Monthly Archives: February 2009
Books I’m looking forward to…Part 3. March 2009
I’m a little bit late as always, but here we go again with ‘Books I’m Looking Forward To’, this time covering books that are scheduled to be published in March 2009. I generally don’t prepare much when I’m writing for the blog, which probably shows, but I did go back and re-read the first two … Continue reading
One last time with the Hugos
If you’re eligible to nominate, the nominations for the Hugo Awards closes on Friday. You can nominate here. I did my nominations a couple weeks ago, and if you can, you should do yours too. Don’t worry about having seen or read everything, just nominate something (anything) that you think is worthy. It’s a cool … Continue reading
Wings of Fire – Recommendations sought
When I was in Oakland last fall I spent an afternoon sitting on the official Locus Back Deck ™, chatting with Charles Brown and Jeremy Lassen and, I think, committing myself to enough book projects to keep me busy until my pension arrives. As is often the way with the book world, while things are … Continue reading
New Stan Robinson
I was copyediting Locus’s forthcoming books listing last week when I came across the listing for Stan Robinson’s new novel, Galileo’s Dream. I knew the book was in progress, but didn’t know it was due so soon (August, which means galleys v. soon!). I can’t wait to see it. I love Stan’s work. The cover … Continue reading
Author’s copy!
It arrived!!! The issue of Alphabet Soup with Sophie’s story dropped through the mailbbox today and she was thrilled! Opened it up, pored over it, loved the illustration, and felt very proud of herself. A big family moment.