Look who is coming to ArmadilloCon this year: * Guest of Honor: Paolo Bacigalupi * Special Guests: Emma Bull and Will Shetterly * Editor Guest: Lou Anders * Fan Guest: Fred Duarte, Jr. * Toastmaster: Mark Finn I’ve been a fan of Emma Bull since War for the Oaks. I read my copy until it fell apart. Got a new one, and gave it to a friend who professed not to read fantasy but who Read more…
Ben built this clock. He made all the parts. Gears, escapement, everything. This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
George R.R. Martin‘s latest book, A Dance with Dragons, comes out this summer. I won’t be reading it. I choose to look away because I choose not to be part of this particular dialogue between author and reader. Time and again, not just in this cycle but in his other books, Martin presents readers with nasty people, nasty plots, and nasty actions. “Look,” he tells us, holding us by the scruff of the neck and Read more…