Thursday, February 29, 2024

Intermediaries on the Internet

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Another post by Cory Doctorow about how good platforms go bad and, by extension, how the internet goes bad: Intermediation Why didn'...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Trademarks, Keywords, And Bother

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Some superstars get to trademark a word and buy themselves trouble , and others have to persevere for many years before their brand and imag...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Karen S. Wiesner: The Hit List: Young Adult Series Favorites {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

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The Hit List: Young Adult Series Favorites {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth by Karen S. Wiesner In t...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Hooking Without Overwhelming

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One of my publishers hosts weekly author chats. I recently read the transcript of a chat that warned against "overwhelming" the re...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Karen S. Wiesner: The Hit List: Young Adult Series Favorites {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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The Hit List: Young Adult Series Favorites {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins by Karen ...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Gender Pronouns in SF

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This week T. Kingfisher's new horror novel, WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT, was published. Sequel to WHAT MOVES THE DEAD (a retelling of "The...
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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Not Bad

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" Two wrongs don't make a right," directly contradicts "An eye for an eye", which notion of equal justice predates ...
Friday, February 09, 2024

Karen S. Wiesner: {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Fractal Noise, A Fractalverse Novel by Christopher Paolini

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{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Fractal Noise , A Fractalverse Novel by Christopher Paolini by Karen S. Wiesner In ...
Thursday, February 08, 2024

Parallel Lives in Different Worlds

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Speaking of living one's life over again, have I mentioned Jo Walton's novel MY REAL CHILDREN before? Having reread it last week, I...
Friday, February 02, 2024

Karen S. Wiesner: {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: "Unity", An Interactive Fractalverse Story by Christopher Paolini

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{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: "Unity", An Interactive Fractalverse Story by Christopher Paolini by Karen S....
Thursday, February 01, 2024

Groundhog Day

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February 2 is almost upon us -- Groundhog Day, aka Imbolc (Celtic) or Candlemas (Christian). Here's a brief overview of its history: I...
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...