Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
Mostly I am thinking about oddball stuff, SF, fantasy, and the literary end of things.
For SF, there are the SF magazines, such as Analog and Asimov's, which are all about short fiction. There are similar mystery magazines. A quick browse through the literary section of the magazine stand at Borders or B&N (or similar), would turn up lots of options.
The Sun has some fiction, and is often generally lovely.
Mairelon the Magician
I read this. I didn't remember that it was the same author. It didn't impress me, but I don't remember much about it. I liked Cecilia and the Chocolate Pot and want to read more, so, thank you for the reminder, Ginger. I have put in a request to the library for the rest of them.
A Scholar of Magics and Mairelon the Magician are not related to Sorcery and Cecelia (The Enchanted Chocolate Pot) in any way other than by being written by the same people.
A Scholar of Magics is the sequel to A College of Magics, both by Caroline Stevermer. Mairelon the Magician is by Patricia C. Wrede. They co-wrote Sorcery and Cecelia and have a sequel out, called The Grand Tour. (I've forgotten the sub-title.)
Nutty, Knut had a story published here: [link] and here: [link]
He also recently started a quarterly mag. If you need his e-mail address, I should be able to find it.
I'll be starting a subscription to Ellery Queen soon. For SF/Fantasy, I've liked Analog and Marion Zimmer Bradley's mag (can't remember the name) in the past.
Amy got me Chocolate Pot and Grand Tour for Christmas. Are the others in teh same universe?
Amy got me Chocolate Pot and Grand Tour for Christmas. Are the others in the same universe?
I don't think so, although Mairelon might be, now that I think of it. I didn't like it all that much, so I haven't re-read it. Mairelon the Magician has a sequel called Magician's Ward.
I like Stevermer's writing much more than Wrede's, so I enjoyed the joint efforts more than Wrede's solo books.
LCRW is already on my list, due to my acquaintance with the editors/publishers of it.
For SF, there are the SF magazines, such as Analog and Asimov's, which are all about short fiction. There are similar mystery magazines. A quick browse through the literary section of the magazine stand at Borders or B&N (or similar), would turn up lots of options.
See, though, I am looking to winnow for quality and type. Both Analog and Asimov's are too broad; and there are too many magazines out there. The question is, which are the best ones, the most up my alley?
Connie, next up is:
The Grand Tour : Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality by Caroline Stevermer, Patricia C. Wrede
In a similar universe, I believe, are the College of Magics series by Stevermer:
A College of Magics
A Scholar of Magics
When The King Comes Home