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Bloggin' bout book buying
Did I mention I went book shopping over the weekend? Well, I did. It was raining and gray out, which were enough reasons for me. So I hit up my favorite local used book store (Montclair Book Center) and perused for nearly an hour before I finally walked away with the following (after paying first, of course):
- Dust by Elizabeth Bear ($3.50, excellent ( Read more... )
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Caring about titles, falling into the abyss
How come everyone lately keeps getting the title of Kij Johnson's "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" wrong? No, really...how come? There's a definite difference between the two. One is evocative and mysterious, the other kind of boring in the Harry Potter and the [fill in the blank] sort of way. You'd think that, considering both of these posts are ( Read more... ) -
Take a breath, then read this story
I've now read four of the five nominees for the 2009 Hugo Award under the Short Story category:
Best Short Story
- "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)
- "Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
- "Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
- "Exhalation" ( Read more... )
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Seriously, someone's pulling our collective leg
I've now read three of the five nominees for the 2009 Hugo Award under the Short Story category:
Best Short Story
- "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)
- "Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
- "Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
- "Exhalation" ( Read more... )
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Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
I've now read two of the five nominees for the 2009 Hugo Award under the Short Story category:
Best Short Story
- "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)
- "Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
- "Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
- "Exhalation" by ( Read more... )
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Short fiction report #3
So, this be the one that won a Hugo a few days back. It's been available for online for some time now, but, cause I suck, I only just managed to make my way over and check it out. Was it worth it? Yes. Did it deserve to win? Mostly yes (I say this only because I thought it was a great piece of writing, but have not read any of the others that were ( Read more... )
