Promises Kept: Becca’s Window is a gentle story about a Christian family who when questioned about life-after-death by their teenage daughter, begins a life changing study of God’s plan for the salvat
"Brasyl's 2006, 2032, and 1732 are not, it turns out, part of the same timeline, but salami slices from different places on the sausage of the multiverse." Best. Sentence. Ever.
"Late last year we began to discuss the cover options for The New Space Opera, the anthology that I’ve co-edited with Gardner Dozois for HarperCollins..." The end result is another excellent
Simply closing a book after a couple of chapters, perhaps with half a mind to come back to it, is often all it takes show them who's boss and to allow future encounters to unfold on more equal terms.
Peter Watts: "It’s a niche strategy, in other words. It only works as long as most artists aren’t doing it– and as long as that’s the case, I’d certainly consider releasing my future books under
A superb review of Ian Macdonald's 'River of Gods' on the Eve's Alexandria blog. Reminded me how much I enjoyed reading it myself - which is something I must do again, soon.
"When you spend a glorious summer day in the park with mates, part of what's glorious about it is that you're in this space, this time, this zone, which is all summer days in the park."
"This is a formal response to those who are still waiting for the Magic Ebook Reader to Save Publishing as We Know it and Make Electronic Text Safe for Those With Sensitive Eyeballs: Stop waiting
"...a site which has taken the long out-of-print graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning novel [...] published by Epic Comics in the late 1980s." Mmmm - it *looks* 80s, too.
"Greg Egan has sold a new science fiction novel, Incandescence, to Gollancz. The book will be published in May 2008." That's damn fine news from where I'm sitting.
"Summary is expected of reviewers, but it's a tall order as far as this novel is concerned." Roberts gets his teeth into Pynchon's doorstep, and makes it sound like a pretty interesting piec
"Today I’ve reached a milestone. I’ve finished what I’m labeling the fourth draft of MultiReal, the sequel to Infoquake." Dave Edelman takes a breather.
"It doesn't get any better than this. Stephan Martiniere has beautifully rendered one of the opening scenes of QoC for the novel's cover." Damn, that guy's good. Shame he doesn't do more wor