I like to think that the overly-long title captures the essence of what's been transpiring over the past week or so on a relatively new spec fic blog, The Speculative Scotsman. Although the subject matter (negative reviews and the possible impact they could have, as well as writers who value/discount such reviews, among other things) is rather well-trod, I found the wit and humor contained i...
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- The San Francisco book fair is this weekend: Ian's offering dispatches from the floor, and you can also follow along with him on Twitter. - 2009 was a good year for odd book titles, apparently. The Bookseller's "Oddest Book Title of the Year" has drawn a record number of nominations, the Independent reports. The shortlist will be announced on 19 February. - The deadline for feedback on...
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This week’s book review is The Conqueror’s Shadow by Ari Marmell. Marmell cut his teeth on some tie-in / gaming novels and this is his first non-shared world/original fantasy novel. He’s got another one coming out from Pyr in the near future, but this one from Bantam Spectra is promising: Part of what Marmell seems to be doing in The Conqueror’s Shadow with Rebaine is ask t...
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Katy is a Mennonite girl of the Old Order who gets a special opportunity to go to a high school in the neighboring town. She's anxious to learn and expand her world. Her life is a bit different from most girls in her community, her thirst to learn on top of the fact that her mother abandoned her community has always made her feel a bit like an outsider. Unfortunately, she isn't warmly we...
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