Things I’m in the middle of: Forensics for Dummies, Douglas P. Lyle — What it says on the tin. Simplistic but it does the trick as all I’m looking for a smattering of background and some vocabulary lessons. The interesting stuff will come later. 29th Years Best Science Fiction, Dozios — Dipping in and out. This …
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#fridayreads 1.jun.2012
Picked up The Jewel Hinged Jaw, Samuel Delany. Because Delany came up in a conversation recently and then I came across this little screed on io9:overmind http://io9.com/5910814/what-samuel-r-delany-can-tell-publishing-about-its-latest-trend Typically shallow but hits a pain point of mine about how many authors have succumbed to the production line via ghost writers and co-authors and how the product …
#FridayReads — 3.feb
This week was all about the short stories. Many available free on the ‘net From the World SF blog. The City of Silence by Ma Boyong. A little too easy update of 1984 for the web ruled city. I suspect that there is better material by the same writer. The House of Aunts. Zen ChoTo …