It's always nice to see relatives and friends and participate in games of Monkey Pool, but now all that is over, and it's back to whatever it is we do here!
It's a list of books, I'm led to understand, books that I've looked at so far this month through the SFWA Circulating Book Plan. If I find I have something to say about a book, I'll put a paragraph up about it; otherwise, I'll just note its existence. I'm always open to other people's takes on books, too: just drop me a line, and I'll ruthlessly edit your comments before posting them. A more complete rendering of my Policies and Disclaimers can be found by clicking the Policies and Disclaimers link earlier in this sentence, if anyone's interested.
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Since these pages follow the Nebula Awards rules for "rolling eligibility," rules I feel certain are explained somewhere on this vast web site, I only keep 12 month's worth of stuff up here. The rest go off to those places where web pages live when you're not looking at them, a place my computer-savvy friends in high school used to call "the bit bucket."
Oh, and the links for each book will take you to that book's page on amazon.com, in case you're wondering. Any books you buy from Amazon after taking one of these links will send a few pennies to the SFWA Emergency Medical Fund, too.
Harris, Charlaine & Kelner, Toni L. P., eds.: Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (Ace, Oct08)
Following up their anthology featuring stories about vampires and birthdays, Kelner and Harris turn to the unlikely subjects of werewolves and Christmas and come up with another fine anthology. Maybe it's the odd specificity of the dual subjects forcing the various authors to fire up their creative juices, but I was very happy with all the stories here: my favorites, though, were "Fresh Meat" by Alan Gordon, "Il Est Ne" by Carrie Vaughn, and editor Kelner's own "Keeping Watch Over His Flock." I can hardly wait to see what they come up with next!
And the rest of the month:
Samples, William C.: Fe Fi FOE Comes (VelNorth, Jul08)
Waters, Elisabeth, ed.: Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorceress XXIII (Norilana, Nov08)
Flint, Eric & DeMarce, Virginia: 1635: The Dreeson Incident (Baen, Dec08)
Lackey, Mercedes, ed.: Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar (DAW, Dec08)
Priest, Cherie: Fathom (Tor, Dec08)
Reeve, Laura E.: Peacekeeper (Roc, Dec08)
If you're reading this on a Sunday afternoon between 4 and 6 Pacific Time, let me invite you to listen to my radio program, The Darkling Eclectica. I play music and read stories at KUCI in Irvine, CA; the page there should have instructions telling you how to make the sounds come out of your very own computer if you have the proper equipment.
You can also check out my web comics: Terebinth, updated five times a fortnight; and Daily Grind, running Monday through Friday till I can't stand it anymore as part of the Daily Grind Competition.
Or you can always visit these other fine parts of the SFWA Web Site.
I've got a story in this one, so, as I might be a bit biased, I'll just mention it and move on.
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