I'm trying to wrap up 2010 as succinctly as possible so I can start 2011 not feeling like I owe people reviews, etc. It's actually interesting -- in the past 2 weeks, I've had one friend tell me to stop stressing over missing reviews (his point being, he likes reading them but he'd rather miss a few reviews and talk to a less-stressed Me) while ( Read more... )

Keeper of Dreams  by Orson Scott Card, isbn 9780765304971, 656 pages, Tor,  $27.95

At 656 pages, Orson Scott Card's Keeper of Dreams is possibly the longest single-author short story collection I have ever read. And it's not a retrospective of Card's short fiction career -- it includes just the short stories Card has written since his last short ( Read more... )

It's 2am, and I just crossed the 34,000 word line for NaNo.  I'm stopping there for the night.  I do need to get some sleep ( Read more... )

Since I'm squeezing four book reviews into this post, I will put them behind cuts to save space on folks' friends pages.  These are four very different books, so hopefully among them there's something for everyone....( The Graveyard Book )

Two more book reviews, and that essentially catches me up to my current reading material.  I'll put them behind cuts again, for the sake of everyone's F-lits:

( Wastelands )

Okay, say what you will about author Orson Scott Card, his Mormonism, his conservative viewpoint, the anti-liberal rants he often goes on in his politic blogs on his "Ornery American" website.  I find him interesting at least, and often thought-provoking even when, or especially when, I disagree with him.

As he says in the excerpt behind the cut, he ( Read more... )

Invasive Procedures by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, isbn #9780765314246, 351 pages, Tor, $25.95

There's been an unintentional theme in my recent readings:  the threat of infection/pandemic.  First there was Scott Sigler's novel Infected,  then John Connolly's novella "The Cancer Cowboy Rides" in his collection Nocturnes, and the concept ( Read more... )

So.

I have a ticket to the NYC Comic Con this Sunday, where I will hopefully meet up with old STAPA friend Dan Sehn, and perhaps meet some of the folks from drunkduck (none of the guys who make the strips I read are going to be there, I don't think ... but some other DD folks will be).

AND, more excitingly ...

Thanks to the ever-helpful Dave Lapkin, I ( Read more... )

My legs have mutinied ( Read more... )

I'm combining both reviews into one post, and so they'll go behind cuts.  I will warn you know:  THERE ARE PROBABLY SPOILERS IN THE REVIEW OF "THE SUBTLE KNIFE!!!!"  So if you intend to read the book and want to be surprised, don't read this review!

( The Subtle Knife )