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A Tango with Tiamat
George R.R. Martin reports on the writing of A Dance with Dragons: he now has 1100 manuscript pages, and hopes to bring the book’s final manuscript in under 1500 pages. He says that the book is now longer than A … Continue reading
For Parts Unknown
I’ve always loved some good travel writing, but over the last few years I’ve become even more obsessive about that particular genre. I’ve read four good travel books in the last few months. One of the classic travel narratives is … Continue reading
I can’t believe they’re all alphabetized….
Lose yourself in Neil Gaiman’s bookshelves.
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An Awful Book.
My curiosity was, admittedly, piqued by the title when I saw the book on the “New Nonfiction” shelf at the library: Year of the Cock. So I pulled it off the shelf to look further. The full title is Year … Continue reading
Monty Haul 9-09
This weekend saw my local library’s quarterly Used Book Sale, and as always, I was there when the doors opened to rush in and grab my fair share of the booky goodness. While this iteration was spectacularly unsuccessful from the … Continue reading
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“Under Heaven” (again)
I somehow missed this at BrightWeavings.com, but here’s the text of the Penguin Group regarding Guy Gavriel Kay’s upcoming novel Under Heaven: The world could bring you poison in a jeweled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn’t know which … Continue reading
Bone
UPDATE: Welcome, readers of Boneville, and thanks to Jeff Smith for the link. I’ve read a few graphic novels lately that I’ve procrastinated posting about, so here goes. I’ve seen Jeff Smith‘s name mentioned a lot in comics circles as … Continue reading
Lying Locke
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch was pretty strongly hyped when it came out a few years ago; I remember seeing it mentioned on nearly every SF and Fantasy site I tend to frequent. I made mental notes … Continue reading
Seeking the Middle?
UPDATE: A correction is posted below. An interesting discussion is going on at Tor.com over an old issue: should one make decisions on novels to read on the basis of the authors’ political views? Specific examples cited over there are … Continue reading
Gee, thanks for coming down from Elysium to talk to us….
Someone from the New Yorker decided to read some fantasy: I’ve read a few best-selling fantasy series—Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, His Dark Materials, Twilight, Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time, The Dark Is Rising—but I would never describe … Continue reading