Monthly Archives: November 2006

Gavin and Kelly over at Small Beer have posted all sorts of pre-ordery goodness. You can pre-order Elizabeth Hand’s new novel Generation Loss, John Crowley’s next Aegypt novel Endless Things, a Delia Sherman/Theodora Goss edited anthology of interstitial writing, and an new Laurie Marks novel. If there isn’t something there you need right away, you’re … Continue reading »

Well, here’s an idea. I was talking to a friend last night about ‘unreal books’. Going over details of what you would or wouldn’t add to a ‘best’ of Kim Stanley Robinson. During the discussion I mentioned the idea that it’d be interesting to see what would go into a Best of Gene Wolfe. The … Continue reading »

Michael Swanwick, very quietly reports on his website, that he has completed his new novel The Dragons of Babel. No publication dates yet, but it seems reasonable to imagine a late 2007 or early 2008 publication date. I’m guessing it incorporates all or part of the stories “King Dragon”, “The Word That Sings the Scythe”, … Continue reading »

A weird side effect of listening to everything on the iPod set to shuffle is that I don’t think I have a favorite album of 2006. I need to think more, but nothing stands out as an ‘album’.  BTW, what were Microsoft thinking calling an .mp3 player a ‘Zune’? I mean, zune? And in brown… … Continue reading »

Paul Kincaid reviews Best Short Novels: 2006 for SF Site. It’s an interesting review and Kincaid is an intelligent critic. The only comment I’d make on it is to clarify that the book is called Best Short Novels omitting reference to genre because it is published by The SF Book Club. Were it published by … Continue reading »