Whew. Well, the work week kinda kicked a hole in my good intentions to keep up with LJ *each and every day*, but it's the weekend and I'm back and working through the f-list before moving on to respond to comments, and I just came across this post by Diane Duane, asking for feedback about her long-awaited (20+ years!) final Middle Kingdoms book, ( Read more... )

Still not quite at a point where I'd want to write up a post of my own, but Diane Duane made an excellent one here, so that'll do for now.

*sigh* So many goodbyes already in 2011 . . .

Huh. Never got into the books because a) Martin still hasn't finished them and I don't feel like waiting in agony for the next installment; and b) because Martin, while a *brilliant* writer, also tells stories that are depressing as hell and I didn't feel like going through the emotional wringer. But this series looks like it's gonna be to fantasy ( Read more... )

SFX magazine has a poll for folks' favorite SF/F hero, and the competition is *fierce*! I first found this when it was linked by Lois Bujold on her email mailing list (after all, her most famous creation, Miles Vorkosigan, is on the list), and I notice that sahiya has also linked it (more of the f-list may have as well, I didn't scroll down very far ( Read more... )

I think I've said before that I'm a fan of Pat Rothfuss and his one-fantasy-novel-thus-far, The Name of the Wind; if I haven't, well, there you go. ;)

Anyway, Rothfuss' main character, Kvothe, is currently in an online Cage Match over at Suvudu, and the opponent he's facing is none other than Aslan himself ( Read more... )

Here's a plug for a new online project by C.J. Cherryh, Jane Fancher and Lynn Abbey, Closed Circle, an online outlet for e-book versions of their work, particularly older backlist titles that are hard to find in hardcopy versions ( Read more... )

2009 continues to rack up its sad toll with the unexpected death of Robert Holdstock, at far too young an age, with far too many stories left untold.

I have to admit, I hadn't kept up on his recent work (due to a combo of finances, forgetfulness and, recently, trying to cut back the library for the move), but his Mythago Wood remains one of my all ( Read more... )

Nicholas Cage in a what will apparently be a movie-length version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice ( Read more... )

The thing about packing up for a move is, it means you find all sorts of stuff that's been lurking in the corners.  I recently found some of my old art files, and thought I might as well scan some of it in for the hell of it.

Once upon a time, in the world of regional fandom, I was far more known as an artist than a writer; even sold art at ( Read more... )

This one was definitely interesting! Tough choices on a lot of the questions, but I'm not unhappy with the result. :) Ganked from all across the friends list . . .

Your result for Which fantasy writer are you?...

Ursula K Le Guin (b. 1929)

11 High-Brow, -9 Violent, -13 Experimental and 9 Cynical!


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