A new review of Carol Emshwiller’s The Secret City, courtesy of Val’s Random Comments.
The Secret City is a wonderfully understated meditation of being different, of not fitting in.
The Secret City was published in 2007 by Tachyon Publications.
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Amazing Stories loves Ellen Datlow’s Hauntings so much, they want to give you a copy!
Datlow did her homework, and the result is a superb collection of haunting tales…showcases some of the best fiction published over the last twenty years.
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Miniature Mondays! This new acquisition for the Charlotte Smith Miniature Book collections is The Pit and the Pendulum from Edgar Allan Poe. This is designed, published and bound in leather in limited edition of 20 numbered and signed copies by Jarmila Sobota, in Loket, Czech Republic, 2005. See it in the catalog, or stop by anytime to read and admire this tiny work.
Clearly I am a huge sucker for library gifs.
Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized author, fantasy, movie, tour
Be sure to catch Tachyon author and friend Peter S. Beagle on The Last Unicorn Screening Tour.
A secret talisman
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From the Barnes & Noble Review on The Bible Repairman: Powers’s subtle and beautiful prose is never flaunted, but always works in the service of his stories, which are marvels of ellipsis and concision. See the full review.
Jo Walton, Among Others
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Saturday, January 2
3:00 pm
Borderlands Books
We’re so excited to be hosting the brilliant Jo Walton! AMONG OTHERS is a gorgeous tale that uses experiences from Ms. Walton’s life as a starting point for the novel. Walton told John Scalzi “For me, writing is always about the emotional truth, and it’s always at a little distance. There’s less distance in this book than with anything I wrote before, and more than anything else I kept asking myself if I had the right to write this, and what it was going to mean to me for other people to read it. I’m still not sure about that.”
In addition to its semi-autobiographical elements, AMONG OTHERS is about the love of reading, and particularly the life-changing aspects of science fiction.
Do yourself a favor and do not miss this event.
Jo Walton, Among Others
Alec Checkerfield blog, Events 0
Saturday, January 2
3:00 pm
Borderlands Books
We’re so excited to be hosting the brilliant Jo Walton! AMONG OTHERS is a gorgeous tale that uses experiences from Ms. Walton’s life as a starting point for the novel. Walton told John Scalzi “For me, writing is always about the emotional truth, and it’s always at a little distance. There’s less distance in this book than with anything I wrote before, and more than anything else I kept asking myself if I had the right to write this, and what it was going to mean to me for other people to read it. I’m still not sure about that.”
In addition to its semi-autobiographical elements, AMONG OTHERS is about the love of reading, and particularly the life-changing aspects of science fiction.
Do yourself a favor and do not miss this event.
Katharine Kerr, Apocalypse to Go
Saturday, February 11th
3:00 pm
Borderlands Books
Apocalypse to Go is the third in the Nola O’Grady urban fantasy series by Katherine Kerr. Don’t miss this explosive entry in the newest series by one of fantasy’s most established and respected authors!
From the publisher:
Nola O’Grady has enough trouble when a were-leopard accuses her of receiving stolen property. But when her younger brother Michael goes searching for their missing father, he lands himself and his brother, Sean, in a world of hurt –quite literally –in a deviant world version of San Francisco. Can Nola and her partner in the Apocalypse Squad, Israeli Interpol agent Ari Nathan, find her brothers in time to save them from death by radiation poisoning? The search will lead them through a city of secrets, but the worst secret of all lurks at the heart of the only thing Nola loves more than Ari: her family.
Katharine Kerr, Apocalypse to Go
Saturday, February 11th
3:00 pm
Borderlands Books
Apocalypse to Go is the third in the Nola O’Grady urban fantasy series by Katherine Kerr. Don’t miss this explosive entry in the newest series by one of fantasy’s most established and respected authors!
From the publisher:
Nola O’Grady has enough trouble when a were-leopard accuses her of receiving stolen property. But when her younger brother Michael goes searching for their missing father, he lands himself and his brother, Sean, in a world of hurt –quite literally –in a deviant world version of San Francisco. Can Nola and her partner in the Apocalypse Squad, Israeli Interpol agent Ari Nathan, find her brothers in time to save them from death by radiation poisoning? The search will lead them through a city of secrets, but the worst secret of all lurks at the heart of the only thing Nola loves more than Ari: her family.
Bibliophiles Love Charles deLint
We appreciate that the book lovers over at the Bibliophilic Book Blog appreciate Charles de Lint’s Eyes Like Leaves, giving it 4.5 stars, summing up:
“Fraught with magic, evil, mages, and warriors, Eyes Like Leaves is a captivating book. A wonderful novel for all fans of Irish mythology and of Charles de Lint’s as well.”