Bradbury editions
I've wondered for years why new printings of the same old mass-market-paperback editions of Bradbury are still on the store...
Archive for Books
England Swings SF, Judith Merril, and the New Wave
I'm finally reading Judith Merril's groundbreaking 1968 anthology England Swings SF. Here are some thoughts. i probably ought to...
Nonfiction that’s stuck with me
When I saw Amy Sundberg's post listing ten nonfiction books that had stuck with her, my first thought was: Have...
Reading update
Yesterday, I finished the anthology I'd been reading and skimming for the past few days: Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction...
Control over communications in Vinge’s Zones of Thought books
(Quasi-spoilers here for all three Zones books, in that if you've got this idea in your head as you read,...
Heavenly Breakfast
Latest randomly chosen book from my unread shelves: Delany's 1979 memoir Heavenly Breakfast. Which, as I opened it, gave me...
Randomly choosing books
I have this list of the unread books on my shelves, alphabetized by author's last name, and I'm trying to...
Gender stats: my father’s anthologies
So far, I've read or skimmed or at least glanced at 16 of the anthologies that my father owned. Here...
On first looking into Crowley’s Crowley
The latest book chosen at random from my unread-books shelves is The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. I'm curious about the...
Assorted updates
I feel like there are dozens of things I want to post here, but I have a lot of time-sensitive...
Remaining free books: trade paperbacks and hardcovers
Here's the list of all the remaining trade paperbacks and hardcovers that I'm giving away. Let me know if you...
Remaining free books: mass-market paperbacks
The book giveaway has been a success so far; out of the 400+ books I started with, 150+ have now...