Author Archives: JE

Dave Pitchford was wondering on Facebook about the distinction between sardonic and sarcastic. I’ve often wondered the same thing, so I looked it up in a few places. The short answer seems to be: not much. Maybe, based on the … Continue reading →

1. My Blog Gate post of the week is up, this one a review of Cherie Priest’s novel (or is it?) about werewolves in the Old West, Dreadful Skin. 2. I watched the pilot of Glee last night, and I … Continue reading →

Thing 1. Terrible Yellow Eyes: a really interesting site where a guy named Cory Godbey has undertaken to post a piece of art every week inspired by Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. My favorites so far are the “Water … Continue reading →

“KHA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AN!”

Moorcock and Morlock, together again for the first time. If the reader imagines me as more than a little freaked out, the reader… must be reading my mind! [incoherent sounds of freaking out follow; transcript breaks off]

My Blog Gate post of the week is up… really just a postlet about the “GRRM is not your bitch” thing Neil Gaiman wrote. Which is being applauded around the internet as if it were a nifty from the works … Continue reading →

1. Anna Katherine (one half of whom is alg) writes about systems of magic or the lack thereof in an aptly titled post “rules? in a knife fight?”. This so brilliantly expressed my own feelings that I was left saying, … Continue reading →

There’s a judicious review-article (of what seems to be a problematic book) up at The Nation website: Jordan Davis on Laura Miller’s book about the Narnia series. I thought it was pretty impressive, and had never heard of Davis before, … Continue reading →

My Blog Gate post for the week is up, this one a late-breaking review of a movie you may have already heard a little about. Unless that’s actually last week’s post, which I unaccountably skipped. Actually, I could account for … Continue reading →

Everyone knows by know who won the Nebulas so it would be otiose to post a link here. I was disappointed that McDonald’s wonderful Brasyl didn’t win in the novel category, but Le Guin’s Powers is a superb book, doubtless … Continue reading →