UPDATE: My short sharp interview over at Mr B‘s is up, too! Drop by for more lies and exaggerations. Happy Friday the 13th! If you’re not superstitious, then you won’t mind that I put a spell on you. Don’t worry — it’s just to get you to join in the Valentine’s Day giveaway that my…
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Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Way We Live Now
I have a great love for nineteenth century novels. Their leisurely nature and broad scope allows readers to inhabit their worlds entirely. It makes them perfect for long afternoons reading, but I’ve found, too, that they suit perfectly for piecemeal ebook reading as well, which may at first seem unlikely. The truth is that depth…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Beowulf
I was thinking, “oh dear, I haven’t had any time at all to read lately and there’s nothing I’ve gotten far enough into [i.e. the Avram Davidson books, thanks Todd :-)] to write up” and then it hit me: Beowulf. Forgotten, you say with the questioning look in your eye. Don’t you teach it every…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Three Men in a Boat
This might be an odd choice for “forgotten”: after all it’s a classic, at least as acknowledged by humorists. But I find that the “in print” edition listed on Amazon (that gauge of what’s available) is actually a CreateSpace edition, though there’s a Tor edition from 2001. I am pleased to see that the version…
The Mangrove Legacy ON SALE NOW!
Kit Marlowe‘s novel The Mangrove Legacy is out! For sale now at All Romance eBooks — just $5.99. Two English girls, pirates, kidnappers, orphans, disguises, a ghost, interesting facts about insects, cheese, the King of Naples and at least one improving book:This ain’t your mama’s Gothic! Yes, very pleased to have this out. Thanks for…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Kleinzeit
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=magicwombat-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0747556415http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=magicwombat-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0253212340http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=magicwombat-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0060838000 I find it amazing that Russell Hoban’s singular book Kleinzeit seems to be out of print in the US. Amazon lists the version on the left as the most recent one (2002) but he doesn’t seem to have the same popularity here as he does in Britain (where the Pennsylvania-born writer lives, no surprise)….
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Lord Malquist & Mr Moon
Although a bit late in the day (just got home this afternoon and had to spend some time soothing Kipper’s complaints about being abandoned for a whole day and a half), I wanted to try to get back in the habit of writing up a “forgotten” book for Patti’s round-up of titles. “Let it be…
Carrot & Stick
I have a favor to ask of you: it’s not really much and this time of year, you might be spending a lot of time in the particular location anyway. I have a birthday wish. I realise it’s a few weeks away yet, but you need some preparation time. The good news is that it…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Renegade
“I don’t really write from a solid idea. It’s never that certain at the start. You get to what you’re saying through the writing, the process; and then you move on.” ~ Mark E. Smith http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=magicwombat-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0141028661 My entry may not really be ‘forgotten’ so much as completely unfamiliar to many. I bought a copy in…
Talking Book Trailers at Sia’s
Here’s Sia’s introduction to my piece on what I learned from making book trailers: please stop by and comment, and be sure to check out the many interviews with writers featured on her blog. PROMOTION AND BOOKTRAILERS My guest is a favorite of mine, Kate Laity. She’s written some wonderfully entertaining stories under various names, including…