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Exegesis, Part the Third: Mosaic
Kay Nielsen
Continuing the posts of the exegetical component of my PhD – no criticism intended, merely analysis. This section looks at mosaic novels and other forms of fragmented storytelling.
Part Three: Mosaic
‘My lies and the fragments of truth I remember mingle so well that I can hardly
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Sandpaper & Salt
So, Tessa Kum is available to edit your work and her flensing services are second to none. That is all you really need to know. Go here. 
Not quite convinced? How about listening to Jeff VanderMeer?
“I highly recommend Tessa’s demolition process. I still remember
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In today’s mail …
Jeff VanderMeer’s gorgeous Steampunk Bible and Kelly Link & Gavin Grant’s equally fabulous Steampunk! Both hard cover goodness filled with awesome.
And in the latter is Kathleen Jennings’ truly wonderful graphic novelly, steampunky story about finishing schools and dentists.
Cheeky Frawgs and Honey
Squeee!
The Cheeky Frawg ebook empire has officially released Amal El-Mohtar’s wonderful The Honey Month.
It can be found here.
Other titles will be coming soon, including:
The Troika by Stepan Chapman (novel)
ODD? edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
It Came From the North: Finnish Weird Fiction, vols. 1—3
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Tagged Amal El Mohtar, cheeky frawg press, jeff vandermeer, Tainaron by Leena Krohn Flying Fish “Prometheus”: A Fantasy of the Future by Vilhelm Bergsøe Women of the Supernatural: A Tartarus Press Sampler edited by Ray Russell The Toy Fixer by Yasumi Kobayashi, the honey month, The Troika by Stepan Chapman (novel) ODD? edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer It Came From the North: Finnish Weird Fiction, vols. 1—3 edited by Jukka Halme and Tero Ykspetäjä
And this morning I woke up to …
… to a LOT of emails telling me that Sourdough and Other Stories has been shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.
Which was awesome, because look at the other folk in the category:
Best Collection
What I Didn’t See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small
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The Sad Tale Drive-by: Jesse Bullington
As well as being possessed of an impressive moustache and a shoulder ferret, Jesse Bullington is also in possession of a prodigious writing talent. His debut novel from Orbit, The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart, sent two nutters off on crusade and met with the proverbial
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More on the Otter front
It’s the end of the year … like many folk, my exhaustion levels are very, very high … so I’m finding a lot of things either hysterically funny, or tragically melancholy. On the hysterically funny side, are the number of otter-related comments I’ve been getting since the “I am sure I have a pet otter” dream. This has included Jeff
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Tagged jeff vandermeer, otters, ThinkGeek, topatoco
Questions, answered.
Mr DeNardo over at SF Signal is asking questions again. This time it’s about what to give the geek/nerd in your life for Christmas/insert holiday of choice here. People answering include, but are not restricted to, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Martha Wells, Jeff VanderMeer and moi.
Go here for geeky giftly goodness.
For the record: I still want an otter.
Jeff VanderMeer on Cooking Chicken Dinners and Knowing Your Limits
Via Bibliophile Stalker (again, thank you, Charles!) this from Jeff VanderMeer, which makes some great points about not wearing out your creativity.
Sometimes we forget to breathe when it comes to our creativity. By which I mean we are so busy creating and interacting with the world that we forget to pause, to be silent, to be alone. The imagination, the
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Tagged Booklife, creativity, jeff vandermeer
Steampunk Reloaded
Now the site is back on its legs, I give you this.
