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Comment on Justine Larbalestier: Magic Lessons by darla d

darla d — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:30:49 +0000

I didn’t know that about Westerfeld and Larbalestier - I’ve been meaning to read his books for ages, but now I’ll have to bump them up closer to the top of my pile!

Comment on Tom Standage: The Turk by random

random — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:32:55 +0000

oh yes! Perhaps I should have mentioned that. Brief, but funny.

Comment on Tom Standage: The Turk by editrix

editrix — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:28:49 +0000

I would still love to perform that Turing test as a dramatic reading.

Comment on Emma Bull: War for the Oaks by random

random — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:49:56 +0000

Err, 2008. Just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention.

Comment on Emma Bull: War for the Oaks by yrgrl

yrgrl — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:12:10 +0000

2007?

Comment on Mark Kurlansky: Salt - A World History by Tim W.

Tim W. — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:39:35 +0000

I really liked the history of Tabasco, which was much weirder than I would have guessed.

Comment on Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon by Tim W.

Tim W. — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:01:36 +0000

By coincidence, I read this last week. I had the same problem with the racial issues (especially because “Nip” is used throughout, but “Kraut” not once IIRC).

My main complaint is that it’s such a blatant cop of Gravity’s Rainbow, in both subject matter and style (although Stephenson makes it much breezier and more plot-driven).

All that said, I found it very enjoyable, and it didn’t fall apart in the second half the way his books often do.

Comment on Robert Aickman: Cold Hand in Mine by random

random — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:21:14 +0000

Fortunately he channeled this tendency into the drive to save the English canal system.

Alongside titles like We Are For the Dark, Dark Entries, The Wine-Dark Sea, and Power of Darkness I thought Know Your Waterways sounded magnificently creepy and menacing. It was a bit of a let down to learn that the latter was a work of non-fiction. Thanks again, Tim.

Comment on Robert Aickman: Cold Hand in Mine by Tim W.

Tim W. — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:43:39 +0000

Aickman is implicitly patriarchal

A flat-out reactionary, as his autobiography reveals. Fortunately he channeled this tendency into the drive to save the English canal system.

I find it hard to put into words exactly how Link and Aickman seem similar to me. The best I can do is to say that both, unlike most strange writers, seem to take strangeness utterly for granted. One never sees them sweat.

Comment on Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (eds); Slipstreams by Michael M Jones

Michael M Jones — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:52:26 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. Every little bit helps in the long run. You might be interested to know that Mike Resnick and Eric Flint picked up “Claus of Death” for their reprint anthology of fantasy detective stories, THE DRAGON DONE IT (Baen, March 2008), where I’ll be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Gene Wolfe, Esther Friesner, David Drake, and Neil Gaiman. It’s looking to be a great collection, and I hope you’ll check it out. :>

I’ll have to go back and check what you said against the story. I’m always trying to improve. And yes, the title was intentionally bad. I’m hoping future Nick St. Claus exploits will do even better. :>