Monthly Archives: August 2009

Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Cory Doctorow On With A Little Help, For the Win, the Hugos and More

Mur Lafferty [I should be Writing],  interviewing  Cory Doctorow at Tor.com at Worldcon 2009. ML: All right, this is Mur Lafferty, here at Worldcon 2009, with Cory Doctorow. How are you, Cory? CD: I’m a little tired, but I’m definitely … Continue reading

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Back to school donation drive for my books – Boing Boing

Little Brother is one of the most thought provoking books I have read in a while.  I think kids should read this book.  I believe we sometimes take freedom for granted.  Read Little Brother and you will think differently. Content … Continue reading

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Powells.com Interviews – China Mieville

If you get a chance to pick up and read The City and The City by China Mieville do it!  It is one of the best hard-boiled detective books I have a pleasure to read.  It is also one of the … Continue reading

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Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Gaiman and Doctorow Discuss Giving It Away

I am currently reading Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and is very eye opening.  It has been marketed as a young adult book, but it does not matter how old you are it is intense!  It is making me really … Continue reading

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The 2009 Hugo Awards

The 2009 Hugo awards were announced.  I was a little disappointed that Anathem did not win for best novel but, hey, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book is a great book!   Congratulations to Neil and all other winners! # Best Novel: … Continue reading

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Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Anathem, by Neal Stephenson

A great review of one of my all time favorite books Anathem.  I hope this wins the Hugo Award. Anathem is a hugely ambitious book that does indeed fail in some of what it’s trying to do. Where it succeeds … Continue reading

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Terry Pratchett on the right to die – Boing Boing

Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors of all time.  When hearing of his early-onset Alzheimer’s it made me extremely sad.  I am not a people person at all but this guy writes books that make me laugh out … Continue reading

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Tourists Responsible for Deaths of Protected Griffon Vultures in Croatia : EcoWorldly

I bet that most of them are fat americans too.  I think I am going to go and startle fat americans in the middle of the night and see if they have heart attacks and take photos at the same … Continue reading

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Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow

Great review of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother.  I have a books store gift card so this one is definitely, my next purchase! The thing about it though is that it’s such a compelling read. The first time I read it, … Continue reading

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A Challange to the Birther’s!

I can’t believe the birthers making a big stink about the President not presenting his birth certificate and why can’t just show us his birth certificate.  It because, even though he is President, he doesn’t have it.  It is not … Continue reading

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