Failing again. Failing better.
This weekend I will travel to Boston for my sister’s wedding. Accordingly, I’m trying to meet all my deadlines earlier than possible, so I don’t have a lot of time for posting. Instead, I’ll give you a couple of long-ish articles to read. First, here’s an interview with Jon Spaihts, the writer of “Prometheus.” In…
I’m always reading. I love it, and I can’t get enough of it. I think this blog has made that pretty obvious that I love science fiction and fantasy. But I feel like I’ve been playing catch up with my reading lately. For example, I just finished Reamde by Neal Stephenson. Finally, I know. But…
Yesterday, The Atlantic posted an article by Maura Kelly in which she advocated for everyone to read for at least 30 minutes a day. It’s a beautiful call to action. It’s just a shame she tried to steer readers clear of sci fi, fantasy, and other non-literary genres, even going so far as to use…
Today, io9.com posted a list of ten fantasy series to read while you’re waiting for the next book in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. I like the list–there’s a lot of great fantasy books here and likely something for every fan of fantasy, whether you prefer more or less…
Pardon the delay, although E.D. Kain’s article is a few months old, I only just came across it, via Andrew Sullivan’s blog. Kain, from what I can put together, is a fan of the fantasy genre. But he thinks that while fantasy is very popular now (as gauged by TV ratings and box office returns),…