Monday, January 29, 2024

Period, Full Stop

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Who cares if a late night comedian's voice-over says PERIOD and displays an exclamation point? How influential is that? It is thoroughly...
Friday, January 26, 2024

Karen S. Wiesner: Combating Big Book Overwhelm with Audiobooks or {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, A Fractalverse Novel by Christopher Paolini

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Combating Big Book Overwhelm with Audiobooks or {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars , A Fractalverse...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Deities in Fantasy Worlds

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Recently T. Kingfisher published the fourth book in her "Saint of Steel" series, PALADIN'S FAITH. (The others are PALADIN'...
Sunday, January 21, 2024

Untrained Melody

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I was planning to regurgitate some of the current discussions about AI, particularly with respect to copyright (this is, after all, a blog b...
Friday, January 19, 2024

Karen S Wiesner: The Conundrum of Spoilers or {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

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The Conundrum of Spoilers or {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wies...
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Thursday, January 18, 2024

WEIRD TALES Centenary Tribute

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I've recently finished reading an anthology called WEIRD TALES: 100 YEARS OF WEIRD, edited by Jonathan Maberry, current editor of "...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Once A Pirate...

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"Once..." is an odd and exciting word. It sets up expectations for what is to come next. Three possibilities come to mind. Once......
Friday, January 12, 2024

Karen S Wiesner: {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier

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{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier by Karen S. Wiesner A rare single title novel by ...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Robotic Companions

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A robotic device called ElliQ, which functions as an AI "companion" for older people, is now available for purchase by the general...
Sunday, January 07, 2024

Scammer Time

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Just what we need for an AI-enhanced Happy New Year: AI-enhanced scams, data breaches involving everything a "population health technol...