I have to say I like Marlowe better than Sam Spade.
Sam Spade was a bit of an asshole.
I reckon he could crank out a wrestling scenario for a Wallace Beery B-picture if called upon.
I saw what you did there.
Ah, Leigh Brackett - The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye and The Empire Strikes Back. Those three alone are a hell of a career.
I went to a book launch for this book last night. The two essays the author, Anthony Martignetti, read aloud were excellent, and I highly recommend the book. The foreword of the book was written by Amanda Palmer, who read it and sang some songs. Neil Gaiman was also there reading from this book which isn't coming out until June. The passage he read was amazing, and I can't wait to get my hands on the book in 7 months.
ETA: I posted a longer version of the night in Bitches.
Dude, Victor's article about it just got retweeted by Gaiman.
I posted a link to the article in Bitches yesterday, but for anyone interested here is the link to the article.
Dude, Victor's article about it just got retweeted by Gaiman.
Yeah. I noticed that. Amanda, too.
Very odd day ...
Among Amazon's Cyber Monday sales are special Kindle deals on what looks like Barbara Hambly's entire fantasy catalog.
And also Octavia Butler.
A lot of Dorothy Sayers too, IIRC.
Where's a good place to start with Octavia Butler? I've never read her, and I should fix that.