I was recently made happy and proud to learn that my good friend cutelildrow had written and e-published a novella.  The book is Sparrowind, and it's about a young dragon who tries a new approach to life based on what he finds in books.  I've bought it and hope to review it within a few days.  I hear her sales are already climbing and that the book is likely ( Read more... )

Took the following from my response on this post

http://bookish.livejournal.com/3144415.html?view=26197727#t26198495

Gone With the Wind shows what the American Civil War looked like from the perspective of a rich Southern woman living near Atlanta ( Read more... )

Introduction

I just re-read Greg Bear's epic The Forge of God, the first of his duology (including Anvil of Stars) about

( SPOILERS for Greg Bear's The Forge of God and Anvil of Stars; and Pellegrino's The Killing Star )

This is a great historical and near future historical analysis site, using a variant of the theory of generational dynamics developed by Strauss and Howe in Generations. The site owner, John J. Xenakis, has written a book on the topic: Generational Dynamics, which is mostly reproduced on the site ( Read more... )