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Veronica and Tom briefly discussed Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin, who is featured in a Netflix series that I haven't watched yet, but plan to. In LeBlanc's novel The Blonde Lady: Being A Record Of The Duel Of Wits Between Arsene Lupin And The English Detective, the name of the English Detective varies by publisher and edition. He is known as Herlock Sholmès in US translations, and Holmlock Shears in UK translations. However, there are a few editions of the book where he is known by his true name...
I have a copy of this vintage paperback, but the pages are browned and brittle, so I'll probably read the Gutenberg edition...
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24839
Donald HamiltonIan Fleming
I miss the Most Read Authors feature of Goodreads which made answering this question very easy.
SFWA Announces 56th Annual Nebula Award Winnershttp://nebulas.sfwa.org/sfwa-announce...
Best Novel: Network Effect by Martha Wells
Best Novella: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
The Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
I looked at a list of films based on Alistair MacLean's novels. Most of them are memorable. Now I feel like I should find out which ones can be streamed and have a binge.
Jerimy wrote: "Read The Satan Bug by Alistair Maclean. This is a detective, spy, thriller that is full of twists and turns. Apparently, it has been turned into a movie. I have not seen this movie, but I have seen..."The movie is a very good thriller. Check it out if you can. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059678/
2019 The Year I Retired After 40 Years Working for the Man2020 The Year I Was Going to Take My First European Vacation and the Pandemic Began
2021 The Year Wearing a Mask Became Normal
Trike wrote: "I posted io9’s June SFF roundup in Quick Burns and noticed these variations on a theme for books coming out soon:"Full body portraits without facial features were 50% off last month.
If you're curious about science fiction and fantasy awards over the years, check outscience fiction awards+ database
http://www.sfadb.com/
with many ways to search for authors and titles of interest
Tom is hosting a virtual author event with Christian Cantrell discussing science fictional thriller Scorpion.May 26 7:00 PM Pacific
https://www.mystgalaxy.com/cantrell52621
Possible future S+L pick?
The book is featured on Tom's shelf today
Veronica's back!
Punctuation in novels by Adam J Calhounhttps://medium.com/@neuroecology/punc...
A look at some of the author's favorite books, without words, including Frankenstein: The 1818 Text and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with extra added colorful punctuation heatmaps.
and I couldn't post my comment as a reply which has italicssomething weird going on with Goodreads posting
Pretty good description of Mbot becoming a catMbot!
The artist who made the video also posts Murderbot fan art from time to time...https://twitter.com/cryptidmar/status...
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the 2021 Aurora Awards nominees for works done in 2020 by Canadians, to be voted on by CSFFA members and handed out Oct 16, 2021 at Can-Con.https://prixaurorawards.ca/home/archi...
Nominees for Best Novel are
Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed
A Connecticut Gumshoe in King Arthur's Court by Randy McCharles
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Oppenheimer Alternative by Robert J. Sawyer
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
Like the Nebulas in the US, many other awards are given. See the article for a complete list.
