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January 10, 2012
Bibliotheka Phantastika
I was pleased to come across a lovely review of Acacia - Macht und Verrat (The War with the Mein) - at the German website Bibliotheka Phantastika.Looks like they've been kind enough to make it their book of the month. Very pleased about that, and I love it that they mention the coming of the third volume in Germany too! I'm not sure when it's going to pub, but I'm thrilled it's on the way.
January 5, 2012
Neth Space Year in Review...
...is up, and he's got a short list of good books - in my admittedly biased opinion.
Check it out: HERE.
Check it out: HERE.
January 2, 2012
A Few 2011 Year in Review Links
Strange Horizons has an expansive collection of the year's highlights from lots of different reviewers. It's a bit overwhelming, but there are some interesting titles in there. Check it out: Here.
The OF Blog has just put its list of it's 25 top book picks from last year. The Sacred Band is one of them. Lots of great books there. Check it out: HERE.
SciFiGuy.ca has a long list of titles up, with comments about most of them. This guy must read a lot. Check it out: Here.
The OF Blog has just put its list of it's 25 top book picks from last year. The Sacred Band is one of them. Lots of great books there. Check it out: HERE.
SciFiGuy.ca has a long list of titles up, with comments about most of them. This guy must read a lot. Check it out: Here.
The OF Blog: 2011 in Review
The OF Blog has just put its list of it's 25 top book picks from last year. The Sacred Band is one of them. Lots of great books there.
Check it out: HERE.
Check it out: HERE.
January 1, 2012
Happy New Year
Happy New Year, folks! I hope it's a great one for you.We had a lovely New Year's Eve here at Upper Park. Had some friends over for a couple of days. Lots of laughs, MarioKart, wine and great food. We set off fireworks, and watched other ones erupt from a few different spots on the surrounding hills. Resolutions were made. Some will be kept. As ever.
December 26, 2011
These Last Few Days
Had a lovely few festive days recently. Very Scottish.
It began on Christmas Eve, when the family headed out to see the traditional "panto" at the Pitlochry Festival Theater. This time they did Sleeping Beauty. Very silly version, lots of audience participation and laughs, a disco time travel thing...
The best part, though, was that my daughter, Maya, had a role in it! She's not in the photo above, but she was one of the faeries. Speaking lines and everything! She's doing quite a few performances over the holidays, and she's loving it. I have to admit being really impressed with her performance. Also... well, it's a really Scottish show. By Scots, for Scots, filled with Scottish humor and accents. And my daughter held her own there, one of the locals at the moment. That was fun to watch.
On Christmas day we did the usual present thing, and then took a windy walk in the shifting, dramatic Scottish weather. The sky was filled with drama, high clouds, low sunlight, rain to one side, wind everywhere, a bit of snow on the mountains, and... (I'm not kidding) several rainbows. Really lovely. Later it was great food and some Glenrothes single malt, Settlers of Catan and then the animated film The Illusionist. Good stuff all.
In whatever way you're spending these last few days, I hope you're having a lovely time and are looking toward the new year with enthusiasm and optimism!
It began on Christmas Eve, when the family headed out to see the traditional "panto" at the Pitlochry Festival Theater. This time they did Sleeping Beauty. Very silly version, lots of audience participation and laughs, a disco time travel thing...
The best part, though, was that my daughter, Maya, had a role in it! She's not in the photo above, but she was one of the faeries. Speaking lines and everything! She's doing quite a few performances over the holidays, and she's loving it. I have to admit being really impressed with her performance. Also... well, it's a really Scottish show. By Scots, for Scots, filled with Scottish humor and accents. And my daughter held her own there, one of the locals at the moment. That was fun to watch.On Christmas day we did the usual present thing, and then took a windy walk in the shifting, dramatic Scottish weather. The sky was filled with drama, high clouds, low sunlight, rain to one side, wind everywhere, a bit of snow on the mountains, and... (I'm not kidding) several rainbows. Really lovely. Later it was great food and some Glenrothes single malt, Settlers of Catan and then the animated film The Illusionist. Good stuff all.
In whatever way you're spending these last few days, I hope you're having a lovely time and are looking toward the new year with enthusiasm and optimism!
December 24, 2011
Merry Christmas To Me
....From The Washington Post.
I heard last week that a review of The Sacred Band was coming from The Washington Post. Been wondering ever since who was going to write it and what he/she was going to say. Now I know.
It's a terrific piece from none other than the marvelous Jeff VanderMeer! He says all sorts of lovely things. He writes:
"The Sacred Band... provides a deeply satisfying conclusion to an ethnically diverse series in which Durham has proved just as comfortable exploring the uses of power as conjuring up strange magic."
I'm very pleased.
You could read the whole thing HERE: if you're so inclined.
I heard last week that a review of The Sacred Band was coming from The Washington Post. Been wondering ever since who was going to write it and what he/she was going to say. Now I know.
It's a terrific piece from none other than the marvelous Jeff VanderMeer! He says all sorts of lovely things. He writes:
"The Sacred Band... provides a deeply satisfying conclusion to an ethnically diverse series in which Durham has proved just as comfortable exploring the uses of power as conjuring up strange magic."
I'm very pleased.
You could read the whole thing HERE: if you're so inclined.
December 22, 2011
A Friend in Romania?
Apparently so. Or, I should say, it appears the Acacia Trilogy has a friend in Romania. I like that...Review HERE.
December 21, 2011
Looks like the second volume of Acacia: The War with the ...
Looks like the second volume of Acacia: The War with the Mein is to hit shelves in Portugal in January.
It's called Acácia - Presságios de Inverno .
Cool. That means something like "Omens of Winter". (Not to be confused with "Winter is Coming", of course...) If I'm not mistaken, this isn't The Other Lands , even though they've revamped the German cover of that book for this one. All quite complicated.
Here's an announcement of it at Bela Lugosi is Dead. And here's what it will look like:
It's called Acácia - Presságios de Inverno .
Cool. That means something like "Omens of Winter". (Not to be confused with "Winter is Coming", of course...) If I'm not mistaken, this isn't The Other Lands , even though they've revamped the German cover of that book for this one. All quite complicated.
Here's an announcement of it at Bela Lugosi is Dead. And here's what it will look like:
December 20, 2011
Sheeran #4
And here's my last attempt to convince you this guy's got talent.
"Wayfaring Stranger":
"Wayfaring Stranger":
