This month I resurrect my “Books I’m Looking Forward to” series of blogposts as a hopefully ongoing part of the podcast revolution.  I look at June and discuss:

• Daniel Abraham, Leviathan Wept and Other Stories
• Eleanor Arnason, Tomb of the Fathers
• Greg Egan, Zendegi
• Shirley Jackson, Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories
• Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

Apologies again for a little sibilance in the recording. I’ll try to keep that under control. Also, a shout out to Alex, Alisa, and Tansy over at Galactic Suburbia. They not only graciously had me over as a guest, but they directly inspired my series of podcasts. So, make sure you check them out. They’re awesome.

As so often happens, I’ve let time slip away here in blogland. There are all sorts of reasons. I’m a lot busier at my day job, which is good. and I’ve been in a funk, which sort of kills my productivity. Still, the funk seems to be lifting and I really need to get on with things. With a little luck there’ll be a new podcast with Gary this coming weekend, possibly with a special guest. There’ll also be some updates on books. I’ve had contributors copies of some awesome books come through lately, so really I’ve been very happy (though I continue to wait on one that seems destined never to arrive).

Regardless, this week I read Charles Stross’s The Fuller Memorandum and found it to be GOOD. There was a point in January when I really wondered if 2010 was going to be one of those quiet years for great SF, but increasingly I think that’s not going to be the case. Books like Kraken and The Fuller Memorandum make it a good year already, and there are new novels from a lot of my personal favorites coming up.  So, lots of reading to come.

I do want to ask you faithful readers a question. A while ago I did a short series of posts on books I’m looking forward to this month. I was thinking of turning that into a solo podcast thing – simply because podcasting seems so much easier right now. Does that seem a good idea? Let me know.

Anyhow, I’ll be back with more on stuff soon!

Last night I raced through my dinner, hugged my young children in lieu of putting them to bed, and retreated to my office for several hours to record what surely must be the longest podcast ever in the history of the world. I’d been invited to be a guest on Galactic Suburbia, and had a terrific time with hosts Alex, Alisa and Tansy discussing all things from awards (Nebula, Asimov’s, and Aurealis) and anthologies (mine and those of others) to what we’d been reading and thinking about over the last few weeks (see the show notes here for information on what we discussed).  It was enormous fun to do, but I staggered out a weary man barely able to watch an episode of Big Bang Theory before bed.  I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did recording it. My sincere thanks to the GS gang for having me over.