Author Archives: JE

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 →

HarperStudio is publishing a collection of hitherto uncollected (mostly, I understand, unpublished) works by Twain and, to celebrate, they and the New Yorker‘s BookBench are giving away a free audiobook version read by John Lithgow, at least for a week … Continue reading →

1. My Blog Gate post of the week is up, this one a penitential review of two volumes from the NESFA’s Choice series. 2. I’m late for something else. 3. The second item could be appended to almost any communication … Continue reading →

This: Pat (of Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist) is running a poll to see what he should read next… and at least one title will be pretty Bloody familiar to readers of this journal. That: Morlock audible at last! The Other: Geniuses … Continue reading →

Heliotrope‘s long-awaited Moorcock issue is live. You can read it online or download a PDF free. Looks like fun!

Fred Pohl, at The Way the Future Blogs, has a nice reminiscence of Cyril Kornbluth. Kornbluth has become unfashionable, maybe permanently so, even among the few who still remember his work, but I’ve always liked his stuff. For instance, I … Continue reading →