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More Amazing Coolness! Statement on Fanfic and Other Forms of Fan Art.
Milena Aijala, known on Tumblr as qwertyprophecy, recently finished creating an animated credits sequence for an imaginary Gentlemen Bastards television series. If you haven’t seen it, do follow that link. It’s lively, gorgeous, and superbly executed.
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The Lies of Locke Lamora Read-Along Commentary
This morning I registered for a Tumblr, under the misapprehension that this would allow me to quickly and easily leave comments on other Tumblrs, specifically the ones holding discussions about the current group read-through of The Lies of Locke Lamora. What I discovered was that either a) I am old now and new things scare me, or maybe b) Tumblr ( Read more... ) -
FEARSOME JOURNEYS LAUNCH AND CONTEST
It’s launch day for FEARSOME JOURNEYS, the Solaris Book of New Fantasy, and you can pick it up from Amazon or from Barnes & Noble or directly from Solaris/Simon & Schuster.
You can also enter a quick little contest to receive one of two free copies I’m giving away by mail! Send an e-mail to:
fearsomejourneyscontest@gmail.com
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THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
Hopefully, if you’re reading this, you now know that the semi-mythical beast known as The Republic of Thieves has at last been captured in the wild and given official release dates: October 8th in the US and October 10th in the UK. You can read the Gollancz announcement here and the Del Rey Spectra announcement here!
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Now Begins Operation Jay
At this time, I am declaring Operation Steve and Emma to be a resounding success; thanks to your astounding generosity (and to the fact that those two have spent decades engendering warm feelings across the planet), I think they’re now as taken care of as they can be. Both are recovering from their surgeries, and have useful bulwarks against lost ( Read more... ) -
Memory, Sorrow, and Mars
What a week or two it’s been. Technology has made me its chew toy several times over, and I’ve been smacked in the face by piping-hot anxiety attacks fresh from the neurological oven. On the bright side, I survived my first Worldcon and my girlfriend walked away with her third Hugo award. She’s now here in Wisconsin for a few weeks, and is ( Read more... ) -
My Chicago Worldcon Schedule
I’ll be on three panels, as well as attending the Hugo Awards ceremony. This will be my first Worldcon. My panels are:
Friday, August 31
VIOLENCE IN FANTASY
10:30 AM, Wright: Silver West
The use and misuse of violence in SF and fantasy. How much is too much?
Saturday, September 1
WHY FANTASY DOMINATES SCIENCE FICTION
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My Embarrassing Juvenilia, Part One of Several
I’m back home in Wisconsin, and more or less well, and upright and functional again after getting savagely whiplashed by that damned virus I brought with me… chills! Shaking fits! Lassitude! Sweating fits! Major stomach upset! Everything but a chestburster. Not quite the begging-for-death spectacle that H1N1 was a few years back (imagine a weekend ( Read more... ) -
Lynch Industries
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