Conventions:
DragonCon will convert to an online convention in 2020.
Books and Writing:
Verso and Feminist Press are turning 50.
Nerds of a Feather interviews Hugo fan artist nominee Iain J Clark.
Mary Robinette Kowal hosted Brandon McNulty who talks about his new book, Bad Parts.
NPR really likes Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new horror novel, Mexican Gothic.
Horror fans,
July 8th, 2020. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 2 comments |
The Golden Fleece by Robert Graves
The Golden Fleece (1944), also sometimes known as Hercules, My Shipmate, was Robert Graves’s attempt to create a unified, mostly realistic version of the legend of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the titular fleece. He incorporated a variety of ancient sources, some of them contradictory, some of them fragmentary, keeping the elements he thought made the most sense and assembling them into a single narrative. The result is this novel, which has been nominated for a Retro Hugo in 2020.
July 8th, 2020. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5 | Robert Graves | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.