A Publishing Model I Hope Won’t Catch On (or) Disney Must Pay!
Last November I read an alarming Twitter thread from Cory Doctorow on Disney refusing to pay Alan Dean Foster royalties. Foster was the author (uncredited) of the original Star Wars …
Category: Books
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed – March 2021
You don’t have enough to read and watch, do you?!?!?
A bit of light reading (not really) for International Women’s Day
About two years ago, I read an absolutely fascinating SF novel, Native Tongue, and is International Women’s Day seems like a perfect opportunity to say a little something about it.
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed – January and February 2021
It’s a new year, and I’m a bit late getting started with reviews, but here we go!
Remembering Octavia Butler: two podcast recommendations
Two podcast recommendations to mark the 15th anniversary of Octavia Butler’s untimely death.
“Hey, baby, I’m the Man from SADISTO — wait, why do you look uncomfortable?”
I love the Books From the Crypt website which posts old book covers to promote its online used-book store. Earlier this month, they caught my eye with this one:— which …
Beware the SF Classics. Case in Point: ‘The Sage of Pliocene Exile’ by Julian May
The Saga of Pliocene Exile by Julian May: Fascinating, Complex, and Problematic When I reached for the Saga of Pliocene Exile by Julian May last year as part of a …