WFC swag
Some exchanges I thought interesting to be typed up. but first, goodies.
WFC's a great con for finding cool stuff from small presses as well as books just out, or even ahead of release. Like The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman. The Small Beer Press people went to great effort to secure a stack for sale three weeks early. A quick glance through promises excellence--this one needs to move up the TBR list for Andre Norton Award purposes.
I bought Larry Hammer's translation of One Hundred People, One Poem Each from him in the con lobby before the last copy could vanish. It's a beautifully printed little book--the link is to the Kindle version. This is a translation of a compilation made in 1235 of the 100 best poets. Larry has been writing up his translation process over at his LiveJournal. His witty explanations for word choices and meanings have been entertaining me for months. The poems show the Japanese, the translation, and each has a footnote to give the English reader some context. I put it by the bedside so I can dip into a poem or two before I sleep.
I mentioned this one before, but I will again because I enjoyed it so much, and because I want to support a fine small press--Madeleine Robins' Miss Tolerance is back! The new one is called The Sleeping Partner. I've loved this alternate Regency, and Miss Tolerance (an Agent of Inquiry), ever since the first one came out, Point of Honour. If you like Regency romances in the silver fork (Georgette Heyer) mode, Book View Cafe is offering three of them here.
WFC's a great con for finding cool stuff from small presses as well as books just out, or even ahead of release. Like The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman. The Small Beer Press people went to great effort to secure a stack for sale three weeks early. A quick glance through promises excellence--this one needs to move up the TBR list for Andre Norton Award purposes.
I bought Larry Hammer's translation of One Hundred People, One Poem Each from him in the con lobby before the last copy could vanish. It's a beautifully printed little book--the link is to the Kindle version. This is a translation of a compilation made in 1235 of the 100 best poets. Larry has been writing up his translation process over at his LiveJournal. His witty explanations for word choices and meanings have been entertaining me for months. The poems show the Japanese, the translation, and each has a footnote to give the English reader some context. I put it by the bedside so I can dip into a poem or two before I sleep.
I mentioned this one before, but I will again because I enjoyed it so much, and because I want to support a fine small press--Madeleine Robins' Miss Tolerance is back! The new one is called The Sleeping Partner. I've loved this alternate Regency, and Miss Tolerance (an Agent of Inquiry), ever since the first one came out, Point of Honour. If you like Regency romances in the silver fork (Georgette Heyer) mode, Book View Cafe is offering three of them here.