Photo: TheTimes.co.uk 1. Well, books, of course. Isn’t that the very definition of heaven for a bibliophile, opening up stacks of new books on Christmas morning? Well, until they think…Continue reading5 Gifts for Readers
Sometimes I will pick up a book in a bookstore and the first thing I see inside will do something visceral enough for me to buy it on the spot.…Continue readingOn Roots and Roads
Fictional while female; The rape culture in fiction I was once involved as a working pro in a workshop for beginning writers where one of the participants turned in a…Continue readingWhy is it always rape?
Cracking down on the monstrous evil of tiny Free Lending Libraries It’s good to know, Charlie Jane Anders reports at io9, that people are focusing on what’s really important. Some…Continue readingFree libraries crisis
Or wait? It’s an ever-vexing quandary. Should you start a series when the first book is out and then bite your nails as you wait for each new installment? Or…Continue readingRead it now?
This year’s Worldcon report might as well have been entitled “Never yell fire in a crowded theater.” Well, almost. I need to break it down into subheads for you to…Continue readingThe Worldcon That Was
Another Worldcon is history – and a what a Worldcon it was. Full report later but in a nutshell – drove seven hours to Spokane to be there and paid…Continue readingVale Sasquan
In a few days, it will be two years since I lost my father. Second anniversaries are… odd. It’s still close – it’s still too close. You think back and…Continue readingA loss too near
Since the 73rd Worldcon is being held in Spokane in a couple of weeks, practically my back yard, I’ll be there — along with some guy you may possibly have…Continue readingSasquan, here I come
“Ishtar Gate at Berlin Museum” by Rictor Norton 2.000 Years Ago in Babylon In the year Berlin turned 750 years old, I boarded a train in Hamburg bound for West…Continue readingTouching 2,000 years