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Even with Christmas gifts on the horizon, the lust list is short this month. I think that’s because I’m somewhat overwhelmed by the growth in my “to be read” stacks. That said, there are a couple items that caught my eye:
The Archivist’s Story, Travis Holland — Although it came out last year, I’ve seen […]
Oxford University, evidently having a wide range of things to study, came up with a list of the ten most irritating phrases. I thought I’d check and see just how irritating I have been on this blog, so here’s how often those phrases have been used here.
10 — “It’s not rocket science.” Never used.
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The latest issue of New Scientist contains a special section on SF. Among other things, it contains the picks of staff for various awards for SF books. Here’s a smattering:
Staff:
Best SF Book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Runners-up: Frank Herbert’s Dune and Iain M. Banks’ Use of Weapons
Worst […]
Just as the Christmas season now seems to begins right after Halloween (if not before), it also appears it is the kick-off time for “best of the year” lists. Both Amazon and Publisher’s Weekly have chimed in with their lists of the best books of the year. Interestingly, both list Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, even though […]
Another book list surfaces, this time USA Today‘s list of the top 150 best-selling books between Oct. 28, 1993 and Oct. 23, 2008. (The start date coincides with beginning of McPaper starting its own best-selling list.) Rather than bore you with what I’ve read and what I haven’t, I was intrigued by some of the […]
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