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  • Review: Predatory Practices

    Review: Predatory Practices

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    One of the nice things about going to cons, I’ve discovered, is that you meet people. Sometimes they turn out to be really funny, nice people who also can write very well. I’m fascinated by today’s example, because he grew up with a great SFF writer for a parent. Edward Stasheff’s father, Christopher, wrote many…

  • Morning Has Broken

    Morning Has Broken

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    If you’re anything like me, that will now be your earworm for the day. It could be worse. I was talking about opera over at the Otherwhere Gazette today, and how ‘Space Opera’ came to be first a pejorative, and later a term of acclaim.  Fat Ladies Singing Space and Opera seem to be an…

  • Is this… Morning?

    Is this… Morning?

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    I think I overdid it yesterday. Between spring rising, and house guests at the end of the week, I’d decided it was time to do a big cleaning. So today I’m sore and stiff and just a wee bit cranky. Did I mention I have midterms all this week? Yeah. So I’ll be studying. However,…

  • Review: Hand of God

    Review: Hand of God

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    I review a space opera over at Otherwhere Gazette, with a little more humor than usually slips into my reviews. I will also have a Friday review, as the long plane trip was good for my reading.

  • Choices for Readers

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    It’s a fresh bright shiny new week… so why do I feel like I’ve been dragged through a keyhole backwards? I’m facing a week of abnormal schedule, and heavy homework and… So what do I decide to do? Looks back at the words she’s written. Abuse the ellipsis, it seems. Seriously, though. I have two…

  • Eat This While You Read That: Peter Grant

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    I came up with a wild idea for my Sunday food blogs. What if I combined three of my favorite things into one place? Cooking, photography, and reading? It started with an inkling of an idea when a fellow author posted an exuberant review of a dish he’d made. It grew into a wild hare…

  • Review: Duty from Ashes

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    I had been looking forward to this book, had pre-ordered it as soon as I could, and then on the day it downloaded to my Kindle I was too busy to be able to read it. I did manage to find time over Thanksgiving Break to take it in, and was rewarded for my time.…

  • Review: Peter Grant and Kate Paulk

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    I’m at LibertyCon today, and somewhat obviously, this was written days ago 🙂 I decided I’d review the book of a fellow con-goer, and also a (series of) book(s) about cons… Peter Grant’s new release, War to the Knife, is also the start to a new series. It opens like a scene from a Western…

  • Review: Double Dipping

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    Yes, I’m going to review two books again this week. I’m not saying it’s going to become a trend, but you can expect to see it again next week as well. I’m relaxing, enjoying summer, and a little more time than I ordinarily have. So I get to read more. And I have some great…

  • Review: Kaiju and Zombies, Oh My!

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    I had a dilemma this week. Jason Cordova sent me the novella Murder World: Kaiju Dawn, to read, and John Holmes sent me a link to his free story, Even Zombie Killers Need a Break. I’d already reviewed Dave Freer’s excellent Stardogs, but what the heck? I thought. I can read a novella and a…

  • Dave Freer’s Stardogs

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    I know, it isn’t review day. But it is launch day, and I have been waiting on the edge of my seat for this day since I got to read the pre-release copy of Stardogs. This one is good. Very, very good. I know I can always rely on Dave Freer for a solidly plotted,…

  • Review: Long Way Home

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    I’m mad at you, Sabrina Chase. I picked up The Long Way Home last night around 9:00 pm, because I had realized the book I’d read earlier in the week to review hasn’t been released quite yet, so I can’t release that review yet (I’ll give you a hint, it’s GOOD, possibly the best thing…