All Authors
Here I’ve collected all the author’s I’ve referenced on this blog. I decided to do this when I realized that the “tag pages” on wordpress all have their own feed...
View ArticleReading: The New Weird
I picked up a copy of The New Weird, because I recognized about 1/2 of the authors. I tried to piece together in my mind what this “New Weird” was, thinking back over what I’d read by K. J. Bishop,...
View ArticleBook Sale: 50% off all in-stock and forthcoming Night Shade titles
I point this out, because I absolutely love Night Shade Books, and 50% off new books is hard not to love. It’s that time of year again, sale time at Night Shade Books. We’ve got a lot of big new titles...
View ArticleThe Chocolate and Peanut Butter of Noir and Speculative Fiction
I’ve been listening to the CrimeWav podcast for a while now, so when I was at Mysterious Galaxy (a store who’s very existence validates the desire for the mixing of genres I’m going to get around to...
View ArticleSeth Harwood Signing
or Multiple Literary Uses for a Dead Dog Seth Harwood, who I follow because the CrimeWav podcast he produces, commented on my Noir and Speculative Fiction post last week. Via twitter, he let me know...
View ArticleWords Move Me
Slick but limited, Sony’s new quote sharing utility, Words Move Me is a VERY neat concept. There are many features that seem glaringly missing for this to be a service that will actually take hold....
View ArticleReads in Progress: The Video Series
I haven’t posted a review in a while. That would be because I haven’t finished reading a book in a while. I’ve spent much free time on TagShadow and I’ve been working late to catch up after my vacation...
View ArticleReview: The City and The City by China Miéville
Some Pre-Review Thoughts I was listening to an interview with Jay Lake and he mentioned that his Trial of Flowers was written as a conversation on other books that he referred to as decadent urban...
View ArticleTop 10 List 2009
10) 1000 True Fans in Action The economy hit writers just like it did everyone else. Many reached out directly to their fans for support, but didn’t just ask for handouts. I supported Tim Pratt’s Bone...
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