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I’ve been unpacking book boxes at my leisure, since my bookcases didn’t make the trip down here. I know pretty much what’s in each, and so am able to pick and choose which to unpack based on what I feel like reading.
Under ordinary circumstances, I have a number of books going. One in the bedroom [...]

Another November, another NaNoWriMo novel…this was my second official year, and both novels went smoothly, way ahead of schedule. Last year’s entry, MILK, is undergoing editing and will likely be finished in the reasonably near future. It’s part of my future history arc, and I’ve been working on making that whole series internally consistent. Takes [...]

You might anticipate some small changes to this blog and site-namely, the addition of a book database, courtesy of the Book Collector software, which will be appended to the “sf booknerd” section, and will include all of my titles in due time. Coupled with that, I’ll be doing at least a capsule review of each.
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I don’t know about anyone else, but one of the things I most love to do on a rainy day is to read…put some music on, lie back, and travel in someone else’s dreamland. My preference is for science fiction, especially Silver Age, though I will read noir, horror, or an upscale graphic novel.
Today we [...]

I just don’t get it. During the last few days, I came under a lot of heat from people at the Absolute Write SF/F forum for opining that the modern version of vampires is based on the writers’ ignorance of the vampire myth in general and the wampyr/vorwalaka myth specifically, and for further opining that [...]

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