So this week I’m reading Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve.
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Teaser Tuesday 12/18/2018: “Mortal Engines”
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Teaser Tuesday 11/13/2018: “Where the Dead Walk”
This week I’m reading Where the Dead Walk, by John Bowen, in which the crew of one of those ubiquitous paranormal investigation shows unexpectedly runs up against the real thing. Hilarity does not ensue.
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Teaser Tuesday 11/6/2018: “Extinct”
So this week I’m reading Extinct, a post-apocalyptic novel by Ike Hamill:
Teaser Tuesday 10/23/18: “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”
This week I’m reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, the first in the Fairyland series, by one of my favorite authors, Catherynne M. Valente.
Teaser Tuesday 10/16/2018: “Old Man’s War”
So this week I’m reading Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi, in which citizens of Earth and other planets are offered―in exchange for ten years of service in the Space Force Colonial Defense Force (hereafter “SF CDF”), which does interstellar battle against hostile aliens―a rejuvenation treatment which (allegedly) returns them to their days of youth and vigor. Because the SF CDF wants recruits with plenty of years of knowledge and experience, but doesn’t want to be on the hook for their Medicare payments, or something.
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Teaser Tuesday 8/7/2018: Shannararama!
So this week I’m still reading the original Shannara trilogy, having just finished up Elfstones and moved on to Wishsong:
Teaser Tuesday 5/15/2018: “A Family Affair”
This week I’m partway through another dead tree book, A Family Affair, the final “proper” (i.e., written by Rex Stout) Nero Wolfe novel, although after this I do still have a book containing a few stories that were discovered and published posthumously. As for the other posthumous”Nero Wolfe” books, well, we aleady discussed how those don’t exist …
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Random Rejection: Pulp Eternity, “The Fold”
As it’s been a while since I dipped into my trove of rejection letters, this week I turned to random.org, asked them for a letter, and got an “E”. So I reached into the folder and pulled out this nice one, from Pulp Eternity, which is either from the end of 1998 or the beginning of 1999:
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Teaser Tuesday 3/20/18: “Brave New Worlds”
So this week I’m reading Brave New Worlds, an anthology of dystopian-set short stories. Because, you know, real life isn’t depressing enough these days.
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Teaser Tuesday: “The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser”
This week (and probably next week …) I’m reading The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, by Fritz Leiber, a “box set” (insofar as anything on an eReader is a “box set”) comprising Swords and Deviltry, Swords Against Death, and Swords in the Mist.
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