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What I’ve Been Reading

The streak of excellent books is continuing, more or less, and I feel very blessed.  Here’s a sampler: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. Mitchell, of Cloud Atlas fame, has delivered once again, a stunning literary fantasy about time, personal … Continue reading

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Endurance

My review of Jay Lake’s fantasy novel Endurance is up at fanlit. I think I was rather harsh, but I do not think that Lake accomplished his goals here.

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Green, by Jay Lake

Green,the eponymous main character of JayLake’s fantasy novel, chooses her name as an act of defiance.  Her captors want to call her Emerald, but she rejects it. As a young child, three or four years old, Green is sold to … Continue reading

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Suspending Disbelief

I first heard the expression “a willing suspension of disbelief” at a science fiction convention. I was in my twenties. I didn’t get it. The words rolled around in my head but I couldn’t parse them. It took me awhile … Continue reading

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