What we remember Only the middle of January and already two giants have chosen this year to wander off into the sunset. David Bowie and Alan Rickman: photo www.chicagotribune.com When…Continue readingGoodbye to Giants
Words of love that don’t have an English equivalent Emma Block has created a series of drawings to showcase a variety of words from across the world that say things…Continue readingzhi zi zhi shou, yu zi xte lao
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
It’s been said on the Internet that the BBC believes that most people will have read only six of the 100 books below. Extraordinary, but you have to believe it…Continue readingOnly six?
At Strange Horizons, Kari Sperring writes about Katherine Kurtz. Matrilines: The Woman Who Made Fantasy “Kurtz’s debut novel, Deryni Rising, came out from Ballantine Books in 1970,” Sperring writes, “…and…Continue readingThe womanless cannon
Washington Square North, Nov. 2, 2013. At Slate, David Rosenberg offers proof that New Yorkers will read absolutely anywhere by examing the work of photographer Lawrence Schwartzwald, who started a…Continue readingThey read WHERE?
I write books. I tell stories. I create worlds, and the characters who inhabit them. I know I have hit my mark when I get a reaction from readers —…Continue readingYou killed her!
11 things you should know about bookworms, Kim Quindlen warns at Thought Catalog e.g. 6. When we see your apartment, the first thing we will look for is your bookcase,…Continue readingDare you date a bookworm?
I am primarily a fantasy writer. That is how I view myself and my novels. But literary critics often have trouble labeling me, putting my books into neat little boxes.…Continue readingBut what is it?
The genetic basis of the Were Creatures There is science fiction and there is fantasy, and never the twain shall meet. At least, that is the silly notion adopted by…Continue readingWerewolf DNA