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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Ray Vukcevich’s Meet Me in the Moon Room
Before beginning Meet Me in the Moon Room (Small Beer, 2001; all quotations are taken from this text.), I had never read anything by Ray Vukcevich. Part of what drew me to this collection initially was that it was published … Continue reading
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Tagged Meet Me in the Moon Room, Ray Vukcevich
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Spreading the joy and the terror: this week’s recommendations for All Hallow’s Read are two classics by Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree (1972) and Something Wicked This Way Comes … Continue reading
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Tagged A Wizard of Earthsea, Aaron Diaz, All Hallow's Read, American Gods, bibliomania, Carrie Ann Baade, DC reboot, Earthsea, Hallowe'en, Jess Nevins, Jo Walton, Justice League, Kali, Legion of Doom, Neil Gaiman, NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Ray Bradbury, Ray Russell, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Steampunk, Steve Jobs, Tartarus Press, The Halloween Tree, Ursula K. Le Guin
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Steampunk
Confession: I have a deep and abiding affection for the Victorian period (no one reading this blog will be surprised to hear it, so the use of the word “confession” is just a little extra melodrama for you). Something about … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann VanderMeer, Ghosts by Gaslight, James P. Blaylock, Jeff VanderMeer, John Clute, Peter Nicholls, Steampunk, Stepan Chapman, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Victorians
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