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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 272 entries, all of them here in full.
January 9, 2009 · 601 words
Capsule Reviews
Brief takes on some media I watched over the holidays.Tropic Thunder: Not only very funny, particularly if you know anything about Hollywood, but the best vehicle for Tom Cruise in ages.Note: the movie got condemned by the politically correct for use of the word “retard.” If this offends you, be aware that the word “re
Read entry →January 8, 2009 · 57 words
I Read
Balticon has released a podcast of my reading from Implied Spaces. There’s some advertising and other stuff at the beginning, but at least you have the pleasure of hearing that this is “One of the most riveting stories we’ve ever presented here . . . “I fear I’m too modest to disagree with this assessment.
Read entry →January 8, 2009 · 51 words
Once More Into the Breach
I’ve begun work on Deep State, the next Dagmar book. Of course since you haven’t read This Is Not a Game, you don’t know who Dagmar is, and therefore the announcement will mean a lot less to you than it does to me.But nevertheless. The book is begun.
Read entry →January 6, 2009 · 1,296 words
Reviews Too Late: Lain
Serial Experiments: Lain (1998) is a kind of philosophical novel lightly disguised as a shojo anime. The frame story suggests it might be aimed at 13-year-olds, but the subject matter is— not more grown-up exactly, but one that deals primarily with existential issues. I’m not sure what an actual 13-year-old would
Read entry →January 5, 2009 · 1,422 words
Bloat
Since I had a cold, I took it easy over the holidays. I didn’t manage much during this time other than visiting friends, watching videos, and reading books. Much of my time was occupied reading one book in particular, a big thick science fiction novel of recent vintage, written by an author much esteemed by […]
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