I should warn you about these link-lists: Mondays tend to be longer than usual (since there’s a lot of content that goes up on the weekend, or early on Monday), and the beginning of the month tends to be longer than usual. Since we’re just past both of those things, this is going to be…
Frederick Thomas Saberhagen is reported to have died at his home in Albuquerque, NM on the afternoon of Friday, June 29th, after a two-year battle with cancer. Fred Saberhagen was best known for the long series of novels and stories about the implacable life-destroying thinking machines known as the Bersekers; the series began with the…
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist was not impressed by David Bilsborough’s debut fantasy novel, The Wanderer’s Tale. The Baltimore City Paper reviews the new all-original anthology The New Space Opera, edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. Another review of the Dozois-Strahan New Space Opera comes from Locus’s Gary K. Wolfe.
The Agony Column loves Matthew Hughes’s new far-future philosophical detective comedy The Spiral Labyrinth, and doesn’t care who knows it. OF Blog of the Fallen reviews Tobias S. Buckell’s second novel, the space opera Ragamuffin. Strange Horizons reviews the new Mike Resnick-edited anthology of future police stories, Alien Crimes. Blogcritics reviews Interworld, by Neil Gaiman…
AP via CNN: Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero’s Books. His collection ranges from best sellers, such as Tom Clancy’s "The Hunt for Red October" and Tom Wolfe’s "Bonfire of the Vanities," to obscure titles, like a bound report…
For all those people who’ve been wondering what BookExpo was like (assuming you haven’t already read Elayne or Bully) the folks at Unshelved have a handy primer here in PDF form. And yes, I’ll have more pieces up shortly after I dig out from under all the promotional brochures and advance reader copies. Yee-ikes. And…
I’m getting way too old for this. Nonetheless, had I the energy to walk around and the time to have planned ahead (a must!), I would have loved Book Expo America even more. It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve been to this trade show (the last time I attended it wasn’t even called…
The Big ComicMIx Weekend Broadcast comes right out of the 2007 Book Expo in NYC and we share one of the coolest books ever, illustrated by the incredible Jules Feiffer! Plus a ton of news including new limited edition comics, what happens to Apollo after BATTLESTAR ends, and a trip back to when The Jacksons…
Found by our Spin Queen, and because conspicuous consumers just don’t have enough guilt.: Author Nicholas Carr (that’s his new book at right) knows a bit about evolving technology. So he decided to answer the question about whether the massively popular mutliplayer game Second Life was ecologically sustainable by doing the math and presenting his…
Publishers Weekly is reporting that the actor who recorded the audiobook of 7: The Mickey Mantle Novel is refusing to use his real name. Instead, he’s listed as Alan Smithee, the pseudonym used by writers and directors who want their names removed from movie credits. The audiobook is based on the novel by Peter Golenbock…
They’re about to throw the book at Blondie. Blondie: The Complete Bumstead Family History by strip writer Dean Young (son of Chic Young, Blondie’s real daddy) and Melena Ryzik have penned the definitive tale of the world’s most heavily circulated newspaper comic strip. Even if you find today’s efforts rather mundane, Blondie started out as…
So much for new Babylon 5 novels and graphic novels. Matthew Sprange of Mongoose Publishing notes on their discussion forums: “ We have agreed to drop the entire novels project – it really wasn’t going to go anywhere. In their place, we have a new B5-related project waiting in the wings. More news on this…
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