honestly, this whole blogging-thing is getting a bit old for me. and yet, like a big old mindless rock hurtling through space (heavens to murgatroyd, it's bound to hit something eventually and blow itself to teeny tiny bitty smithereen thingies, but until then), i just keep coming back to it.
in fact, oozing disgusting uber-fanboyishness, i literally just now created a livejournal account just so i can post me own 'happy birthday hizzonnah' message over at Mr Gaiman's livejournal feed thingy:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/officialgaiman/
i'm late, i know, but, like i said in my post on that thread: thing. or did i say 'things'? ah well. you see what i mean, i hope.
last week also saw release of Mr M. John Harrison's Nova Swing. however, despite all my best hopes and efforts, i was unable to get my hands on a copy. still, i'm happy enough to have gotten my grubby little paws on a copy of his Things That Never Happen. i've only read the first story and the first bits of the second, but already i'm thinking of calling this my fave short story collection ever.
i've never thought of calling a short story collection one of my 'favorite books' before; this book changes all that.
finally for now, more book loverliness to be had over at Jeff VanderMeer's blog:
http://vanderworld.blogspot.com/2006/11/leena-krohns-tainaron-special-offer.html#comments
bless people like Jeff and Ann for doing things like this. now if only they'd send me free copies of those books for advertising on me blog.
ha. as if.
right. peas out.
4 comments:
Hehe I see you've also gone over the darkside like me. What's your address?
Likewise, I just realized that Harrison had a collection of short stories. Is it in the same vein as Anima or does it have other genres?
Btw, are you going to try out for Vandermeer's pirate collection?
i have a story in the works for Black Flags, Fast Ships, yeah.
i've always known about Harrison's collection, just never thought of picking it up meself, as i'm not *really* into short story collections. i tend to find long fic more satisfying.
Harrison is one of those writers whose fic 'transcends' genre description, so 'lit' vs 'genre' proponents tend to argue extensively over books like 'The Course of the Heart' and 'Signs of Life'. er, which is the long way of saying it's hard to answer your question.
i have a livejournal ID, but i haven't actually started a blog. it *still* all feels to complicated and non-techy unfriendly to me. besides, like i said, blogging is starting to get old for me. (and yet i continue to update this one with posts. go figure. ah well. like Mr Stross, i feel no obligation to be consistent.)
Hehe mine's also in the works. Had a hard time translating Vandermeer's reading period as a kind of deadline. Ah well...
As for short fic, I had the same feeling before but I've found out that some of the best stories out there were actually in the short form, hence my constant search now for collections (whether single or anthos). Hence my question on Harrison.
As for LJ, don't worry, I'm the same. I only use the LJ ID to make comments on other people's sites. That and fool around with the LJ picture icons. I'd get into LJ just for that...
damnit, i knew i got it wrong: it's FAST SHIPS, BLACK SAILS, damnit!
am liable to get keelhauled fer that.
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