Pink Begonias, Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden
Housekeeping:
Next week’s column will be single-item, probably a review of a series, and there might be a giveaway attached.
Pictures:
I was able to spend a couple of days at the seaside village of Mendocino, California, and the images used in the column are from that trip.
Books and Writing:
This is two years old but still interesting, as Crime Reads interviews Joe R. Lansale about Hap and Leonard.
Publishers Weekly has an article about bookseller unions. I didn’t know booksellers had unions.
Check out Tor Books’s September new releases in science fiction. There’s a link to fantasy and horror in the article.
Here are some September releases from Tordotcom Publishing.
Finally, new releases from Orbit.
This is a long, interesting article about a real case, and the book sounds intriguing.
TV, Streaming and Movies:
Hummingbird, Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden
Comic Book adaptations continue. This Syfy Wire column has some juicy stuff.
The AV Club takes a look at video concerts and other events, and how a “temporary solution” because of the pandemic may become a fixture, as it makes events more accessible for people living with disabilities. Thanks to File 770.
Gizmodo celebrates the return of FX’s “real” Archer, not fantasy-world Archer.
Internet:
Kotaku shares a roundup of last week’s webcomics.
Tech, Science and Stuff:
Trump’s ban on TikTok did not go into effect last Sunday, and neither did his ban on WeChat.
Bad Astronomy has some cool Jupiter stuff!
Video:
A cute baby otter.
thanks for this really well-written review. You've definitely piqued my interest in this, particularly in how you highlight the still…
Thanks for the kind words, Ira! Much appreciated!
Fine review
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Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…