Yeah, I first heard about the book from Charlie Jane at Comic-Con last year, and it sounded really cool. And then Eugene retweeted the submission call for my sci-fi Theater Pub, so I thanked him for that when I met him at the Nebula signing. I said I was waiting for the books to come out on paperback, but he said that wasn't happening, which was sad. So since he had supported me, I supported him by buying the books right there. No regrets!
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I tried to like Fair Coin, but for me the characters didn't resemble actual humans, plus I was busy throwing things through the holes in the logic.
Steve Brust just drove from Minnesota to Alaska and back. On the way, he sampled a certain Canadian agricultural product and apparently thinks -er highly of it:
BC buds are damn fine buds
They give me a stoner erection
BC buds are such good buds that–
Sorry, what was the question?
My buddy rolled a BC blunt
He wanted me to try
I took a hit last December
I don’t remember
Anything until July.
Cause…
repeat first verse.
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I tried to like Fair Coin, but for me the characters didn't resemble actual humans, plus I was busy throwing things through the holes in the logic.
Yeah, I couldn't get into the characters, though I liked the concept once it was revealed
Of interest to many here. SF/F Authors of Color and their books (it's a Pinterest page):
ETA: Dammit, the link won't link properly. Y'all know to add the http stuff ahead of pinterest DOT com, then /gracestellame/nancy-heard-a-who-39-authors-of-color-105-science-/
I thought the characterization in Fair Coin was one of its strong points.
Barbara Mertz (Elizabeth Peters) died today: [link] Her kids were named Elizabeth and Peter!
Aw, sad. I really liked some of her Barbara Michaels books, as well as Amelia Peabody. Shattered Silk was the first thing I read by her and is probably still my favorite.
That's sweet how she got her pen name from her kids' names.
I loved The Crying Child, although that might have been the only one I read. I've been saving the Amelia Peabody books for a mystery dry spell.
Farewell, beloved writer!