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April 20, 2008
06:55
In the wake of the New Weird anthology (edited by the VanderMeers), I contacted Alistair Rennie to ask him a few things about his short story in the antho (”The Gutter Sees the Light That Never Shines”) and what followed was a full-blown interview. I posted it yesterday evening on Fantasybookspot. Check it out if [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
March 22, 2008
07:37
Long radio-silence, I know I know. Just been busy with a couple of things, did read a lot in the meantime but did not really have that urge to review. Until yesterday and this morning, when I sat down to write my review of Frank Herbert’s masterwork Dune. Check out the review over at Fantasybookspot.
Up [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
February 29, 2008
04:16
FBS is (and so am I) proud to present an actual award this year for the winner of the Fantasybookspot 2007 Book Tournament. Yep, just like the Hugo’s, the Nebula’s, the PKD award and every other *official* award show - FBS has one too! I mean, how cool is that?! Certainly looks shiny..
If you want [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
February 23, 2008
08:08
The Watchman by Los Angeles based Robert Crais, is the first of his novels focusing on Joe Pike, instead of his usual wisecracking ex-Ranger, Elvis Cole. For those not familiar with the American mystery/crime author, Crais has worked on scripts for television shows such as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Quincy, Miami Vice and [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
04:48
It almost slipped my mind, but I wanted to let you know the interview with Michael Terry Cisco now up on FBS. Michael Cisco is best known for his first novel, ‘The Divinity Student’, which has won the prestigious of the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel of 1999. Other works by Michael [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
February 17, 2008
07:02
The hell. For weeks this guy’s quiet, and then all of a sudden three posts pop up in a row. How totally unreliable. Anyway, I thought of some paperback releases I wanted to share with you guys here. Mostly recently purchased material by the Pit too.
For those who have missed it, couple of weeks ago [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
February 16, 2008
16:43
This almost passed by unnoticed. But I have - or rather you have reached the ultimate round number. Ten thousands unique visitors in little more than 7 months. Normally, I don’t give not two cents about blog stats (the reason why I don’t add a fancy blog stat-o-meter to my sidebar) but this is the [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
07:34
I just posted my review of Charles Stross’ techno thriller Halting State on FBS. Halting State is Charles Stross most recent published effort, published by Ace Books (US) in 2007 and by Orbit (UK) in January of this year. The book features, as you would expect from a science fiction work, a number of speculative [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
February 12, 2008
10:34
Some interesting stuff over at FBS these days:
- First off, shameless self-advertising. I conducted an interview with Charles Stross about a week ago and posted the result on FBS. We have had him before, way back in 2005, so it was fun to reflect a bit on the times. I specifically asked him some questions [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
February 6, 2008
14:37
For the full announcement, go here.
Anyone who has frequented FBS around this time of the last year, is no stranger to the annual tournaments held there. Each year the books and, more importantly, those people that have read them, duke it out publicly to see who holds the top honors for the year. The best [...]
Source: The Gravel Pit
