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- A Kinrowan Estate story: puppeteers, and their puppets
- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
Category Archives: Books
Philip Nutman, Cities of Night
Philip Nutman is one of the more frustrating horror authors out there, largely because the quality of his output makes the reader wish there were a lot more of it. His novel Wetworksstill stands up as one of the best … Continue reading
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Michael Moorcock’sThe Runestaff
The Runestaff is the rousing finish to Michael Moorcock’s classic Dorian Hawkmoon tetralogy. I had to say that. The Runestaff is, like its predecessors in the series, pulp fiction of the highest order, and even more over the top than … Continue reading
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Jon F. Merz, The Kensei
When the press release for Jon F. Merz’ The Kensei came over the wire (and doesn’t that sound just the least bit retro?), I immediately e-mailed the Chief and said “It sounds weird enough to be interesting.” I mean, a … Continue reading
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Alan Garner’s The Owl Service
This is a magical book, and the finest of Alan Garner’s young adult novels. Now, a lot of people associate magic with ethereal forces, great quests and spells and all that, and indeed spells can be found in several of … Continue reading
Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, eds.: Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
After reading the first couple of pieces in this collection, I contacted a friend who’s active in the steampunk community. “Who’s a good writer in the field?” I asked her. She was embarrassed. Really, she said, there isn’t anybody much. … Continue reading
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Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches
In Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches, which seems more researched than written, vampire fiction is reduced to the, pardon the pun, palest ghost of what made it unique and interesting. As cliché is piled upon cliché and derivative plot … Continue reading
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Phillip José Farmer, The Dark Design
The Dark Design, the second volume in Tor’s reissue of Philip José Farmer’s Riverworld series, is actually the third book in the saga, following To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat. We’re following four threads of narrative here. … Continue reading
Interview: Andrew Fox
I met Andrew Fox for the first time at CapClave 2010; his “elevator speech” about one of his books (Fat White Vampire Blues) hooked me immediately: “Anne Rice meets A Confederacy of Dunces.” I promptly bought the book, and enjoyed it … Continue reading
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Robert Silverberg: The Last Song of Orpheus
One might think that a retelling of the life of a demigod would offer a rich field, particularly if the demigod told the story himself. It was, therefore, with a fair degree of anticipation — and a vivid recollection of … Continue reading
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Jasper Fforde’s The Fourth Bear
My new favourite Welshman, Jasper Fforde, presents his sophomore effort in the Nursery Crimes detective series. The novel starts out strongly. After a brief first chapter describing a mysterious event (like the teaser trailer before the opening credits in a … Continue reading
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