Sarah Monette's Blog, page 103
March 11, 2009
UBC: Dragon in Chains & The Drowning City
Downum, Amanda [
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stillsostrange]. The Drowning City. New York: Orbit Books, in press.
Fox, Daniel [
moshui]. Dragon in Chains. New York: Del Rey-Ballantine, 2009.
These are both books that were sent to me in hopes of getting a blurb, and they're both going to get one. What I wanted to say here--aside from recommending both of them--is a comment about how diverse the possibilities are in the genre of secondary world fantasy. Both of these books take place in imaginary worlds. Both reject default-fant
stillsostrange]. The Drowning City. New York: Orbit Books, in press.Fox, Daniel [
moshui]. Dragon in Chains. New York: Del Rey-Ballantine, 2009.These are both books that were sent to me in hopes of getting a blurb, and they're both going to get one. What I wanted to say here--aside from recommending both of them--is a comment about how diverse the possibilities are in the genre of secondary world fantasy. Both of these books take place in imaginary worlds. Both reject default-fant
March 10, 2009
Waterlog
TIME: 49 min.
DISTANCE: 5.3 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 179.4 mi.
DISTRACTION: "The Deadly Decoy Affair"
NOTES: I remain a slave to David McCallum's left eyebrow.
SHIRE RECKONING: We have camped in the western part of the Marshes.
DISTANCE: 5.3 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 179.4 mi.
DISTRACTION: "The Deadly Decoy Affair"
NOTES: I remain a slave to David McCallum's left eyebrow.
SHIRE RECKONING: We have camped in the western part of the Marshes.
March 9, 2009
portrait of Shakespeare from life?
(found via
matociquala)
Article in Time.
Stanley Wells is a respected Shakespearean scholar (as opposed to a crackpot of any of the multihued stripes of Shakespearean crackpot out there), so whether or not this is really Shakespeare, I believe that there are good reasons for investigating.
The portrait reminds me strongly of an Elizabethan other than Shakespeare, but I cannot for the life of me tell you who.
matociquala)Article in Time.
Stanley Wells is a respected Shakespearean scholar (as opposed to a crackpot of any of the multihued stripes of Shakespearean crackpot out there), so whether or not this is really Shakespeare, I believe that there are good reasons for investigating.
The portrait reminds me strongly of an Elizabethan other than Shakespeare, but I cannot for the life of me tell you who.
March 8, 2009
Waterlog
TIME: 48 min.
DISTANCE: 5.1 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 174.1 mi.
DISTRACTION: "The Terbuf Affair"
NOTES: Illya's atrocious hat is only redeemed by the fact that he keeps his incindiary charges in it.
SHIRE RECKONING: We have entered the Midgewater Marshes. Pippin remembers now that he left the bug spray at the Prancing Pony.
DISTANCE: 5.1 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 174.1 mi.
DISTRACTION: "The Terbuf Affair"
NOTES: Illya's atrocious hat is only redeemed by the fact that he keeps his incindiary charges in it.
SHIRE RECKONING: We have entered the Midgewater Marshes. Pippin remembers now that he left the bug spray at the Prancing Pony.
