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- What’s New for the 11th of May: Special Jack Zipes edition on fairy tales; an obsure Tam Lin film treatment; songs that tell stories; new jazz, Danish fiddle tunes, Norwegian women’s vocal music; Russian and Eastern European food and cooking, and more
- What’s New for the 27th of April: Tim Pratt & Heather Shaw’s fiction and Flytrap zine; Tea with Jane Austen; a fine French fairy tale film; some new jazz and archival francophone music reviews; and the Stones!
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Most Beguiling Cookbook
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- A Kinrowan Story: We Lost The Cheshire Cat
- What’s New for the 30th of March: Space Opera by Niven & Pournell, Arkady Martine, C. J. Cherryh, Elizabeth Bear, Simon Jimenez and more; Kage reads for us ‘The Empress of Mars’, a novella she wrote; a grab bag of music including new Buryat folk music; The Ukrainians; live music from the Scottish band Iron Horse; Gail Simone graphic novels; Farscape; and of course chocolate
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- What’s New of 16th of March: A variety of mysteries; some new Scottish music by an old band, new jazz, and splendid archival reviews; ballads in graphic novel form; and chocolate in Paris
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- What’s New of 2nd of March: Kibbles and Bits including ghostly stories, the Hotel California, music picked by Gary of course
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- What’s New for the 16th of February: Books by and about Bob Dylan, and music by Dylan and others; plus some new world music and jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Unreliable Narrators
- What’s New for the 2nd of February: All about the Oz books, green man lore, and gargoyles; Baltic polyphony, East-West ambient psychedelia, and a grab bag of other music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Knit One, Purl Two
- What’s New for the 19th of January: Go Ahead, Be Pleasantly Surprised At What’s Here
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Ancients and Venerables of Guild of St. Nicholas
- What’s New for the 5th of January: A look back at books Gary reviewed in 2024; some seasonally appropriate Nordic music and a little new jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Biscuits
- What’s New for the 22nd of December: A Solstice Story, Crow Girls, Scrooge, Marley, Elizabeth I, Revels and more festive holiday reading; The Lion in Winter on stage and screen; Jethro Tull, Steeleye Span, Christine Lavin, swinging jazz and more holiday sounds
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces
- What’s New for the 8th of December: Elizabeth Bear fiction; some holiday related offerings including new music from The Unthanks, Americana tinged jazz, Polar Express, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Eggnog
- What’s New for the 24th of November: Norwegian winter holiday music, archival jazz, new roots music from around Europe, and more; books and what not about things fictional & medæival
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pudding
- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Brandy (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 13th of October: Elizabeth Bear tends a pot of turkey stock, Groot and Rocket Raccoon, A Video and Fiction set in India, Tasty music reviews, and music from Irish trad band Clannad
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Tag Archives: science fiction
Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Relentless Moon
The Relentless Moon is the third book in Mary Robinette Kowal’s series of prequels to her immensely successful novelette The Lady Astronaut of Mars, following on the heels of The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky. Kowal has described it … Continue reading
Roger Zelazny’s Unicorn Variations
I’ve been collecting and reading this author for well over twenty years now. (Today I received A Checklist of Roger Zelazny, a chapbook that Christopher Stephens did in 1991. Bliss — more reading to look forward to!) Even though he … Continue reading
Roger Zelazny’s Roadmarks
Roger Zelazny’s Roadmarks is set upon a road that travels through time, with a nexus placed every few decades, or sometimes centuries, where a handful of people are able to get on and off. While there is a plot involving a … Continue reading
Becky Chamber’s A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chamber’s A Psalm for the Wild-Built is wonderful. A short volume in what is labelled as hopepunk, it succeeds in drawing the reader to what feels a fully thought out and developed setting. It is a slim volume, not … Continue reading
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Martha Wells’ Fugitive Telemetry
By the end of Chapter 5 of Fugitive Telemetry, the 2021 installment in Martha Wells’ award-winning series The Murderbot Diaries, I was having some deep thoughts about artificial intelligence. (Or what passes for deep thoughts in my aging cranium.) I … Continue reading
J.S. Dewes’ The Last Watch
J.S. Dewes’ The Last Watch is the first novel in a planned series. It combines an imperial setting in the far future in familiar manner, and as a result Dewes needs more to distinguish her work. Fortunately good plotting and an … Continue reading
Elizabeth Bear’s Machine
Elizabeth Bear is playing a long game in Machine, the second installment in her White Space series. The series is shaping up to be an exploration of those dark places – not to say dystopian spaces – that are always … Continue reading
Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit
Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit is a romantic sci-fi novel and the premier work of the author. It is, for the moment, standalone, and a well paced, narratively satisfying volume. The setting features a combination of interplanetary travel and detailed political … Continue reading
Bruce Sterling’s Robot Artists & Black Swans
Bruce Sterling’s Robot Artists & Black Swans represents a fascinating concept. A set of science fiction stories told by a fictional Italian author from an Italian point of view. Coming from a classic master of cyberpunk, such a collection is … Continue reading
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Naomi Kritzer’s Catfishing on CatNet
Naomi Kritzer’s Catfishing on CatNet is one of those really kind, sweet, human novels where everyone except the villain is doing their best. They make mistakes – “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” could be this book’s … Continue reading
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