Category Archives: Books

Circus eBook

Circus of the Grand Design is now available as an ebook, brought to an ebook store near you by the lovely and talented Keith Brooke, of Infinity Plus. Circus came out in hardback from Prime Books in 2004. Locus Magazine … Continue reading

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Robert Aickman

Recently, I strolled through Robert Aickman’s short story collection The Wine-Dark Sea. I had been wanting to read some of his stories and picked this one because it was available from the library. The book is made up of stories … Continue reading

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Audiobook Out

The Painting and the City is now out on audiobook, from iambic audiobooks. Checking the audio proofs has been an interesting experience. I hope to conduct an interview soon with the main narrator, Robert Keiper.

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New York, Emshwiller, Etc.

I’m back home after a short trip to New York for the Carol Emshwiller 90th birthday reading party event. Jim Freund, who runs the New York Review of Science Fiction reading series and hosts the Hour of the Wolf show … Continue reading

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April is Emshwiller Month

I’m heading to New York next week for part one of the Carol Emshwiller birthday events. Tuesday, April 12, The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art 138 Sullivan Street Doors open at 6:30 … Continue reading

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New books by some people

Here are four recent books by friends, some purchased, some traded for, a combination of presses small, large, and far away. David Herter’s October Dark part of Earthling Publication’s Halloween series. From Library Journal: “In OCTOBER DARK, so-called movie magic … Continue reading

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Lingua Fantastika

Matt Denault has a new reviews, etc. blog called Lingua Fantastika. He’s one of the best genre reviewers out there (self-serving example here) so I expect this site to have some good stuff.

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FashionPunk

Jon Armstrong, author of Grey and the forthcoming Yarn and Loom, is the leading and perhaps sole practitioner of the new genre of FashionPunk. In Grey, which I just finished reading, the main character and much of society are true … Continue reading

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