John Scalzi wanted to set aside the universe introduced in Old Man’s War for awhile, but readers tempted him back to write one more novel—a retelling of The Lost Colony from the perspective of a teenage girl. It’s sort of retro-Heinleinesque YA– and it’s up for a 2009 Hugo.
Category Archives: Books
Podiobook Review: Billibub Baddings & the Case of the Singing Sword
Ever wonder what happens when you drop an medieval dwarf into Al Capone’s Chicago? Wonder no more.
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Book Review: Brisingr
Does the latest book in the Inheritance Cycle live up to its predecessors? And if it does, is that necessarily a good thing?
Book Review: Jack Wakes Up
This book, originally a Podiobook, makes its debut in print this week.
Podiobook Review: Shadowmagic
What happens when you put a clever modern-day seventeen-year-old into the middle of a serious High Fantasy novel?
Are people enjoying these weekly book/podiobook reviews?
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Podiobook Review: Fried Green Zombies
Yeah, you read that right.
Fried. Green. Zombies.
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J.G. Ballard dead at 78
The influential writer, best known for Empire of the Sun, died yesterday after a lengthy illness. His work often bridged “literary” and “genre” fiction, and explored the intersection between humanity and technology.
Book Review: Twilight
Three weeks in a row! Actually, the new WP site makes this ridiculously easy to queue up reviews.
This week I take on the ubër-popular Twilight and realize I may need a sex-change to find a book interesting.
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Book Review: Infected
Last week, I introduced some of you to one of my favorite Podiobooks, Quarter Share. This week, a review of a bestselling book that started life the same way, Infected.
I will warn you now, this is a very, very violent book. And you’ll like it that way.
Aaron Alliston in the hospital for surgery.
In addition to game designer Dave Arneson being in the hospital due to his cancer worsening, the official Star Wars blog is reporting Aaron Alliston is in the hospital as well, undergoing a quadrupal bypass surgery. If you want to help, there are two ways you can do it:
- Alliston’s family has started a blood donation sponsorship – if you are in the Dallas area you can go to Carter BloodCare center, or the National Blood Exchange, and say you’d like to donate blood for Aaron Alliston, a Carter BloodCare patient, and give his sponsor number – SPON 047786.
- You can send cards (but not perishable items or flowers) to
Aaron Allston
c/o Del Rey Books
1745 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
I’d like to wish Aaron a speedy recovery, and in general I hope he gets well soon.