Guess what, everyone? I entered a Thing! Otherwise known as the Neil Gaiman Audiobook Contest, which I'd absolutely love to win! There are 2 rounds to it, and the way to move past Round 1 is to be in the top 20 people to have the most votes. I know it's a bit of a long shot, but if everyone helps me, I might be able to get there ( Read more... )

Well why not? A lot of other people seem to be. I'm starting to see mentions of it all over the place. (And when io9 starts referencing something, I tend to think it's hit at least the pop-culture-savvy "mainstream"). Matched, by Ally Condie, is apparently being cited along with The Hunger Games1 as one of the to-read / most popular YA books of ( Read more... )

At first I thought this was a joke or ridiculous rumor, but I should have known better. It turns out to be true.

NY Times: Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change

There is so much FAIL in this that I almost get incoherent thinking about it. However:

"@cleolinda RT @txvoodoo: Via @billwhitefortx - email Rick Perry to oppose TX horrible new ( Read more... )

Capclave was several weekends ago, but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a minute to report. Until now ( Read more... )

Note: I met Ellen last year, very briefly, at Capclave. I believe the extent of our conversation was something to the effect of ( Read more... )

Since I feel like the books we read both define us and develop us, I decided to go ahead and include on my LJ a running list of books that I have read or will read (generally those I own and haven't yet read). This is currently a very incomplete and in-progress list.

( Books, Books, Books )

( LJ cut for extreme length of weekend recap of National Book Festival and dinner with Terry Pratchett, Holly Black, and Harry Turtledove (with photos). Sorry guys! I forgot to cut it before! )

A review of Terry's new book.

Thanks, nsfinch! :)

Dave and I got to go to Steve Raymer's book talk last night. It was great - Steve is very talented and had some interesting stories to tell about the photos in the new book. In case anyone is interested, the book has just arrived in print. It's called Images of a Journey: India in Diaspora, and it is a study of the Indian people and culture as ( Read more... )