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Tad Williams on writing & world-building

Excellent article by Tad Williams who was one of Con*Cept’s most interesting GoH a few years back.  I have just received The Heart of What was Lost, looking forward to revisiting Osten Ard.

…In the course of getting into the three long and two short novels of what will (probably) comprise all of this new story of Osten Ard, I’ve probably had the most time I’ve ever had to contemplate details of backstory and worldbuilding. I thought about the new storyline for much of a year before I started, while I finished other books, re-reading the old books and my ancient notes — did you know Binabik was originally named “Bilabil”, and that Simon was orginally a “Martin”? I did, but I’d forgotten. Anyway, I put in a lot of work getting up to speed on Osten Ard again and adding to its history, which already had years of work put into it…

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If EPH had been in effect in 2014 & 15

Aaron Pound analyses  the effect EPH would have had on the Hugos of 2014 & 15.

Looks like a workable plan to stop block voting.

Furthermore, Aaron feels that while it was not the purpose of the EPH, it did have the effect of allowing better quality works on the ballot.

The 2014 “E Pluribus Hugo” Revised Hugo Finalists

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Aaron Pound has a big library–really big library.

I am a confirmed bibliophile. As of the current date, I own and have cataloged 10,281 books, and that doesn’t count the books that are on the kids’ bookshelves. Because I am a bibliophile, I make sure that my books are arranged alphabetically by author. When I run out of shelf space, I acquire more shelves.

Read about him here.

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Stephen King’s Song of Susannah reviewed on Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist

Interesting review of Stephen King’s “Song of Susannah” by Patrick on Patrick’s Fantasy Hotlist.

song of susannah2In my review of Wizard and Glass a few months ago, I said that I was planning on finishing King’s magnum opus before the end of 2016. And then, given just how good Wolves of the Calla turned out to be, I reiterated that it would be hard for me to read anything else in between.

Which is why you are now reading a review for Stephen King’s Song of Susannah. I went through this novel in a few short days, and I’m now reading the final installment, The Dark Tower. With such a cliffhanger ending to cap off the sixth volume, it was impossible not to pick up the seventh to find out how the author would bring this grand saga to an end.
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Provisional Speculative Fiction Top 5 of 2016

From Pat’s Fatasy Hotlist:

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(And VERY Condensed here–go to his website to read the publishers’ blurbs, and click on titles for his reviews.)
Publié par Patrick on Saturday, July 16, 2016
 Time flies and we’re already past the halfway point of the year! Here are the top 5 speculative fiction novels published in 2016 I’ve read so far! =) Click on each title to read my review. . .

1- Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay (Canada, USA, Europe)

2- The Wolf in the Attic by Paul Kearney (Canada, USA, Europe)

3- The Great Ordeal by R. Scott Bakker (Canada, USA, Europe)

4- Javelin Rain by Myke Cole (Canada, USA, Europe)

5- The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence (Canada, USA, Europe)

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Beautiful Libraries

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Stanford Walk I'll meet you all at The Oval on Thursday at 4 PM. There is ONE bit of bad news. There was going to be a talk afterward at 5:30 PM, but it looks like the auditorium at Stanford fell through. This was a surprise to me too - so, my apologies... however, the walk is still on and I look forward to meeting y'all. As a bonus, I'll be giving away a lot of Smugmug goodies! So be sure to come with room to take home something special! Topaz Detail Review Topaz Detail just upgraded their cool software. I have written a quick Topaz Detail Review, which I will add to more in coming weeks. It's a really nice and fun program - I invite you to check it out! Daily Photo - The Gothic Study Note this is the "small" library. I'll post the main library in a few weeks! As always, you can zoom in to see the details by clicking through. The details are quite incredible, and I am sure you will delight in seeing the closeups of the hand-carved wooden arches and the painted Spanish ceilings... it was all amazing! If you look closely at the full res version towards the middle, you can see a portrait of WR Hearst when he was 31-years-old. from Trey Ratcliff at www.stuckincustoms.com

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POLAR BOREALIS #2 available for free download

POLAR BOREALIS #2 published!
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CoverPOLAR BOREALIS #2 is now available for free download to anyone who wants to read it.

Click on “Current/Back Issues” above and scroll down to feast your eyes on the following:

Cover art by Eric Chu.

Poems by Colleen Anderson, Rissa Johnson, Mary Choo, Eileen Kernaghan, Rhea Rose, and J.Y.T. Kennedy.

Stories by Stan G. Hyde, Ron S. Friedman, Steve Fahnestalk, Michael John Bertrand, Holly Schofield, David Perlmutter, R. Graeme Cameron, Catherine Girczyc, dvsduncan, Nina Munteanu, Matthew Hughes, and Spider Robinson.

I am very happy with the way this issue came together. A hearty “thank you” to all the contributors.

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St. Edward’s Church, Stow on the Wold

Some believe this church may have inspired JRR Tolkien’ s door to the mines of Moria.

Stow-on-The-Wold,_St_Edward's_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1115282This is the North Door, flanked by Yew trees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Edward%27s_Church,_Stow-on-the-Wold

The Doors of Durin, also known as West-gate of Moria, West-gate and the West-door of Moria, were built in the dark cliffs of Silvertine mountain and protected the great Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm.

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An interesting side note:

The funeral of the Who‘s bass player, John Entwistle took place at the church in 2002.[13] Entwistle lived at Quarwood, a country estate in the civil (and ecclesiastical) parishes of Stow. Many mourners attended the private church service conducted by family friend Rev. Colin Wilson. The service was broadcast through a PA system to fans who had gathered outside.[14]

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Stephen King and George RR Martin

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The shortlist for the John W. Campbell award has been announced. The award will be presented at World Con in Kansas.

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BRIDE OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Got books?

Following in the tradition of our original Super Sci-Fi Book Sale and its sequels, Return of the Super Sci-Fi Book Sale and Son of the Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, MonSFFA welcomes SF/F booklovers to this fourth in our on-going series of fund-raising science fiction and fantasy used book sales! Bride of the Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will take place in conjunction with the club’s scheduled Sunday, June 12 meeting.

MonSFFA’s warehouse currently holds a sizable inventory of many hundreds of sci-fi novels and anthologies, including scores recently acquired, and the club is again able to offer these to both its members and the general public at unbelievable bargains! And, we welcome any day-of donations of books to add to the pile, as well. Just bag or box ’em, and bring ’em in to our June 12 meeting, before noon, please! (Your donations to the cause are greatly appreciated.)
All volumes will be priced to move (take note: cash sales only)! The more you buy, the more you save!
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