Daily Archives: January 31, 2010

Le Guin’s Lavinia Up for British Science Fiction Award

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Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel Lavinia is on the short list for the British Science Fiction Association Award. The U.S. edition (seen at left) is published by Harcourt and can be ordered from Powell’s. The British edition (right) is from … Continue reading →


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Amazon’s Response to Macmillan

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I must admit, I find the breast-beating about MacMillan having a monopoly on the product they produce — as if books were a natural resource dug from the ground and MacMillan were cornering the market — a bit…disengenuous. Dear Customers: … Continue reading →


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Writers on Writing . . . I’m Flat!

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When Jane Yolen bought my first book over twenty years ago, she told me that she loved my story-telling, but my prose was  . . . flat. Flat! Wail! Flail!  But . . . but . . . didn’t she … Continue reading →


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Bead Creatures

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Time for a bit of a change, a breather. Here are a few new bead creatures (created before my stint as a Lesser Tree Sloth, when the opposable thumb was happier and I was in primate mode). Here’s an anemone … Continue reading →


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