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Booking Through Thursday: Author Blogs

Do you read any author’s blogs? If so, are you looking for information on their next project? On the author personally? Something else?

I currently subscribe to the blogs of four authors in my RSS reader, three of them science fiction writers. While it is intriguing to hear what the authors are working on, […]

Musing Mondays: Bookstores

How do you choose what to buy from your local bookstore? Do you have a list, or just browse? What is the selection in your book store like? Do you find what you’re looking for? Do you feel pressured to buy the kind of books the store makes prominent?

I do both, although I […]

Booking Through Thursday: The Digital Age

First. Go read this great article from Time Magazine: Books Gone Wild: The Digital Age Reshapes Literature. (Well worth reading.)

Second. Stop and think about it for moment. Computers and digital media are changing everything we do these days, whether we realize it or not, and that includes our beloved books.

Third. DISCUSS! Tell […]

Meme-ing another book list

As part of an ongoing series, the U.K.’s Guardian has listed, by author’s last name, the 124 science fiction and fantasy novels everyone “must” read. I’ll admit there’s some I’ve never heard of (mostly published 80 or more years ago) and some that surprise me as coming within the category.

Anyway, John at SF Signal […]

Booking Through Thursday: Inspiration

Since “Inspiration” is (or should) the theme this week … what is your reading inspired by?

To a certain extent, it’s that line: “So many books, so little time.” Reading has been one of my favorite pastimes for as long as I can remember and there’s just so many books I want to read […]