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- @John Scalzi's Whatever: C.C. Finlay, author of A Spell for the Revolution.
- Lou Anders is quoted in B&N Book Club on Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz.
- Shhhh! Chris Roberson has a secret...
- Free Book Samples:
- Angry Robot offers a free sample chapters Slights by Kaaron Warren.
- "The Variant" by author/screenwriter John August. [Thanks, Tim!]
- SCI FI Wire's got some pics of M. Night Shyamalan's Last Airbender.
- A feature film based on the 1970s British TV series UFO is in the works. [Thanks, Fred!]
- Lists:
- @Save the Semiprozine: 5 of the best new writers appearing in semiprozines.
- @Little Fivers: 9 Reasons Why Machines Won't Take Over the Planet.
- @io9: 13 Books That Will Change The Way You Look At Robots. Great list. I so want to read Ekaterina Sedia's Alchemy of Stone.
- @Popular Mechaics: The 5 Geekiest Sci-Fi Movies at Sundance 2009. [via Space Time Stories]
- @SciFi Scanner: 10 actors who manage to make doomsday look like fun.
- Hero Complex lists Top 10 vintage Batman toys...including a somewhat lewd Batman watergun. [Also check out Hero Complex's shared video: Batman's game addiction.]
- John Scalzi vs. a Bidet. I've got $5 on the bidet.
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Posted by John DeNardo at Saturday May 23, 2009 at 12:05 AM
© 2009 SF Signal
I liked Alchemy of Stone for its characterization of a clockwork girl desiring her independence, but I still feel like the book read like a shell of what I hoped it would be. The relationships and emotions worked quite well, however, the narrative just runs a bit thin for my taste. It's definitely worth reading, but the fantasy aspects of the alchemy and gargoyles pulled me away from the things I liked - the robot girl and her clockwork life.
The robot book I've got my eye on is Twisted Metal (Tony Ballantyne). Also, with more of a cyberpunk aspect, I'd like to read Black Glass (John Shirley).
Posted by Weyland Yutani on Saturday May 23, 2009 at 3:18 AM