Why yes, I’m a sucker for women with swords… isn’t everyone? One of the big issues I have with a lot of ye olde Sword & Sorceress type stories is that the women hauling around the swords just aren’t that scary. I can’t explain this except to say that, you know, I’m a fan of […]
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I picked up Heart of Veridon, by Tim Akers, quite by accident. I was actually looking for Graceling and something by somebody named Connelly. I couldn’t find the Connelly and once I picked up Graceling, the prose on the first few pages was just so dull I couldn’t get myself to buy it. Veridon was
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Picked this one up on a whim at Books & co today while I was looking for something else (ended up passing on the other one and got this and Best Served Cold instead). Folks, I may be in love. I’m 30 pages in and really hoping he doesn’t screw it up. Proper review when
… that so many “lit” stories are about 1) whiny emo college students 2) whiny sub-par college professors? I wonder, indeed.
Happy 80th birthday, Ursula K. Le Guin. Here’s to many more! (and many more books!)
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I saw the initial row over this, but somehow the resolution totally passed me by (I don’t spend nearly as much time on the internets these days). There are lots of stories about SF/F publishers whitewashing covers. So even if you’ve got a heroine who’s a far darker shade of pale, it’s unlikely it’ll be
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Moscowitz is founder of the International Security Coalition of Clergy, whose mission is to train Jews in self-defense and advance fighting techniques in the event of a terrorist attack on a synagogue. He says business was slow for his Coalition until May, when the FBI arrested a group accused of plotting to blow up synagogues
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You can check out my story, “Wonder Maul Doll” today at EscapePod! Bonus graphic violence warning!
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