Hi I think I've posted a picture of this hobbit hole in my neighborhood before, but now there's something new there.


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That book is AMAZING! (Well, Neil Gaiman...) I just saw this:

American Gods adds Corbin Bernsen as VulcanNow well into its filming schedule, the TV series based on Neil Gaiman's book American Gods isn't finished adding cast members. Corbin Benson has now signed up, set to play the ancient god Vulcan ( Read more... )

Take 5 minutes and read  “JOCK”: The tale of the roguish little dog I had when I was 7 years old  on The Coffeelicious at Medium.com.

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For the nty-nth time:


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from JSTOR Daily

#1000BlackGirlBooks and the Importance of Diversity in Children’s Literature
Recently book-Twitter was gloriously taken over by the hashtag #1000blackgirlbooks, due to the diligence of a remarkable 11-year old named Marley Dias. Tired of her 6th grade curriculum full of “books about white boys and their dogs,” Dias decided to ( Read more... )

I've just finished reading Janet Kagan's Hellspark for the first time in many years, and I found it a delight. Of course, part of that is because its protagonist (a woman, BTW) is a linguist and master polyglot- not just an incidental fact mentioned in passing, but so integral to the plot and construction that I am strongly tempted to call this a ( Read more... )

Go read Aldersprig's A Tribute - Where Dreams Live.

Why, you ask?

It begins
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Last night I finished rereading Ringworld for the umpty-seventh time. It's actually been quite a while, so long that, for example, I'd forgotten what the Eye was. So I got to discover some of the surprises in the book all over again. :-)

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But meanwhile new storms are rising. It may be that we shall need Holger Danske again.

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