SXSW2017 Bruce Sterling
SXSW2017 Bruce Sterling – notes from his customary keynote at the end of the Interactive portion of SXSW titled “The Future: History that hasn’t Happened Yet.” 1st half – normal cantankerous recap Some quotes...
Category: Authors
book notes: Night of Knives by Ian C. Esslemont (Malazan)
There are at least 15 books in the Malazan world. From all I have heard, they are quite complex. So that I do not forget plot points or people, these are the reading notes...
book notes: The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
The long wait for the return to Osten Ard is almost over. I was grateful to be given an opportunity by Tad Williams and his wife Deborah Beale to read an advanced copy of...
book notes: Fires of Eden by Dan Simmons
I honestly thought I had read all of Dan Simmons works, but was proved wrong when I stumbled upon Fires of Eden. Written in 1994 (just before Endymion was released, the third book in the...
book notes – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: The Great Pedestrian of North and South America by Donald E. Chipman
The subtitle of this book on Cabeza de Vaca says it all. From the summary on the back cover: Between 1528 and 1536, explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca trekked an estimated 2,480 to...
Book Launch Day – The Story Behind “Re-reading Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn”
My new book, Re-reading Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, is available on Amazon starting today. It is indeed a bit of a departure. It is not fiction like Dusk Before the Dawn or...
To Green Angel Tower Part 2 re-read – Part Two: The Blazing Tower
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: This is the LAST of TEN re-read posts. I had originally planned to time these last re-read posts of To Green Angel Tower with the release of Tad’s new trilogy, The Last...
To Green Angel Tower Part 2 re-read – Part One: The Turning Wheel
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: I had originally planned to time the last of these posts for To Green Angel Tower with the release of Tad’s new trilogy, The Last King of Osten Ard, so that I...
To Green Angel Tower Part 1 re-read: Part Two: The Winding Road
THE DOOR STOP KEEP ON COMETHing!!! This is the second and last part of the re-read of To Green Angel Tower, Part 1, the third book in Tad William’s Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series. The introductory post is here, if...
Review of THE UNREMEMBERED by Peter Orullian posted at SFSignal
SFSignal has just posted a review I wrote on the book THE UNREMEMBERED by Peter Orullian. I enjoy writing reviews but I admit I am something of a wimp in doing so. Writing a book...