Probably no-one around here has missed me raving about the Requite books by our very own Ankaret Wells, but in case you weren't aware the latest one, Heavy Ice came out on the 1st of December and if you are a fan of SF with plenty of Adventure and romance, you are in for a treat! It's like the ultimate girl and her pony story, where the girl is a ( Read more... )

I had flu last week, which was incredibly annoying (especially as I had to soldier on working at home for the 1st three days because we had a software release to get out which I had put stacks of works into the website for and I couldn't bear to let anyone else mess up in my absence), but it did mean I got to spend Thursday in bed with Gemini, the ( Read more... )

My evening's procrastination is not in vain for I have discovered that Ellen Kushner is writing a Jessica Campion story.

Is it just me, or are the Dresden Files books a bit sexist? I started reading the Harry Dresden short story in Naked City* last night, having never actually got around to reading any of the novels as yet, and there's something a tad 'I'm a New Man, honest, *nudge, nudge, wink, wink*' about the tone of it somehow. Or maybe it's just me ( Read more... )

The Boy met an over-sized cairn terrier with fangs called Sgt Taura and a cat with brittle bones called Miles today. Apparently even little old ladies in their 80s are not above Vorkosigan fangirling. This fills me with joy.

Having finished Cryoburn and mostly resisted temptation to howl at length, I'm enjoying some comfort reading just now. My book of choice is The Maker's Mask, Book 1 (of 2) of Requite by Ankaret Wells. Ankaret is a very talented friend of mine, I've waxed lyrical about her wonderful writing before but I have new victims converts in the making now so ( Read more... )

Many thanks to all those around here who harped on and on about the Vorkosigan books until I started reading them. I finished A Civil Campaign last night and it was sheer joy from start to finish. I thoroughly enjoyed the space adventure novels in the middle of the series but dear me, that woman writes fantastic social/political intrigue. It was ( Read more... )

Buying an issue of SF&F just for a St Vier story was one thing, but I think I've just crossed a line into serious Riverside fangirling by ordering, with the assistance of a very generous American woman of my acquaintance, a copy of The Man with the Knives - a limited edition, handbound chapbook of Ellen Kushner's latest short story. Apparently, it' ( Read more... )

It's sunny but very windy here, winter hasn't quite given up just yet and my windows are whistling as usual ( Read more... )

Because I just found out that the April/May edition of Fantasy & Science Fiction features an Ellen Kushner novella about Richard St. Vier from Swordspoint!

Now I just need to figure out if I can buy a copy in the UK or whether I'm going to have to resort to paying for the .pdf file and bribing someone to print it out for me.