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Category Archives: Science fiction
Oh, yeah. I have this blog thingy.
On my refrigerator are three “apologies” I’ve collected over the years: Up top: from an old cartoon in The New Yorker. Middle: from Tina Fey’s series, Great News. Below: I can’t remember the source, so I’ll just say “author unknown … Continue reading
Posted in #LoveHain, Am reading, Science fiction
Tagged Sylvia Louise Engdahl, Ursula K Le Guin
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#WitchWeek2022 starts tomorrow
Just a quick reminder that today marks Witch Week Eve, the day before that wonderful week-long celebration of fantasy fiction in honor of Diana Wynne Jones. Chris at Calmgrove is hosting this year’s event, which will feature books by BIPOC … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Science fiction, Witch Week
Tagged Diana Wynne Jones, Eduardo Kobra
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#WitchWeek2021 Day 4
It’s Science Fiction Wednesday, with Ola and Piotrek, from Re-enchantment Of The World, assessing Roger Zelazny’s classic sci-fi series, The Chronicles of Amber. In any of the 10 novels written between 1970 and 1991, you’ll find royalty threatened by conspiracy … Continue reading
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick (1968) Here’s a question: If I pick up Arthur C Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), will I discover that their impact has diminished because … Continue reading
Images most horrifying
Day 2 of Witch Week, and I’m honored that my review of villains in graphic novels is featured today over at Calmgrove. And someday I may explain all about the Bat-winged Hamburger Snatcher, who is, alas, NOT included in my … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Science fiction, Villains, Witch Week
Tagged Dan O'Neill
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Fortean doings
A bonus post for R.I.P. XIV (Readers Imbibing Peril) — what more could anyone ask of this week before Halloween? Today, a YA trilogy drawn from Edison’s and Tesla’s rivalry that raises important questions about morality, mixed in with some … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, Historical fiction, Humorous, Macabre, Mystery, RIP, Science fiction
Tagged Eric Elfman, Neal Shusterman
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NBN Time
NBN = Nothing But NaNoWriMo, and that’s what I’m doing this month. Although “nothing” isn’t strictly true. I’m still reading like a fiend, still working crossword puzzles (addiction #2), still getting outside to museums (this week to the Armenian exhibit … Continue reading
Posted in Am writing, NaNoWriMo, Science fiction
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