Yearly Archives: 2008

Dr Grordbort and the gadget love…

I know, I know.  You’ve all seen the wonders of Doctor Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators – a series of wondrous and devastating devices designed and constructed by Greg Broadmore of Weta Workshops. Whether it’s the Victorious Mongoose, the Unnatural Selector, … Continue reading

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Sleight on Waldrop

Graham Sleight has an interesting review of Howard Waldrop’s Other Worlds, Better Lives at Strange Horizons.  I think he makes a lot of good points, though I liked “You Could Go Home Again” better than he did.

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Books I’m reading

I guess an obvious companion set of posts to Books I’m looking forward to… is something on what I’m reading right now. This is the kind of thing I probably won’t stick with, but who knows?  Right now I’m going … Continue reading

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The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny

A lot of books get announced, and a lot of them don’t come out, or come out late. I have no idea whether Threshold and Power & Light, respectively the first and second volumes in NESFA Press’s six-volume The Collected … Continue reading

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Books I’m looking forward to… Part 1. January 2009

I’ve tried to do some regular features on this blog before and, to be honest, haven’t been too successful.  I think it’s mostly because I have the concentration of your average gnat, when confronted with anything too challenging or difficult … Continue reading

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