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July 10, 2017
It’s Monday, What Are You… (7/10)
…Reading? On Twitter, @bexthebookninja is hosting an informal #reReadathon this week. Above is my laughably large TRB stack for it, especially considering I want finish Club Deception by Sarah Skilton (an ARC) by its publication date next week. It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, hosted by Book Date! …Listening To? I haven’t seen Baby Driver, but I’d heard … 
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July 9, 2017
WesterCon 70 ~ Part 2: Science and Writing
Part 1: Steampunk & 19th Century F&SF I was glad to see a healthy science track during this convention. Science, especially space exploration, is important to speculative fiction, but I think that sometimes science for laymen is hard to do so it gets overlooked. On Saturday, we attended “Year of the Dwarf Planet” with Dave … 
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July 5, 2017
WesterCon 70 ~ Part 1: Steampunk & 19th Century F&SF
Aside from our 2013 trip to San Diego ComicCon, Eric and I hadn’t been to a convention since…probably WesterCon in 2009. The difference between ComicCon and conventions like WesterCon is that there are less media personalities and more panels featuring science fiction and fantasy writers and artists. At least, that’s my experience of the con. … 
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July 3, 2017
It’s Monday, What Are You… (7/3)
…Reading? What am I reading this week? Still working on Believe Me by Eddie Izzard and still haven’t started Club Deception by Sarah Skilton. Also on my plate, short fiction! “The (Zeroes and) Ones We Love” by Samuel Marzioli (Deal Me In) “The Prognosticant” by Matthew Hughes (last story in the May/June issue of Magazine of Fantasy & Science … 
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July 1, 2017
Deal Me In, Week 26 ~ “Charles”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Charles” by Shirley Jackson Card picked: 6♥ From: The Lottery, and other stories The Story I don’t know whether I’ve read this story before or whether I’ve simply heard about this story before. “Charles” might be the most famous of Shirley Jackson’s domestic tales. The day … 
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June 26, 2017
It’s Monday, What Are You… (6/26)
…Reading? My reading has gone a bit off the rails lately. Well, it’s summer; everything is off the rails. I hate summer… For this week, the mid-point of the year, I’m going to try to finish the May/June issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction in order to review it on Thursday. Additionally, I’ll pick at … 
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June 22, 2017
Review ~ The Last Days of Night
This book was provided to me by Random House Publishing Group via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to … 
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June 20, 2017
Deal Me In, Week 24 ~ “The Stoker Memorandum”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “The Stoker Memorandum” by Lavie Tidhar Card picked: K♣ From: Daily Science Fiction, Jan. 20, 2012 I’ve read and enjoyed Lavie Tidhar’s science fiction anthology/novel Central Station, but I hadn’t dipped into what might be more up alley: his Victorian steampunk series the Bookman Histories. Until now… … 
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June 19, 2017
It’s Monday, What Are You… (6/19)
…Reading? Should finish The Last Days of Night in the next day or two. As I was reading I thought, “This would make a great TV series.” Turns out, it’s already been optioned as a movie. I decided to switch out a couple of books on my 10-ish Books of Summer list under the pretense … 
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June 15, 2017
Review ~ The Lost World
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle Professor Challenger–Doyle’s most famous character after Sherlock Holmes–leads an expedition into the deepest jungles of South America. Together, the men–a young journalist, an adventurer and an aristocrat–along with their bearers and guides, search for a rumored country and encounter savagery, hardship and betrayal on the way. But things … 
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