Yesterday was, to put it mildly, a hideous day, with approximately two good things in it: one, Castle got renewed, as if ABC knew I needed something, and second, it was the official launch of Shine
an anthology of Optimistic SF, available through Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Powells, Books-A-Million and through local and independent bookstores. (I ( Read more... )

Various internet sites are reporting this morning that fantasy writer David Eddings has died.

I've critiqued Eddings elsewhere for the general predictability of his later books, for his shades of racism (something he did attempt to deal with, to his credit, in The Mallorean), and for his habit of reusing the same plots over and over, to the point ( Read more... )

Yanked from theferrett: Fantasy writer David Eddings burns down his home office.

I could just imagine the scene: stunned firefighters asking Eddings exactly why he thought that throwing a fiery piece of paper into a puddle of liquid containing gasoline would be a good idea, and Eddings frowning slightly. "I don't quite follow you," he says. "Neighbour ( Read more... )