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John (Taloni) wrote: "Hey, I'm expecting hot beak on beak action with Agnes' quickly growing rooster and the demon chicken. Dust-Wife has already referenced his spurs coming in.(Pepe Le Pew voice) Cluck cluck...."
Still obsessing about chickens?!? Mars Needs Chickens!
Ok, this is not a nomination or a second; it's a notification of nominational interest. I don't care if "nominational" is not a word. A couple of people nominated/seconded The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind by Jackson Ford and it's on sale today so here is a linkhttps://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Could...
Paul wrote: "Mark wrote: "Trike wrote: "And why are you in Canada?"O Canada! our home and native land!
True patriot-love in all thy sons command.
The anthem has been amended. The line now goes:
"True patriot..."
I apologize to all Canadians for not knowing that.
Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury is on sale for $1.99https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085N3NDDG/
"Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveler prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivaled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional power."
It took me a while, but I finally found copies of all the Cowboy Bebop trade paperbacks and read them. Overall, the writers and artists did a good job of capturing the spirit of the tv show.https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Also awarded at ALA, the Alex Awards, which recognize the ten best adult books that appeal to teen readers, including a few SF&F titles (linked).https://www.tor.com/2023/01/30/john-s...
The 2023 Alex Award winners are:
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin (Pamela Dorman Books)
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
Chef’s Kiss, written by Jarrett Melendez, illustrated by Danica Brine (Oni Press)
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (Harper Voyager)
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster)
Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora (Hogarth)
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. written and illustrated by James Spooner (Harper)
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Tor Books)
True Biz by Sara Nović (Random House)
Wash Day Diaries, written by Jamila Rowser, illustrated by Robyn Smith (Chronicle Books)
Trike wrote: "And why are you in Canada?"Sword and Laser is going international starting with our neighbor to the north. While Veronica spearheads Sword and Laser Eh, Tom is planning the S&L expansion into Korea.
Suggestions for future global expansion welcome.
Trike wrote: "And why are you in Canada?"O Canada! our home and native land!
True patriot-love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
And stand on guard, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
[Chorus:]
O Canada, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
John Scalzi is the 2023 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award.https://twitter.com/Balticon/status/1...
The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. It will be presented at Balticon2023
Scalzi on winning the award
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/01/2...
It turns out that the forthcoming Murderbot tale is a full-length novel (with cover reveal)!https://www.tor.com/2023/01/24/cover-...
System Collapse by Martha Wells is coming November 24, 2023 from Tordotcom Publishing
Just finished Blitz by Daniel O'Malley, the third book in The Checquy Files, and very different from the earlier books in the series. There are two tales told in Blitz, one set early in WW2 London and the other set a few months after the second book, with all new characters. Very entertaining.
chile
If you start digging into interactive books, you can explore this sitehttps://jeremydouglass.github.io/tran...
which maps story paths, and in some cases, assesses the outcomes.
The only game books I've read are Star Trek: Voyage to Adventure by Michael J. Dodge and Star Trek: Phaser Fight by Barbara Siegel. The first book has 46 endings and the second has 28 endings. Both books have terrific cover art. I guess I was a little underwhelmed by the stories which are similar. Michael Dodge is a pseudonym of John M. Ford who has written some terrific science fiction and fantasy novels, including a couple of very entertaining Star Trek novels.
Trike wrote: "Finished Hammered, now reading Hammered, with Hammered on deck. Really."Then Hammered?
