Ink and Paper (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
I have missed a lot of these for several weeks (sorry!) so I'm going to try to answer several in one go :) If you could ask your favorite author (alive or dead) one question … who would you ask, and what would the question be? I would want to ask David Eddings about the women in his books. He has a lot of really strong women in his novels, and they seem to go against the sterotypical male view...
0ddness bl0g (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
-What is your current obsession? Reading, though it always has been an obsession... And reading the new Dan Brown book to boot! -What is your weirdest obsession? Erm, pass... Obsessed with the washing up being done and layed out in a certain order - does that count? -What are you wearing today? Boxers, Tee Shirt and Dressing Gown. I is a poorly lump. -What’s for dinner? Soup, probably. -What...
Ink and Paper (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
A meme has been created for Book Blogger Appreciation Week, and here are my answers! Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack? Ice-cream, crisps, and chocolate! Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you? Writing in books is pretty much blasphemy! How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? I always use a book...
The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Pictures of Philip Garrido's bookshelves continue an uneasy tradition of scrutinising the accused's reading matter One photograph struck me during the parade of grotesquely fascinating information trickling out of the home of Philip Garrido last week. Among the images of the sheds and outbuildings where Garrido was said to have kept kidnapped girl Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years was an almost...
Mark Fox's Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
In June best selling fantasy author David Eddings died at the age of 77, two years after the death of his wife and co-author of his later books, Leigh Eddings. A news release by the National Jewish Health hospital, based...
Ink and Paper (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
This meme was created by Bella and I as part of the 101 of the Best Fantasy Books project. Please answer the following five questions on your blog, explaining why with each. 1. What is your favourite favourite fantasy series? There are just so many! There's David Eddings' Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli series, there's Lisa Shearin's Raine Benare's series, there's Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress...
Redirected Email Feed (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Amazon.co.uk has new recommendations for you based on items you purchased or told us you own. A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice and Fire) Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son Trilogy) Enchanter's End Game (Belgariad) Castle Of Wizardry (Belgariad) Thud! (Discworld Novels) The Golden Fool: Book Two of the Tawny Man (Tawny Man 2) Imperium The Oxford Companion to Wine (Oxford Companions) See More Recommendations...
Avocado Thoughts (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
There are a lot of books/authors that I've been told I should read some of - or that other people have talked about as being wonderful classics ... and I do mean to get round to reading them, I do. Although sometimes when I think about that my mind goes blank and then I can't think of any to read, which is a shame. So I'm going to start a coordinated project to read the books. The idea is a rate of...
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Young Garion's average life changes to one of magic and fate in the twinkling of an eye.
Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
I have FIVE copies of the hardback edition of The Light of Burning Shadows by Chris Evans to give away. This is great fiction for fans of David Eddings, Glen Cook, Robert V. S. Redick, or Stephen Hunt looking for new reading material. TO WIN: 1. You must be a resident of the Earth. 2. You must submit your entry before August 4, 2009. 3. You must email your name and address to john [DOT] ottinger [AT]...
Aardvarchaeology (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Inspired yet again by the Carlquist & Järv anthology of library history I mentioned recently, I decided to write something about the libraries of my life. I'm fortunate in that I have always been able to take libraries for granted. I feel at home in them. Learning to read at age four or five, I may have been taken about that time to some forgotten library in Greenwich, Conn. But the first...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
Have I mentioned that I'm the content editor for the Nebula Awards blog? The latest update includes an interview with Mike Allen . Interviews The Nebula Awards interviews Mike Allen . Carlo Rotella on The Genre Artist (Jack Vance). Paul Tremblay interviews publicist Chastity Lovely . NPR interviews Neil Gaiman . Yeti Stomper interviews Ted Kosmatka . Rae Bryant interviews Catherine J. Gardner . John...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
$30 million to be used to support language and literature studies, and to pioneer new approaches for the research and treatment of asthma in childrenDENVER and PORTLAND, Ore., July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Jewish Health and Reed College have recei...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
"It is a generous gift, the product of a lifetime of intellectual labor and deep interest in providing similar educational opportunities to future hardworking students. At a time when the college struggles to meet families' need for scholarship support, this new endowed fund is timely and will allow the college to increase funds available for financial aid as well as the academic program,"...
faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
This is good news for Reed College and, if I may be bold enough to say so, for excellence undergraduate humanities education: David Eddings, famed fantasy fiction author and 1954 Reed College graduate, has made a bequest in excess of $18 million to Reed College. The gift is among the largest contributions to the college since Amanda Reed’s bequest established the institution 98 years ago. Eddings...
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