It’s one of those cases where you think you have a book, only to discover you don’t. Then when trying to order from the publisher discover that the 1,500 print run is sold out. Luckily, I was able to order James P. Blaylock’s 2011 novel, The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs, from another source. I have most of Blaylock’s books, with an exception here or there made for chapbooks and single stories.
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Long interview with Iain Banks (aka Iain M. Banks) over at the Irish Times. Probably a bunch of those out there since he just published a new novel – his 26th.
Caution: clicking on this link at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will start a loud advertisement, so be warned.
That said, Bill Steigerwald’s expose of John Steinbeck’s deception (and that of his editors, biographers and publishers) regarding his book, Travels with Charley, makes for very interesting reading. For decades we’ve all been led to believe what Steinbeck wrote actually happened, that he lived in his camper car and everything he saw and heard was real. The truth is that Steinbeck’s words are heavily fictionalized, and likely politically biased. Though I like Steinbeck’s fiction, and one time visited the Steinbeck center in Salinas, one can only hope every work of non-fiction gets the same sharp investigation. Wikipedia, by the way, has yet to update its pages regarding the book.
A review essay about Iain M. Banks’ latest Culture novel, as well as a survey of the past 25 years of Banks’ Culture fiction. Detailed and brilliantly written piece.
This 2012 book looks like an interesting novel, though the “review” itself is rather limited in scope.
A brief review of Sarah Hoyt’s new sf novel, Darkship Renegades, the follow-up to her Prometheus Award winner, Darkship Thieves.
Looming changes in intellectual copyright law, as the Supreme Court gets ready to hear a major case next week. Implication can eventually shut down the ability to resale anything, from books to cellphones and beyond.
Possible changes over at Penguin, as News Corp casts its eyes at the book market.
Looks like the second volume in Bill Patterson’s Robert A. Heinlein biography nears completion. At this rate we might see a 2013 publication date, but nothing is ever set in stone in the publishing world.
Tim Lebon’s London Eye (Toxic City, Book One), from Pyr.
