Reviewed without venom
For over three months now, I've been meaning to post a note about Liz Henry's excellent SH review of Touched...
Archive for Books
Slate on the death of independent bookstores
Tyler Cowen weighs in with an article titled "What Are Independent Bookstores Really Good For?" and subtitled "Not much." The...
Tigana
Just finished reading Tigana. Wow. A really gorgeous book, compelling and moving and lovely, easy to read but richly layered,...
About spoiler warnings
(This is another case where I wrote most of the entry months ago but didn't get around to posting it...
Becoming what they oppose
There's a trope I like a lot in fiction when it's done well: characters who are so ardent in their...
Redshirts and spear-carriers are people too
This entry contains a couple of generalized and thematic quasi-spoilers for Battlestar Galactica, especially for the first half of season...
Ghibli Earthsea trailer
Studio Ghibli has released a second trailer for Gedo Senki, a.k.a. Tales from Earthsea. You may have to right-click that...
Romance meets action
As y'all know, I'm a big fan of Jennifer Crusie's books. What you probably don't know, 'cause I keep forgetting...
Long week
Assorted bits and pieces from the past week or so (some good, some not):
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...