Sean Gabb, UK libertarian and editor of Free Life, has written a novel of “murder and intrigue, set in mediaeval Rome.” The first three chapters are available for download.
Month: July 2006 (Page 2 of 2)
I believe Time Magazine also ran a story about protest music a few months ago. Here the Nation muses on protest and music.
Via reason’s Hit and Run, a brief story on deciphering blurbs for keys on how to avoid books. My blurbs appeared on three or four books (I remember two by L. Neil Smith and one by Vernor Vinge–though in the latter they cited the publication in which my review appeared, and not my name). In each case I think the publisher pulled my words from a review, and I wrote those words not with a blurb in mind. Culling the essence of a book down to a few sentences is tough work, and sometimes I wonder about their effectiveness. I buy books for the author or story, not from what others say. But do I read the blurbs? Usually, yes, after I’ve already bought the book.
Lack of familiarity with any of the writers mentioned makes me wonder which one is the “wrier of Libertarian SF” among this list mentioned at Emerald City. Clue me in, please.
