Angela Slatter's Blog, page 156

Listening to this …

… again, just coz it never gets old.

Go here for The Short Go: A Future in Eight Seconds by Lisa Hannett.

Then when you're done, go here and buy the book.

Dead Red Heart review

Over at the SF Site, the delightful Mario Guslandi reviews Ticonderoga Publications' Dead Red Heart.

And says nice things . Here.

The Isis Unbound Drive-by: Allyson Bird

Allyson is the one on the left ...

Allyson Bird lives in New Zealand with her husband and youngest daughter. Occasionally she is drawn to strange places and people, and they are occasionally drawn to her. Her favourite playground, as a child and adult, has been the village graveyard.
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Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011 edition

It's here! Finally it has arrived!

Huzzah! *snoopy dance*

'Brisneyland by Night' is happily nestled between Jay Lake's 'Mother's Urban Booke of Dayes' and Neil Gaiman's 'The Thing About Cassandra'.

Thanks, Paula Guran and Sean Wallace!

In which elephants are eaten

Lisa Hannett has a new feature over on her blog, Tuesday Therapy.

This week, elephants are eaten here.

The Perfect Getaway

We went away this weekend just passed, for a combination early anniversary, late PhD, and SO's birthday celebration. We went here and it was pure bliss.

I've been wanting to go to the Narrows Escape at Montville for a few years and finally did it.

The cottages are
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A squee is in order

Otters.

Sooo many otters.

The Daily Otter.

The Liff Drive-by: Rob O'Connor

Rob O'Connor is not only one of the most talented, amusing and quirky cartoonists you'll ever come across, he also works at the Very Wonderful Animation Studio Liquid Animation. He is one of my oldest friends and carries with him a series of stories that reflect either badly
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FableCroft! Books! Sale! Christmas Presents!

FableCroft is moving interstate and they are having a HUGE sale. You're looking for Christmas presents, right? You can't go wrong with a FableCroft book!

Go here!!

Now!!

Or I will add more '!!!'!

I'll be checking on you.

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In the mail

The lovely limited edition Hall of Lost Footsteps  from Sara Douglass, with intro by Karen Brooks.

Thanks, Russ.