The Skinner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here’s the ‘B’ section from my SFF collection. I’m a little bit annoyed upon having gone through this lot. One of my very favourite books is missing: Half-Past Human by T J Bass. Doubtless I loaned it to someone and that someone hasn’t bothered to return it. IAIN M BANKS CONSIDER PHLEBAS THE PLAYER OF GAMES INVERSIONS LOOK TO THE WINDWARD CLIVE BARKER WEAVEWORLD THE GREAT...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Interviews & Profiles @BookBanter: Ken Scholes ( Canticle ). @Pat's Fantasy Hotlist: : Robin Hobb ( Dragon Keeper ). Articles Red's Planet on The Future of Print . Writer Beware blog on Vanity Publishing vs. Self-Publishing . [via Elizabeth Moon ] How Deborah J. Ross met Marion Zimmer Bradley and continues her work . Be sure to read Nancy Kress' impressions of the film 2012 . File 770 on Philip...
Fantasy Book Critic (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
This month Robert Thompson provided most of the book titles with additions by Cindy Hannikman, Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo. We are featuring 35 books. The release dates are US unless marked otherwise and the books are first edition unless noted differently. The dates are on a best known basis so they are not guaranteed; same about the edition information. Since information sometimes is out of date...
Sara Ryan (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
There’s a new post up over at Chasing Ray with Part 1 of the What A Girl Wants Gang’s holiday gift book recommendations, and as usual this inspires/reminds me to repost one of my responses to an earlier WAGW question over here. Colleen asked: “Are girls missing out on something by not having a kick butt heroine to look up to? Is it all just testosterone for boys and girls don’t...
Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Disclaimer: Normally I compile this list from the Chapters/Indigo website. Due to the new year, the search I perform did not bring up titles for January 2010. So I used my previous method, going one by one to publisher pages to see what is coming out. Unfortunately not all publishers have easy searches for this purpose. So I finished my list by using a search on Amazon.ca. What this means is this list...
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
"The only saving grace, he thought ruefully, was that the Telepath Council was so disparate and disorganized, it was unlikely to do anything effective on a large scale. What would happen if a crisis demanded unified action? He supposed the remains of the Comyn would rally; certainly, the people would, if he asked." 3.5 out of 5 http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/Deborah-J.-Ross/Deborah-J.-Ross-Novels/Hastur-Lord-Ch-1...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Book bloggers are my favorite source of book recommendations. More than any other source, they consistently introduce me to books and authors that impact my life. Therefore, I have created the Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge. The Top 25 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling City of Bones - Cassandra Clare Twilight - Stephenie Meyer The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
234 Unique Books Recommended 33 Different Book Bloggers Contributed 1 List of All-Time Favorites Compiled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling City of Bones - Cassandra Clare Twilight - Stephenie Meyer The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Graceling - Kristin Cashore Outlander - Diana Gabaldon Lord of the Rings...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
It's Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event at J. Kaye's Book Blog to celebrate what we are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week. Books I Completed This Week The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Dare to Die by Carolyn...
Visions of Paradise (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
This is the fifth time I’ve picked my favorite books of the preceding decade, and I cannot help but wonder how many more chances I will have to do so in the future? Twice more? Three times perhaps? Scary thoughts. Before I begin, here is a brief review of my selections from past decades: The 1960s: Best Novel : Lord of Light / Roger Zelazny Best Short Fiction : The Star Pit / Samuel R. Delany...
Earth and other unlikely worlds (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A few years ago, Jonathan Lethem published an essay in The Village Voice, ‘Close Encounters: The Squandered Promise of Science Fiction’, in which he decried the close-mindedness of the genre and sketched an alternate history in which Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow won the Nebula instead of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous With Rama in 1973, leading to a reconciliation...
Enduring Romance (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
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Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
It's Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event at J. Kaye's Book Blog to celebrate what we are reading for the week as well as books completed the previous week. Books I Completed This Week Seven Up by Janet Evanovich N or M? by Agatha Christie The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate (Review Coming Soon) Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Books I Am Currently Reading Dune by Frank Herbert...
Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Monthly Mixer Mele Hosted by Jen's Book Talk All you have to do is read a book that begins with a letter of each month or read a book that begins with the authors name (first or last name, doesn’t matter). There are 74 letters so you will have to have 74 different books to complete the challenge. Books can however be used to complete other challenges. You don’t have to do the months in...
BookLust (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I have a reading list for Full Suffragette Status on the Women Unbound Challenge! To be a Suffragette, you must read eight challenge books, three of which must be non-fiction. So here's my (tentative and totally likely to be changed) list: Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in 18th Century Europe , by Brian Dolan The Road from Coorain , by Jill Ker Conway...
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