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I spent part of the weekend reading M. John Harrison's collected Viriconium tales. If you have not read these, and you are a fan of
fantasy, or dreamlike bittersweet cynical prose, or secret alleyways in old cities, you should go read them now. Neil Gaiman once said that he
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my weekend.
Have seen the new Conan film. It was research, I swear. Not that that made it good. I am also angry that people who clearly know nothing about Howard's actual stories keep saying that this one is "a return to the grittiness of the originals" or whatever that phrase is, that they keep using. Howard's stories are full of warfare and sometimes snake ( Read more... ) -
oh look I am alive
...just busy. I'm teaching a five-week summer course on Robin Hood, which is wonderful fun. There is Douglas Fairbanks. And Jonas Armstrong.
I have also written another book review for Science Fiction Studies that should be out in November, and am attempting a new project, which is a co-written article for a book about medievalism and video games. ( Read more... ) -
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Welsh Myth book official release date is July 5! Here are links to Amazon and to the publisher's website ( Read more... ) -
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Vonda N. McIntyre is following me on Twitter! And wants to read my work on The Moon and the Sun! *is excited and also trepidatious* -
just a quick update
Since I'm actually signed in ( Read more... ) -
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Oh, it's been ages, hasn't it? I've never been a good diarist ( Read more... ) -
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I have a tribble signed by David Gerrold! And also some books ( Read more... ) -
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It's been a few months--I seem to have mostly moved on to Facebook and Twitter, so that's probably a better way to see what I'm up to. I will keep this space open for large announcements, CFPs, and other fun things, however ( Read more... ) -
passing this on from Rob
The extended deadline for submission of paper proposals for the 2011 Eaton Science Fiction Conference at the University of California, Riverside is July 6 (next Tuesday). Please spread the word that the call is still open. Information about the event, including a Call for Papers, can be found online at ( Read more... )