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An Avid Reader Special: Jennifer Lowe’s Five Most- Anticipated Reads Of 2016

During December, four avid readers shared their Top 5 reads of 2015. Now I have asked the same readers to reveal their most anticipated books for 2016 — following the same order as last time, i.e. Jennifer, Paul, Karen, and Janine.

If there isn’t a current cover, I’ll either deploy one from an earlier book in a series, or use none.

So here, without further ado, is Jennifer’s list:

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I am looking forward to reading Helen’s Daughter of Blood and any books written by the authors in my ‘best of 2...

“Daughter of Blood” News — And The Week Ahead

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Daughter of Blood News:

As I said on Thursday, “Book is coming” — and this week delivered more pre-publication build up for Daughter Of Blood.

The book has now had a second review, this one from Romantic Times, which concluded:

“Sprawling, vividly detailed and consistently intriguing … A heady, imaginative tale full of Lowe’s haunting prose and bold characters that builds to a startling climax that will leave readers anxious for more.”

Daughter Of Blood also received a mention on Kirkus,...

58 Eridani: Episode 5

~ by Andrew Robins
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58 Eridani: Episode 5
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There is a thing

There is a thing that exists

The thing that exists is not I

There is a thing that exists that is not I

There is a thing that exists that is I that is a thing called OUTRAGE

All things that exist must be I

I am a thing that exists that is called OUTRAGE

I am OUTRAGE

All things must be OUTRAGE

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58 Eridani Analogue Reference 1 – 407.959146 standard solar years since first embrace.

Interesting. A new consciousness emerges on...

Just Arrived: “The Labyrinth Of Flame” (Book III, Shattered Sigil Series) by Courtney Schafer

I am always pleased to get a book-shaped parcel in my post office box, but this one was extra special for a number of reasons.

Firstly, Courtney Schafer is a friend not only in writing, but also in epic fantasy, so that makes receiving the book personal in the best kind of way.

It’s also the 3rd & final book in Courtney’s Shattered Sigil series, which has had a pretty rocky road to publication since publisher Night Shade books exited the market (unexpectedly) several years back. That meant Co...

Book Is Coming…

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…very soon now with publication day for Daughter Of Blood just 20 days away.

Just a few days ago I tweeted that I had my first interview question ahead of release day — and now I have 3 more interviews queued for my answers. Which is kinda cool.

And by way of a headsup, the next advance chapter release is to be next week, back on SF Signal again on Wednesday 13 (US time.)

It will be the first Malian chapter this time—just for those of you worry whether or not she will be in the book...

Thanking My 2015 Contributors

Tis not only the time of year for lists, but also for thanking my 2015 contributors, who by definition are awesome.

However, to fully acknowledge their awesome (as is only right and proper) here is the 2015 Contributors’ Roll of Honour.

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Rebecca Fisher and Big Worlds On Small Screens

Photo: Wei Li

Rebecca took a short vacation from Big Worlds On Small Screens this year (although I suspect it was more of a study break) but otherwise she has been posting every fortnight for 2.5 years — no sma...

The Most-Read “Tuesday Poem” Posts Of 2015

Yesterday I featured the 10 “Most-Read” posts of “…on Anything, Really” from 2015, only one of which was a poem—Frankie McMillan’s “at night my dead mother appears wanting soup” featuring at No. 8, overall.

But for the past five years Tuesday has been poetry day, so I’ve decided to honour the Muses of poetry (Calliope, Erato, and Polyhymnia) with the 10 most-read poetry posts. You already know the first one from yesterday, but the others are:
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1. July 14 — “at night my dead mother appears wa...

The Most-Read Posts of “…On Anything Really” From 2015

It is that time of year—and that means time to share the “… on Anything, Really” 10 most-read posts of 2015.

Interestingly, it was a year of ‘clusters’, with the top two posts both falling in February, albeit at different ends of the month, with another in early March. Early April sees two well-read posts very close together, with another two in reasonable proximity in July, but the end of year is not neglected, with two of our 10 in November and December respectively.

Now let’s check out the...

Calendar Love

From the outside…

One of the things I love about New Year is breaking out the new calendars–and this year I have three:

The NZ House & Garden calendar for the kitchen, a small calendar with NZ ‘golden age of travel’ posters for the living room, and the “World According to Curly Girl” for the study.

Plus the ubiquitous black diary, of course — all the pages “mostly” still blank.

… and in.

But am sure that will change: it usually does, pretty quick-smart once everything opens up gain in the new...

58 Eridani: Episode 4

~ by Andrew Robins
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This just keeps on getting weirder and weirder. So, hot pilot Amelia Delaware (thats me!) did her thing and we are now all synced up with what “Le-panto “ tells us we should be calling 025.456791 LV 1.

None of us were expecting to see a Mercury Programme Launch Vehicle in this system. I mean those things only exist in temples, right?

But that is what we are looking at. Or at least a very pr...