Tag Archives: Fantasy

Recent Reading (KidLit edition)

In reading to The Daughter at night, we’ve recently started to read chapter books a bit at a time, each evening, as opposed to the single-volume storybooks that were the rule until then. This has opened up lots of new … Continue reading

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What is SF?

A bunch of SF writers are asked to define SF; hilarity ensues. My favorite two definitions that I recall are: “SF is whatever I point at when I say SF”, and “SF is when you push a button to make … Continue reading

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Still going to Middle Earth

I’ve been listening, off and on, to my recently-acquired The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: The Complete Recordings set. Interestingly enough, this still isn’t the end of the major descent into the world of LotR music: … Continue reading

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Tears in Rain

This is turning out to be quite the Holiday Season for Geek Music Stuff: :: The Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings: The Return of the King is available as of tomorrow. Mine should arrive via UPS the day after … Continue reading

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Readin’

Time to catch up on some recent reading I’ve done: :: As research for a short story I finished drafting a few weeks ago, I read a fascinating book called Stradivari’s Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of … Continue reading

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Shhhh! Writer at work!

Writer at work, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Stop botherin’ me. I’m writin’ here. Sorry about the dearth of posting the last few days, folks, but the week here at Casa Jaquandor got a bit unexpectedly busy over the last few … Continue reading

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One ring to rule them all….

It’s coming out three weeks from this Tuesday. Mine’s pre-ordered already. I’m carrying around a cloth with me to wipe up the drool.

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The Wheel stopped turning

Fantasy author Robert Jordan has died. I wasn’t a fan, but lots of readers are. Condolences to family, friends, and fans.

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Hallowing Deathly

There’s a really fun free-for-all, spoilerific Harry Potter thread going on over at Making Light, and I just want to highlight this comment, which is as good a summation of the book’s central theme as I’m likely to see. Kudos … Continue reading

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Deathly Hallowing

Time for some first impressions on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I finished reading about an hour ago. I’ll color-obscure the text here, so you’ll have to highlight to read it. Oh, and for the purposes of the … Continue reading

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