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Monster Bodhisattva
(mirrored from maxgladstone.com)
Recently I picked up Still Life with Crows, a thriller by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, who also wrote the fun Relic and Cabinet of Curiosities and who, really, need no linkage from me. The writing is brisk and doesn't get in your way unless you pay close attention to it (they could stand to reign in their use ( Read more... ) -
Baeg Tobar (re) launch!
Happy Friday, and Happy October! If you're in the market for good books leading up to Halloween, head to your local library and check out Roger Zelazny's A Night in Lonesome October; if pure horror (with some comedy thrown in) is more your game, then you're in luck: David Wong's excellent John Dies At The End was just re-issued by St. Martin's. ( Read more... ) -
The Postal Service
Woah! Chiptunes became pop music while I was in China (2006-8)?! What else have I missed? Quick, tell me! -
Pelagia and the Outsider Sleuth on maxgladstone.com
It's been a busy couple weeks; I'm closing in on the fifth draft of my new novel, and I desperately owe an editor a short story. So of course I take a bit of time around lunch to dash off a quick review of / commentary on Boris Akunin's awesome and formally interesting Sister Pelagia mysteries. I could write about these for a long time but ( Read more... ) -
Mornings
I am not a morning person. I am a slugabed, wake-me-when-the-world-is-dark-and-happy-again type, stumbling for the kitchen to get coffee ( Read more... ) -
Words I'm Not Allowed To Play With Any More
In the last couple weeks I've been working on what I hope is a very thorough edit of my new novel, Three Parts Dead. This is part of August Editing Month; I've promised myself that in the month of August I'm not going to start work on another long project, and am instead going to polish the two novels I've finished in the last year until the Mass ( Read more... ) -
Darkest Hour
After a conversation while moving many heavy boxes this weekend, it occurred to me that I hadn't listened to "In My Darkest Hour" by Arlo Guthrie in a long while.
I've never almost cried at work before.
New experiences every day. -
Sherlock Holmes
I saw Harry Potter 6 on Wednesday, which was great -- some of the best acting in the series thus far, and as per usual the special effects were way above par; better even than they often appear in the books, to my mind ( Read more... ) -
Meeting China Mieville
Saw China Mieville yesterday at a Harvard Book Store book signing. Posted my thoughts on my blog: http://www.maxgladstone.com.
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Book of Exodi now available!
I'm in LA with Steph this week, enjoying the rocking weather. And there's more than just the sunshine to celebrate: The Book of Exodi, containing my short story "On Starlit Seas," is now available on Amazon.com ( Read more... )