This novel arrived in the mail about a day before I headed west, after I'd waited the better part of two weeks for it (and even longer, if you factor in the fact that I pre-ordered it, but that's a whole 'nother story, as they say).
I started reading it on the train, and I finished [...]
From the front matter of Steven Brust's Firefly fan-fic(ish) novel (found via Scalzi's Whatever):
For people who care about such things, the book was written in emacs on a box running Mandrake Linux, then I used OpenOffice to format it for printing. The final layout for online publication was created with Microsoft Word and [...]
Ok, so here's the second half of the William Gibson Weekend story. Told as a Thursday Thirteen, because that way I can kill two birds with one stone.
That same night, there was a multi-author reading, titled "Encounters", on the Mainstage. Six authors were on the docket, though one couldn't make it.
Quoting from the [...]
This weekend I: saw, and had a brief chat with, William Gibson; did nage-no-kata with the head of the Canadian Grading Board for judo, and also had a brief intro to the first set of ju-no-kata; drew Darth Vader in Crayola crayon; and heard the cutest version of the ABC song I think I'll [...]
…is the name of the Winnipeg Writers Festival, and this year one of the speakers is William Gibson.
I fully intend to be there for at least one of his events.
If you haven't read Bone yet, you really should.
I won't say any more*, because I should be writing my own zombie-lawyer epic, but here are passel of reviews.
* Except this: I didn't want it to end. As I approached page 1200**, I found myself torn: I couldn't wait to turn the page [...]
Lamb, a novel by Christopher Moore.
The subtitle on this one is "The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal", so right off you should know if you're the type that will enjoy this story, or the kind that maybe shouldn't pick it up. Me, I'm the type that would enjoy this story.
Having read Moore's [...]
Inspired by Doug's post on his favourite books, here are thirteen pieces of text that I read in school. Some I liked, some I didn't.
Ones I liked
There were several Norse Myths in one of the readers that I had in about Grade Five or so. They were there as sort of a compare [...]
…it just don't pay to read the news.
CBC Arts: N.S. educators can't see humour in 'Bratty Brother' poem
Reviewers of one of my favourite poems from my childhood—"The Bratty Brother" by Dennis Lee—are having issues with the poem's inclusion in a book distributed to every first-grader in Canada to promote literacy.
The poem, "Bratty Brother", is a [...]
A while ago I read Accelerando by Charles Stross, a whirlwind tour of the solar system and beyond before, during, and after a Technological Singularity. It was an enjoyable read at a breakneck pace. So when I was in Chapters in Winnipeg, I picked up Iron Sunrise, which features a different Singularity and [...]
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