Archive for April, 2009
Monday, April 6th, 2009
The uncollected stories of Aliette de Bodard
Aliette de Bodard is up for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Author, as part of the Hugo Awards; this is her second year of eligibility. She’s an author that most of us probably haven’t heard of, especially book reviewers like me, being that she writes short stories. As much as I love [...]
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
The Living Blood, by Tananarive Due
Tananarive Due (accent on the second syllable) is married to Steven Barnes, also a novelist. Formerly a columnist for the Miami Herald, she used to live in Miami, and now lives in Glendora, CA. She received a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern (a very fine journalism school) and an M.A. in Literature, specializing in Nigerian [...]
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Guest Review: C. L. Wilson’s Tairen Soul series
(Review by DP.) COULD THIS BE YOU? Did you read the Twilight series, even though the lack of plot and the terrible writing made you secretly hate yourself and weep in the night? Are you now pining, even BURNING, for more gorgeous aloof rich heroes with funny-colored eyes to sweep you away to magical lands [...]