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Category Archives: Books
The Golden Sentence
Pick a book, check the total number of pages, and divide by φ (aka the Golden Ratio, aka 1.618…). Now go to the page you get, count the number of sentences, and divide that number by φ. Count the sentences till you get to that one. That’s your Golden Sentence.
Happy Hollow Bean, everybody
B. good.
Shelf Awareness’ Q&A
Your top five authors:
In no particular order, Michael Swanwick, William Gibson, Joe Haldeman, Elmore Leonard, and Terry Pratchett.
Horns, by Joe Hill
Horns by Joe Hill is an amazing novel; each new chapter reveals another piece of an intricate puzzle.
Keycon 28 (1)
This past weekend I went to Keycon 28, the latest iteration of Winnipeg’s science fiction convention. I had been invited by Craig Russell, and since I’d never been to a con, I figured, Why not?
Congratulations to Craig Russell
Craig Russell, local author, has been nominated for an Aurora Award for his novel Black Bottle Man (reviewed here). He’s in a category with Marie Bilodeau, Hayden Trenholm, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Robert J. Sawyer. Good company, in short. Congratulations, Craig, and best of luck!
Heat Death
Heat Death Located in Patrick Johanneson’s Flickr photostream. Published, woo hoo!
Review: Black Bottle Man
Black Bottle Man builds steadily but quietly into a beautiful climax.
This morning came awful early
When my wife’s alarm clock went off at 5:30 AM, she said to me, “When did you get in last night?” Me: “3:30.“ Her: “Yeah. I woke up at 2:30, and you weren’t in yet. I thought, Those idiots*, and went back to sleep.” Those idiots were me and my cow-orker Craig, and the reason we got …