I am not going. However, thanks to Scalzi pointing out that supporting members get access to the 2011 Hugo Voters Packet, I am now supporting. And more importantly, reading all the nominees for Best Novel, Best Short Story, etc, on my phone. All for US$50, which is an absolute bargain ( Read more... )

Instead of writing up my trip home, I spent the days between Xmas and New Year reading a free copy of Cryoburn on my phone ( Read more... )

Quite like this by Albert Geertjes, though the magazine Boek where I first saw it has a nicer photo.


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Today's pick of the objects found in Amnesty's book donations; faded but still cool, it's Jodhpur Man:


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This will only make sense to those who've read the Anne of Green Gables series but someone described me as having "Titian hair" for the first time ever today. It made me smile.

This should cheer up any Monday: the cutest thing found among the books donated to Amnesty.


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To those with podcast recs, you've saved everyone from the Bored Song. Also to those who sent me series and links to free audiobooks, rrc in particular has gone above and beyond.

I never really listened to audiobooks before as they don't get the words to my brain fast enough, compared with reading, but I've really enjoyed listening to A Christmas ( Read more... )

Apart from leaving Amnesty wonderful books, people leave wonderful things in the books. Photos, letters, tickets, drawings, etc. This is one of the oldest finds and still one of my favourites:


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Up and down Charing Cross Road I trudged. Foyles hoped to have it by the end of the day, Borders was kinda blank and Blackwells checked their order but couldn't swear to an arrival date. Waterstone's near Tottenham Court Road has been closed since works started on Crossrail. It was getting towards the end of lunch, without lunch ( Read more... )

There seems to be a bit of confusion over when Terry Pratchett's latest Discworld novel will be available. Basically, people in the UK should check their bookshops today and not wait 'til 8 October.

Apparently, there's such a thing as an "on sale" date and a "publication" date. (See Definitions for the Perplexed, American source but mostly ( Read more... )