Lots of links today to give you plenty of reading for when you’ve had just about as much family togetherness as you can take.
First, three free e-books from Nightshade Press. Two of these have been on my need to read list, and the third one looks interesting. Go here for details. (And yes, I checked it and it works!)
It’s like a slot machine for the literary set.
Sword and Laser’s Author Guide to Jim Butcher, with interview.
If you’re planning to re-read The Hobbit before the movie,
November 21st, 2012. Ruth Arnell | World Wide Wednesday | 7 comments |
Robots Have No Tails by Henry Kuttner
Originally released in 1952 by the early sci-fi/fantasy publisher Gnome Press, the meaninglessly titled Robots Have No Tails collects the five stories that Henry Kuttner wrote featuring the drunken inventor Galloway Gallegher. (As to that title, in the book’s original introduction by Kuttner’s equally celebrated wife, C.L. Moore, she tells us that her husband was at a loss for an appropriate name for this collection, and so told the publisher, “I can’t think of one. Call it anything you like.
November 21st, 2012. Sandy Ferber´s rating: 4 | Henry Kuttner | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
What a fascinating exploration of Edwige Fenech's contributions to the giallo genre! I love how the post highlights her unique…
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…