Three years ago, I discovered The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. I loved the intrigue, the clever foreshadowing, the characterizations and plotting. When I finished reading the next two books -- The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia -- I knew I needed to read these three books again, more slowly, to study the characters, the plotting, the subtle revelations, the prose. ******************* Check...
Every Tuesday, I'll have an interview posted. Roses Fox and Josh Jasper maintains the Publishers Weekly speculative fiction blog Genreville . Rose Fox: Hi! Thanks for agreeing to do the interview. First off, how did you get acquainted with speculative fiction? How did your parents help shape your reading habits? Harlan Ellison introduced my parents, both of whom are writers whose work includes a fair...
The Ghost of Engineers' Castle... Halloween... The Most Disturbing Halloween EVER!: The Horrible Clanging of "Tubular Bells" @ PopDose Halloween Songs That Tickle Your Funny Bone (1974) @ Azathoth's Abode on the Plateau of Leng Horror Monsters #9 & Sounds To Make You Shiver @ Magic Carpet Burn Monster Rock 'N' Roll Show (1990) @ Universal Horror Sounds Vic Mizzy RIP @ Dartman's World...
I found this while browsing Golden Age Comic Book Stories' collection of Andre Norton covers . For more, click here , here and here . [Follow me on Twitter .]
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Notes on a couple of space opera reads I've done lately: :: I greatly enjoyed Andre Norton's Moon of Three Rings a few months back, so more recently I read another by her, The Zero Stone . Where Moon of Three Rings was more planetary romance than space opera, The Zero Stone actually is full-on space opera. Murdoc Jern is a jeweler by trade, who has learned the ropes of the business from his father...
Today began our history co-op and I'm thrilled to see it unfold this year. We decided to blaze our own trail this year with a number of resources since it seemed that there were a few gaps in some of the resources. My friend and I wanted to cover history with a more Christ-Centered view : His-Story! I love to see the intricate weaving of God's providence in the tapestry of time. It strengthens the...
Jeffrey A. Carver dishes on the back story behind his first Star Rigger novel, Seas of Ernathe Interviews: @The Dead Robots' Society: A. Lee Martinez . Like the fiction of Ruth Nestvold? Speak German? Have I got an interview for you! [via Ruth Nestvold ] Rick Klaw interviews Joe R. Lansdale . [via Bibliophile Stalker ] In SFWA News (Have you checked out their redesigned website ?): The 2009 SFWA business...
Movies/TV... Top Horror Movies Club: Orphan (2009) 100 Feet (2008) Vampyr: The Dream Of Allan Grey (1932) Oh! My Zombie Mermaid and Bad Boy Bubby (BluRay) @ 10,000 Bullets Orphan and Thirst @ CHUD Stop The Planet of the Apes... I want to get off: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) Young Frankenstein (1974) Moon (2009) Taliesin Meets the Vampires: Sodium Babies The Middleman – The Vampiric...
My review of The Game of Stars and Comets , a four novel collection by Andre Norton and published by Baen, can be found at the Sacramento Book Review website.
Check out this book trailer for Fortune's Magic Farm , written by Suzanne Selfors (Little, Brown, 2009). This past week's new releases of science fiction and fantasy for children and teenagers from Charolotte's Library. Young Adult Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Booklists. Links to bibliographies compiled by librarians across the U.S. Children's & YA Fantasy Novels highlighted...
Check out this book trailer for Fortune's Magic Farm , written by Suzanne Selfors (Little, Brown, 2009). This past week's new releases of science fiction and fantasy for children and teenagers from Charolotte's Library. Young Adult Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Booklists. Links to bibliographies compiled by librarians across the U.S. Children's & YA Fantasy Novels highlighted...
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