While out of the country recently I learned that Jack Vance passed away on May 26. Though Vance was in his late nineties, I almost expected him to live forever. Words cannot begin to describe the effect and influence his writing has had on my appreciation of fiction in general and the sf/fantasy genre. I read my first Vance story when I was nineteen, and no other write before or since has meant as much to me as Jack Vance. Elsewhere I will write my tribute in full. The world of genre fiction is far gloomier place without him.
Author: Anders Monsen (Page 18 of 81)
Learned today that the sequel to Michael Shea’s novel, The Extra, entitled Assault on Sunrise, will be published in August of 2013. I’m thrilled to learn of a new book from one of my favorite authors, and hopefully this also means he’ll be writing some more short fiction soon.
And not the pirated kind, but audio readings, from Huxley, Asimov, and others. The original link has more information.
Over at Washington Times a review of The Bull, a novel by Matthew Weber. I’m planning a review of this book in Prometheus, along with a stack of other books I need to get through.
Quotes from Ray Bradbury and 25 minutes of audio of the late great master of speculative fiction.
Interesting article on how to use Google for country and file specific searches, somewhat like an un-named spy agency. Adding keywords like “site” and “filetype” aren’t new, but since most people use Google, knowing these and other ways to refine searches can improve other searches.
Thoughts on writing in letters from Raymond Chandler.
Some amusing quotes, mangled and twisted.
While not a fan of the members of the Bloomsbury writers and artists, I find literary groups fascinating.
An amazing six hours of one song as The National performs one song over and over.
