From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism

Archive for October 2009

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-20

Lots of nice comments on Valentine's "Light on the Water" – http://bit.ly/Awb1S # What are your favorite #Halloween themed #fantasy short stories or #books? # Slattery's Brain Harvest story kicks butt – http://bit.ly/37Qlnq # piece on game economies – http://bit.ly/2WtM7Y # I'm trying to pick my three favorite stories from Fantasy Magazine between November 1st, [...]

Book Review: Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

The novel is suffused with fantastical elements: the gods are real and present, the future is foretold, oracles are consulted and answer.

Snapshots: Cable 18, Strange Tales 1, Buffy The Vampire Slayer 28, Deadpool 15, Marvel Zombies Return 1, The Boys 34

Every week (more or less) our devastatingly handsome comic reviewer Paul Duggan gives us the lowdown on comics that have inspired, amused, bored or downright annoyed him. He will do anything for comics, but he won’t do that.

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-19

Cool- http://bit.ly/Cxawo # Genevieve Valentine's excellent "Light on the Water" is today's fiction: http://bit.ly/8zWkD # RT @SFcrowsnest Victorian Steampunk Society staging exhibition of steampunk art, contraptions and sculptures etc. http://bit.ly/ON7re # RT @PublishersWkly Cory Doctorow kicks off a unique publishing experiment–and a monthly PW column: http://bit.ly/15nMrL #fb # Booklife should be awesome – http://bit.ly/1qoJR # [...]

Light On The Water

49 loved the hotel across the river, and that spring, when fog covered her, he knew he had to tell her. She was all by herself on that side of the river, just her and the rocky shore and the long highway that wound in a ribbon far behind her, and she seemed always so lonely he wanted her to know she was not unloved.

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-18

Who else is going to steamcon next weekend? # Headed to hear the Kevin Smith Q&A tonight, it's my bday present to Wayne. # I would like to find a steam-punky iphone case – any recommendations? # On Sunday 10/18 from 1-3pm, Books of Wonder (NYC) hosts nine authors of fantasy novels for young readers: [...]

The DC Guy

Hello there, I’m Chris and I’m the new resident DC nerd. When I’m not reciting the Green Lantern oath by memory while randomly walking around the streets, I’m reading comics. Here are my impressions of some recent DC releases.

Surrogates: Sci Fi’s Power to Make You Go Hmmm

Wouldn’t surrogates lead to trolls stomping around in real life? No, not big ugly creatures fond of bridges, but internet trolls, those who use the anonymity of the internet to be complete jerks without fear of real consequences?

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-17

This is going to kick some ass!! http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/ # Are you an EVE player? http://www.jinx.com/eve.aspx?news=210 # Working on the podcast for Lavie Tidhar's new story, read by Eric Francis – http://bit.ly/1s8AQB # SF – feminized or sexist? http://bit.ly/Uqp22 Who's for "moronic relationship drama"? # This looks like e cool spy MMORPG, "The Agency" – http://bit.ly/1pELN1 [...]

Snapshots: New Avengers 56, Dark X-Men 3, The Boys: Herogasm 4

As all the Avengers with freaky powers are knocked for six by a device that drains their abilities. It is left to the all-too-human Mockingbird to try and defend her fallen friends against the godlike Wrecking Crew. Balls! Wrecking Balls.