The Bodhisattva

Linking it up!
- She really can’t sing but Antonella Barba is my american idol. (if you’re at work don’t click unless you work at a cool place)
- NY Times on Flame Wars.
- Flexing blurbage. Here is the article.
- A lot of people have been talking about this Guardian article. I rather like the [...]

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This issue is entitled Shake Down

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
“…This is the Fully Loaded GT!” - Wild Weasel
The Straight Dope:
- A Classic Issue. This issue is one big dogfight between the undisputed ace’s of G.I.Joe and Cobra - Wild Weasel and his Rattler and Ace and his Skystriker - both vehicles were [...]

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I just announced the March contest over at Fantasybookspot giving some lucky SOB a chance to win a signed copy of Hal Duncan’s Ink - the second chapter in his Book of All Hours duology that was kicked off by Vellum.

In the past (also in the future but that’s cant talk - and you’re not [...]

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Just a couple of impressions of some books I’m reading right now.
- I started reading Lucius Shepard’s Softspoken, and broke it out while on a crowded public transportation. Let me tell you now folks, don’t attempt to do this. I have a quite natural ability to tune people out (it’s my aloof-mode) around me [...]

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I really need to be like Gwenda and just have one uniform name for my link posts. I also want to note that these links aren’t really intended to be breaking news, but just stuff I just got around to reading. Speaking of being like Gwenda, she heads the list today:
- Gwenda Bond reviews Catherynne [...]

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I just put up my review of Catherynne M. Valente’s latest, the first part in her two-book Orphan’s Tales sequence entitled In the Night Garden at Fantasybookspot.com. I just love reading Cat’s books - she is the quintessential example of an author whose books cannot be summed up by accompanying synopsis. What she brings [...]

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Some Mysterybookspot.com news:

Briian Lindenmuth just announced the winner of last month’s contest to win a copy of 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers and has announced a new contest that will give two people a chance to win a copy of Probable Cause by by Edgar award winning author Theresa Schwegel.
So go find out [...]

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It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you, without a dope interview to step to…
The first of two interviews that will be posted in the next couple of days. This one is one I conducted with Ernst and Les Dabel of the Dabel Brothers. The Dabel brothers own the licenses to adapt [...]

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Author Laura J. Underwood is interviewed at Fantasybookspot.com as FBS contributor Amberdrake conducts her first interview for us.
Big thanks to Ms. Underwood and Amber!
Check it out.
A couple of other FBS Tidbits:
- I recently posted here about my initial thoughts of my introduction into Jim Butcher’s work, and in his recent review of Butcher’s [...]

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- Isaac Stewart on SF/F Cover art
- The Aesthetic and the Ethnographic Critic at the Valve.

- Gabe Chouinard’s new forum
- Ann VanderMeer becomes the editor for Weird Tales.
- 20 Comics that Can Change Your Life at Nerve.com (via Bookslut)
- Now, acts of author lameness is a crime.
- I’m usually not one for old news, [...]

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Over the last few days I decided to start reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files, a series of books that I think just saw its 8th book published earlier this month. It’s a series that I have see has very enthusiastic fans and one that comes up at FBS - in terms of a book [...]

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You can read a great book for free, as obscure author Nick Mamatas has made available his Move Underground under a Creative Commons license. Just as worthwhile an opportunity as those who got in on Kelly Link’s Stranger Things Happen on the cheap a couple years ago.
If for some reason you’re that one [...]

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Yesterday Matt Denault put up his interview with Zoran Zivkovic over at Fantasybookspot.com. Easily one of my favorite writers in recent years, books like his Fourth Circle and Hidden Camera are must reads!
At any rate, go check it out - and thanks to Matt for conducting it and Mr. Zivkovic for the [...]

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Continuing from this post, This issue is entitled The Mountain…

You Know It Was The 80’s Quote:
“Of course. Did you think a Ninja would live in a den without a secret bolt-hole?” - the Soft Master
The Straight Dope:
- Spirit, a Native American (in the 80’s called Indians) member of G.I.JOE throws a satchel of C-4 [...]

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Just some stuff I have been reading lately, some of interest, some not - nobody’s pefect.
- Jeff Vandermeer talks Steve Aylett - one of my favorite writers - in this edition of Dispatches From Smaragdine - which is a very cool column at SFSite - be sure to check out the previous [...]

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