Todd Epp is putting his blogs on semi-hiatus for good reason. Best wishes to him. Setting aside for now my rant about the term “podcasts,” C. Max at The Millions takes note of the increasing literary podcasts. Caryn Rose expressively lists five reasons she travels to see Springsteen. The Best Page in the Universe […]
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I don’t know if it’s summer doldrums, the humidity, my back screwing around with me again or just general inertia. I’m struggling to go to work, get work done or even get through more than a few pages of the books I’m reading, let alone provide a real substantive post on anything. So, here’s a […] Having been gone for a few days, here’s a couple catch-up items: Ooops. An ad campaign for Iain Bank’s Hugo-nominated novel, The Algebraist, has bad timing. Posters promoting the book in London’s Tube, the site of recent bombings, described the book as “a perfect place to have your mind blown to smithereens.” (Via Blog of […] Two comments regarding the Roberts nomination. First, while it was fun to see the media and blogosphere blathering over the nominee who wasn’t (Edith Clement), it proves how good the Bushies are at disinformation campaigns. Second, let’s see a show of hands of those who think the timing of the announcement was linked to […] I found it interesting that Amazon shipped my kids’ copy of the new Harry Potter to the local post office, which, in turn, deposited in my mail box Saturday afternoon. I speculate that is because standard UPS shipments are not delivered on Saturday and, thus, the USPS was the most effective method of getting […] |
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