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Day: December 21, 2016

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WWWednesday: December 21, 2016

Today’s word for Wednesday is myriagon, a noun, meaning a shape with 10,000 sides.

Holiday Break:

I hope your winter holidays are filled with love, joy and magic for you and your families. The column will take a two-week break after today and be back on January 11, 2017.

Books and Writing:

Penguin Random House has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with two unions in the UK, fueling fears of layoff (the British term is “redundancy”). Penguin Random House is severing its relationship with these unions after a year where it saw 23% growth in profits.


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December 21st, 2016. | World Wide Wednesday | 4 comments |

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The Dragonbone Chair: Tad Williams is a great story-teller

Note: This review has been updated after a re-read, but we’re keeping the old comments on the post.

The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

Tad Williams’ MEMORY, SORROW, & THORN was one of the first epic fantasy trilogies I ever read and, two and a half decades ago, I absolutely loved everything about it. It’s one of the two series I recommend to new fantasy readers who ask me where to start (the other is Robin Hobb’s FARSEER saga).


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December 21st, 2016. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | 13 comments |

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Mythago Wood: Dreamy and strange

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

After his post-WWII convalescence in France, Steven Huxley is returning to his family’s home on the edge of Ryhope Wood, a patch of ancient forest, in Britain. For as long as Steven remembers, his father, who recently died, had been so obsessed with the forest that it destroyed their family.

Upon returning home, Steven finds that his brother Christian is quickly following in their father’s footsteps — both figuratively and literally — for he has also discovered that this is no ordinary forest! It resists intrusion from Outsiders,


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December 21st, 2016. , , and ´s rating: | | , | SFF Reviews | 19 comments |

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