in May, I posted some links to a few entries at Hitherby Dragons. I still haven't gone back to...
Outline of Narnian history, plus nitpicking
I'm continuing to re-read the Narnia books. Will have more to say about that sooner or later, but for now,...
R.I.P., Robert Sheckley
Most of you who would care know by now that sf author Robert Sheckley died a week ago. It's been...