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My two favorite things combine in this weekend’s New York Times Book Review with a cover graphic of Bruce Springsteen (unfortunately, done so poorly I didn’t realize it was him until I read the cover).
There’s a two-page spread on seven books on or about Springsteen. The lead items are actually short story collections — […]
While not large, a certain percentage of books I start end up being put aside. There isn’t necessarily a common thread to that decision but it’s something I began thinking about because of the most recent book on which I punted.
The book is the latest by (but my first experience with) a bestselling novelist […]
As promised, Charles Stross has made his new book, Accelerando available in electronic format for free. It’s available via this website. He announced the e-book’s availability this morning in a post to a usenet newsgroup. After that, he had 4,000 downloads in the first four hours.
The newsgroup, devoted to discussion of written science fiction, […]
At least some semblance of sanity temporarily descended on the US House Wednesday. It voted 238-187 to amend a bill appropriating money for the Department of Justice to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to implement a portion of Patriot Act that permits certain searches of library circulation records, library patron lists, book […]
A tip of the hat to Lou Anders, the editorial director of Prometheus Books’ science fiction imprint Pyr. Commenting on the “mundane” and “anti-mundane” debate in SF, his blog pulls out a quote from SF grand master and Hall of Fame member Frederik Pohl. It is worth repeating verbatim:
Does the story tell me something […]
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