Monthly Archives: January 2005

The final Locus Recommended Reading List for 2004 is now available online at Locus: Online. Working on the annual list is a major job that I get to work on each year, and it’s a real highlight. Books are set aside throughout the year, stories are noted and so on, and then things go crazy … Continue reading »

Chris Rowe reports that Science Fiction: Best of 2004 and Fantasy: Best of 2004 are on sale at the Lexington, Kentucky branch of Borders. I’m yet to see the books myself, and it is a bit far to travel to pick up copies, but I’m happy to hear that they’re out there. Maybe my copies … Continue reading »

I am not indefatigable…which is rather disappointing really.

…is a curious thing. I’m often struck by the different approaches by publishers to promote the same book. A good example are the approaches taken by the UK (left, below), Australian (middle, below) and US (right, below) publishers of Garth Nix’s new novel, Drowned Wednesday. I think the US cover is wonderful, eery and suggestive. … Continue reading »

So maybe you’re wondering. You come along to this blog every now and then, and you actually read the sidebar to keep track of what I may or may not be reading, and are wondering what’s happened when books just fall off the list or sit there for weeks on end. Does it mean the … Continue reading »