My long-delayed if not much-anticipated review of Otis Adelbert Kline’s The Swordsman of Mars is at last up at the Black Gate site. (The day sort of got away from me.)
Writery types might also be interested in Ryan Harvey’s recent entry about low-tech writing options (the first of a series, he promises).
It looks like fun, but I much prefer “Spear and Planet” stories.
If you mean “The Inferior” I have to agree; I read it recently and was deeply impressed. The surprises started on the dedication page: did I ever mention to you that my mother’s family name was “Golden”?
Really? ‘Golden’ is the English language version of my name. That’s cool — I knew we had to be related!
Oh, and thanks for the nice words.
It must be a pretty distant relation, because my maternal grandfather’s family came over a long time ago–still, I have to admit, I said to myself, “That makes sense!” Now I’m putting you down as a reference on all my credit card applications.
But, seriously, The Inferior is a blast and gave me a lot to think about.
You have a ‘credit card’? What a brilliant idea!
Oh, no–I just fill out the applications, and they send me back notes saying, “Please cease to contact us” and “We have given your name to the police”. So I know I’m getting close to acceptance.
Yes, they need the police to vouch for you.