Tag Archives: Jay Lake

What I’ve Been Reading

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Marion

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

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Marion

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

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Marion

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

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Marion

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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