Archive for September 2011

Yeah, yeah, a bunch of new and important things happening with Kindle.  Industry being reshaped.  But that’s our book in the background.  Cool!   Seriously, I feel like the guy making faces behind the reporter.  Look at me!  Look at me!

I’m sure many of you have seen Michele Lee’s 7-year-old daughter react to the DC-rebooted Starfire. But if you haven’t, do. [NOTE: the sheer volume of response appears to have taken down Ms. Lee's blog.  There's a reason for that.]

Well if you’ve read A Shadow in Summer and want to talk about what I got right and wrong in it, or if you’ve wanted to read it and talk about it with someone, or if you just really enjoy spoiler and would like to get a good understanding of the book without actually reading it, October is your lucky month.  Your friends and mine at Fantasy-Faction are looking to start up a conversation about the book. I have to [...]

Geeks of Doom:  A Game Of Thrones #1 was everything I could ever want in an adaptation…and more. IGN: It quickly becomes apparent that the structure of an ongoing, monthly series isn’t ideal for adapting such a long novel. Thou readst black where I read white.                      

It’s a short review, but it’s in the Washington Post.  That’s enough to make my day a better place, right?

How’ve y’all been doing? August turned out to be a pretty rough month.  First off, there was San Diego Comicom, then I came back to two weeks of house guests (my niece and brother-in-law), then Worldcon in Reno.  After that, there was this fairly impressive illness that took me out for about a week.  Anyway.  The upshot is we’ve been thin on the ground these last few weeks. Worldcon, old news though it may be, was a blast.  The best [...]

The people who run the MTV Geek website were on hand at Bubonicon, and interviewed both Daniel and I.  Snippets of the interviews are now available on their site.  I link them here for your amusement. Daniel is interviewed. Ty is interviewed.