Readings & Watchings 5

Posted on April 23, 2010 by iansales

Time to look in the bucket once again after another shift at the coalface of culture. You know how this works… Books The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie (2006), was March’s book for my 2010 Reading Challenge. I reviewed it here. A White Bird of Kinship trilogy, Richard Cowper, which comprises The Road to Corlay (1978), [...]

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Fantasy Challenge #3: The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie

Posted on April 16, 2010 by iansales

Yes, I should have posted this last month. But with one thing and another, I didn’t actually get to the book until early April, and I only finished it a couple of days ago. And I still have April’s book for the fantasy challenge to read and review. But, The Blade Itself… I had high [...]

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Readings & Watchings 4

Posted on April 9, 2010 by iansales

I’m going to number these Reading & Watchings posts from now on. This year, they’re working out at sort of monthly, but I don’t want to keep to a regular schedule – as it depends on how much I’ve read and watched since the last post. Numbering them seems like an acceptable compromise. Anyway, since [...]

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Little shiny things…

Posted on April 5, 2010 by iansales

… given to people. AKA awards. It is the season for it. This weekend at the Eastercon, the winners of the BSFA Awards were announced, as were the shortlists for the Hugo Awards. And here they are – the fiction shortlists and winners – accompanied by some thoughts about them by Yours Truly. BSFA Awards [...]

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The Best Science Fiction Series

Posted on April 2, 2010 by iansales

The gauntlet has been laid down, and I’m up for the challenge. What do I think are the best science fiction series? For this list, I’ve defined a series as more than a trilogy, or a series of standalone novels set in the same universe and sharing a linked chronology. I actually put together a [...]

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Book pimpage

Posted on April 2, 2010 by iansales

If I were at the Eastercon this weekend, then I’m sure Andy Remic would buy me a couple of beers for posting his promo video here on my blog, if he were at the Eastercon too. The short horrifying film below is to promote Andy’s latest novel, Soul Stealers, due to be published at the [...]

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