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Or just say to hell with the old stuff, and pick a Tor.com novella that was published this month, Made Things by Adrian TchaikovskyOk I'll stop now.
Going back many more years, Eric's suggestion of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, published in 1847, is appealing.Phantastes by George MacDonald was published in 1858. Wikipedia claims it's widely considered to be the first fantasy novel ever written for adults.
We're all adults here aren't we?
John (Taloni) wrote: "Fantasy...classic...short. Is there such a thing?"some suggestions
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Black Gods Kiss by C.L. Moore
It's the final round. I looked thru each category and I've read only two books, Tiamat's Wrath and They Called Us Enemy, so I voted for them.
This is very disappointing news (from Nov 15)All the freelance writers who worked on Barnes & Noble blogs, including the SF&F blog, have been let go
https://twitter.com/adribbleofink/sta...
Has anyone read anything about this that's not a tweet?
10 Reasons I Don’t Read or Write Listicles (And You Shouldn’t, Either)https://observer.com/2016/06/ten-reas...
The Supreme Laser took some time off from NaNoWriMo this morning to write some song lyrics...
It's Worldcon time again.https://conzealand.nz/registrations
Supporting memberships are $75 NZD ($48 USD)
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Tassie Dave wrote: "The wiki page says all 10 episodes will be released Dec. 13"Terrific!
Trike, if you still want to call in sick for the whole month, you have our permission.
Trike wrote: "So yeah, I’m calling in sick to work for all of December."Will we need the whole month? Will Amazon stream one episode a week or all the episodes at once?
I'm not sure what they are trying to do; establish him as a hard-luck case, as someone who takes a licking and keeps on ticking, or all of the above.
Second episode is out, so when they say new episodes on Friday at 12:00 AM they mean first thing Friday.The Mandalorian is a hard-luck dude so far.
Ok, I'm just helping out until Dara Dara has some time again.The Disappearance of John M. Ford
https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/joh...
My introduction to Ford's work was thru his Star Trek novels. I didn't know much about him, but I'd like to read more of his work.
