One thing that annoys me about switching to ebooks is that I'm at the mercy of US publishers. Back when I was buying actual books I could get it from whatever place had it first in a language I could read. Now, I had to wait for Ian Cameron Esslemont's Blood and Bone for half a year while out there in UK people read it and discussed it. Of course ( Read more... )

A propos last post. Here are two interviews with Steven Erikson. One was conducted by Pat of Pat's Fantasy Hotlist the other was a Holiday gift for the folks at malazanempire. He is so nice to fans. I'm once again depressed that I won't meet him in person this year.

I was wondering what happened to The Diamond Age adaptation. It turned out I wasn't the only one and here's an answer. It seems like we stay may see this one in near future.

How many times you've seen some character killed off in a completely ridiculous or meaningless way. The curse of lame death. io9 has their least of 12 Weakest Deaths in SF ( Read more... )