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Writing in the Digital Age: You Guess — Nook, Micronook, Nooksoft, or MSNook?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Nook and Microsoft, sitting in a tree, K * I * S * S * I * N * G First comes books, then comes hardware, Then comes software with nightmare support. It is still just a rumor, but with … Continue reading →


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Writing in the Digital Age: Nook Press – A Boon, or Boondoggle?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Will Collaboration Tools in Nook Press make it the Next Best Thing? I dithered about whether or not to make Nook Press my topic today. There are other exciting things happening in the world of writing in the digital age … Continue reading →


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Stage Adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness

Posted on April 12, 2013 by
Left Hand of Darkness Playbill

Portland Playhouse and Hand2Mouth Theatre team up to stage a new adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin’s 1969 gender-bending tale of love, jealousy, power and betrayal. Sometimes, we have to leave our own time and place to understand ourselves. Hand2Mouth Theatre and Portland … Continue reading →


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David D. Levine reads “Letter to the Editor” on Tales to Terrify

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

You can now hear BVC member David D. Levine reading his story “Letter to the Editor” from The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination (featured here during Mad Scientist Week) on the latest Tales to Terrify podcast: http://talestoterrify.com/tales-to-terrify-show-no-65-joe-r-lansdale-david-d-levine/


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Celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

On the occasion of the publication of three new books by BVC founding member Ursula K. Le Guin, Book View Café takes great pleasure in celebrating our colleague. Over the course of this week. BVC blog will present several essays … Continue reading →


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Roc-Con 2012 Guest of Honor Report

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

Roc-Con 2012 was even bigger and better than Roc-Con 2011. In the midst of the Fringe Festival, Rochester’s anime, horror, and science fiction fandom was out in full force Friday-Sunday at the Main Street Armory.Huge applause goes to the remarkable … Continue reading →


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BVC releases new mystery: A Fatal Twist of Lemon

Posted on July 31, 2012 by
A Fatal Twist of Lemon

A Fatal Twist of Lemon by Patrice Greenwood Cops drink coffee. They don’t belong in Ellen Rosings’s Victorian tearoom. But when her opening day thank-you tea ends in the murder of the president of the Santa Fe Preservation Trust, the … Continue reading →


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Help: German Title for French Fried

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

The new German edition of French Fried is nearing completion – estimated publication date: July, 2012 – and I’m looking for a title. All suggestions welcome. It doesn’t have to be a straight translation of the existing title which, after … Continue reading →


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The Impossible Cube Released

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

We interrupt our usual blog for a joyous announcement: The Impossible Cube, by BVC’s own Steven Harper, has arrived in bookstores and is available for print and electronic sale! The Impossible Cube is the second book in Steven’s Clockwork Empire … Continue reading →


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Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Not quite up to the Old Took yet, at 120 today, but well on his way to immortality. In honor of the day, please feel free to leave messages in the comments. And have second breakfast, and a lunch or … Continue reading →


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