Category Archives: Books

A Few Straggler Books

Posted on 28 October 2011 by House

Ahem. I am mildly furious at my WordPress install right now.  I had written about a thousand words on this post two nights ago, and noticed that the autosave feature was chugging along nicely.  However, a bit past midnight, while … Continue reading →

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I Actually Read Some Books!

Posted on 30 September 2011 by House

As anyone who reads this blog has no doubt noticed, it is mostly miniature movie reviews.  That is not at all what I intended this blog to be, and I am still confident that it will be more than that … Continue reading →

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Another Delightful Screed from Hal Duncan

Posted on 1 March 2011 by House

I haven’t yet managed to read any of his well-regarded books, but from time to time I drop in on Hal Duncan’s blog.  There, he holds forth quite frankly and eloquently on any number of topics.  What amused me most … Continue reading →

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This Hurts My Soul

Posted on 7 January 2011 by House

So, I came across this New York Times article, Selling a Book by Its Cover, via SF Signal.  Feel free to go and read it for context, but I’ll summarize the key things that impacted me as I go along. … Continue reading →

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Final Thoughts on Worldcon 2009

Posted on 31 August 2009 by House

I had promised some final thoughts on my first Worldcon, and in the nearly three weeks since it ended I’ve had plenty of time to ruminate and absorb other people’s con reports. First of all, it was a great lot … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 5 Recap

Posted on 12 August 2009 by House

NOTE: I tried to post this yesterday, but my web host seemed to go down.  Hence, this is a day late. The morning started off with sleeping in a bit—there were no 9:00 AM panels that grabbed our interest more … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 4 (Part 2)—The Hugo Awards

Posted on 10 August 2009 by House

Sunday evening was the main event—the Hugo Awards presentation.  Before that, being human beings of a hungry sort, we decided to seek out food. This proved to be more problematic that we could have imagined.  We first decided to go … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 4

Posted on 10 August 2009 by House

The fourth day of Worldcon was also a big one, and quite full. We started at 9 AM once again, with a panel on “How Not to be a Jerk Online”.  I went to this because John Scalzi—whose blog and … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 3 Recap (Part 2)

Posted on 9 August 2009 by House

After a quick lunch, my girlfriend had hoped to take in the panel on “Montreal Local History”, but it was apparently cancelled.  I headed to “Building Realistic Worlds”, but it was so full that there wasn’t even space to stand … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 3 Recap

Posted on 9 August 2009 by House

Day 3 of Worldcon was a very panel-heavy day for us. We started with “Writing for the Non-Adult”, which had a nice mix of panelists that played off each other well, and talked about the difficulties of writing for children … Continue reading →

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