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Universal Language? Authors from the Apex Book of World SF Discuss the Global Reach of Speculative Fiction

Philippine Genre Stories (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

Here's an article on Strange Horizons : Universal Language? Authors from the Apex Book of World SF Discuss the Global Reach of Speculative Fiction . The Apex Book of World SF is edited by Lavie Tidhar , and in the story-list are two stories by Pinoys: Kristin Mandigma 's " Excerpt From A Letter By A Social-Realist Aswang ", and Dean Alfar 's " The Kite Of Stars ". An excerpt from...

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Wanted: Some Good Old-Fashioned Snake Oil…

Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

…or some other similar remedy to chase away this flu. The future Baron is gradually improving. His cough is slowly receding, but he still has a fever, which is troubling. On the other hand, the fB’s girlfriend, who visited with us a week ago, developed her own version of this creeping crud. She went to the doctor yesterday, and he told her that what she had was the common cold, and not...

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Book review: Road Dogs, by Elmore Leonard

Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

ROAD DOGS BY ELMORE LEONARD Weidenfeld, 272pp, £18.99 Review by ROBERT PINSKY

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Book review: Amy Alkon’s I See Rude People

Hot Air (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

It's not often that I actually get to finish a book these days. Most of my day involves keeping up with blogs, newspapers, wire services, and e-mails. and I find that I want a diversion from politics in my down time rather than more immersion in politics. When I received ...

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October #4 - THE CLEANUP

The Hook, Line and Stinker (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

Title: The cleanup Author: Sean Doolittle Publisher: Dell Copyright: 2006 ISBN: 0-440-24282-7 Series or stand-alone: Stand-alone Setting: Omaha, NE 1st Sentence: Prologue $avemore 1. Meat and frozen Worth couldn't get over the looks people gave him. Comments: Matt Worth was busted down to working security detail at a grocery store after hitting a superior officer. When his co-worker Gwen comes to him...

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Pg. 69: Roy Chaney's "The Ragged End of Nowhere"

Campaign for the American Reader (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

The current feature at the Page 69 Test: The Ragged End of Nowhere by Roy Chaney.About the book, from the publisher:Hagen thought his family had left Las Vegas for good. He had joined the CIA and moved to Berlin, while his younger brother had followed in their father’s footsteps and joined the French Foreign Legion. For a while they had seemed free from the criminal underworld upon which the

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James Ellroy

Blank Mag (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

The celebrated crime writer reveals that after his last book led to a breakdown, drugs and divorce, this time he has his demons in check Some illuminating pre-interview James Ellroy research shows: “America’s greatest living crime writer” (some would root for Elmore Leonard) feigning joyful masturbation for the benefit of the Playboy Channel outside the [...]

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Wholphin Release Party & Screening in LA

WHOLPHIN DVD (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Join us for Wholphin’s return to the Cinefamily on Tuesday, December 8th at 8PM to celebrate the release of our latest two DVDs: Wholphin No. 9 & 10. The screening will include Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s fiery adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s short story, “Sparks” (starring Carla Gugino and Eric Stoltz); a Maurice Sendak childhood memory re-enacted by Spike [...]

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Comics Grinder: The Winter Men

Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

“The Winter Men” is a patchwork quilt of observations and red herrings that takes the spy thriller to new heights of eccentric fun. It’s one of those stories that starts out about being one thing and ends up embracing everything. Meet Kris Kalenov, the main character in “The Winter Men,” he is your guide into [...]

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Booklover - Herald on Sunday - 15...

Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Booklover - Herald on Sunday - 15 November, 2009 Mark Crysell is the Europe correspondent for TVNZ News & Current Affairs The book I love most is....the nominees are: The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer, a haunting white trash epic, devastatingly written. Songlines by Bruce Chatwin, beautiful evocative writing about why we travel. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, a classic, I've read it five...

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"Boy, you're on your way." (Peter Leonard on getting The Call and stepping out of a tall shadow)

Boxing the Octopus (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

It's a huge moment in every author's career: The Call that instantly takes us from pipe dream to book deal. Today Peter Leonard, author of Quiver and Trust Me (and son of novelist Elmore Leonard) stops by to share his "how I got from there to here" story... I remember when I was nine years old, going down the stairs to the basement, seeing my dad at his desk, white cinder block wall behind...

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Book review: Road Dogs

Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

ROAD DOGS Elmore Leonard Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £18.99 JANET MASLIN

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Buildings and Food - Articles (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Ritual cleansing of child soldiers in Sierra Leone . David Hanson is spending three months canoeing the Chattahoochee River . Choire finds some gems in the coming auction of the Lehman Brothers art collection. Having a pet can be as bad for the environment as an SUV The 10 worst food trends , DEBUNKED . When is the film better than the novel? Maybe when it’s one of these . But I think there’s...

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Trust Me

Sunset Over Slawit (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

‘Trust No One’ read the famous poster in Fox Mulder’s office, and you have to wonder if Elmore Leonard’s son Peter has a copy of that same print pinned up above his own desk. I’ve not read any of Leonard Sr.’s work (I must do something about that) though I have seen Get Shorty , Cat Chaser , 52 Pick-Up , Out Of Sight and Jackie Brown , so I reckon I know his style....

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How to write better dialogue

Time to Write (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

One of the topics that usually is skimmed over in writing books is how to construct compelling dialogue. Naturally you have to start with compelling characters—then what they have to say has a much better chance of being the same....

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