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Jo Fletcher Books, Rod Rees, Sexism, and Systemic Failure. Part II.
Part I. I thought I was pretty clued up on feminism. …I belong to a writers’ group which recently perused the opening 10,000 words of a novella I’ve written called ‘Invent-10n’. It’s a near-future...
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Signs of the apocalypse
S’true. We’re all going to die. It’s the end of the world as we know it…
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Mary Renault, The King Must Die
As promised. (Although I’ve had to change up the order of things.) Mary Renault’s The King Must Die is the first novel by Mary Renault I’ve ever read. A re-imagining of the youth of Theseus, it’s a...
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A brief summation of some books read over the last weeks
I am a very irregular blogger. Well, I never promised otherwise. Amalie Howard, The Almost Girl. Strange Chemistry, 2014. ARC. Reviewed at Tor.com. I fear I may have been rather unkind to the poor...
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This, again?
So Paul Kemp wrote a thing. “Why I Write Masculine Stories.” Both Sam Sykes and Chuck Wendig responded. Probably other people did too, and I haven’t seen them, because I am writing a thesis and oh god...
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Libraries and cats.
I have been working in one lately. This is the view of the outside of l’ÉFA’s (the French School at Athens) library building: The French have nice premises. This is a partial view of the inside of...
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Today the postpeople brought more review copies
Four more books That’s Ilona Andrews’ MAGIC BREAKS (Ace), William C. Dietz LEGION OF THE DAMNED and ANDROMEDA’S CHOICE (Titan), and Samit Basu’s RESISTANCE (Titan). Dear heaven, I am so far behind in...
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Some final thoughts on LonCon3
It is still very weird to me, that I have finally met so many people in person whom I have known or encountered on the internet… and having the conversations in person feel like a completely natural...
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So, does anyone want a review copy of a Sarah Pinborough book?
Nice packaging. Sarah Pinborough’s THE DEATH HOUSE, whose publicity material is signalling NOT FOR ME very very hard. I do appreciate the nice packaging, though. That’s kind of cool.
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RIP Sir Terry Pratchett
“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.” – Small Gods. A great light has gone out of the world of literature. My most sincere condolences to his friends and family. “HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN....
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