LitStack Review – Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
Author Mary Robinette Kowal Ghost TalkersMary Robinette KowalTor BooksRelease Date: August 16, 2016ISBN 978-0-7653-7825-5 Mary Robinette Kowal is the absolute...
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2016 World Fantasy Award Winners Announced
This weekend, at the World Fantasy Convention held in Columbus, Ohio, the winners of the 2016 World Fantasy Awards were...
Gimbling in the Wabe – You Have to Hear It to Believe It
I don't normally do this for my Gimblings - linking to a site rather than writing my own essay. But...
Paul Beatty Wins Wins the 2016 Man Booker Prize with “The Sellout”
In a black tie dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday, Paul Beatty's fourth novel, The Sellout, was named 2016's Man...
LitStack Review – Angel Catbird by Margaret Atwood
Angel CatbirdMargaret Atwood, AuthorJohnnie Christmas, IllustratorTamra Bonvillain, ColoristDark Horse BooksRelease Date: September 6, 2016ISBN 978-1-50670-063-2 Wait... what? Margaret Atwood, THAT...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Making Sausage
In last week's 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention, held at the Minneapolis Convention Center, I attended a panel discussion entitled...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part Two – The Authors
While the variety shows and special events were fun, and the panels and workshops were informative, while being around a...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part One
It was my distinct pleasure to be able to attend the 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention last weekend at the...
Another “NerdCon: Stories” is In The Books
Well, another NerdCon: Stories convention has come and gone (held October 14 and 15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), and once again,...
Gimbling in the Wabe – My Own Wanderings Through M. T. Anderson’s “Symphony for the City of the Dead” (Pt 2)
... in which I jump right in from where I left off in my first installment of my thoughts on...
Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
For the first time in its 115 year history, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to a songwriter/musician: Minnesota...
“The Sympathizer” and “Nagasaki” Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prizes
Viet Thanh Nguyen has won the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction with his compelling debut novel, The Sympathizer,...
2016 National Book Award Finalists and “5 Under 35” Honorees Announced
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and...
Gimbling in the Wabe – My Own Wanderings Through M. T. Anderson’s “Symphony for the City of the Dead”
NOTE: This is written as if it were being told to an acquaintance, say, someone that I saw regularly at...
LitStack Review – Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark MatterBlake CrouchPublisher: CrownRelease Date: July 26, 2016ISBN 978-1-101-90422-0 When you read in an author's Acknowledgements page, and he thanks...
Gimbling in the Wabe – It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Gene Luen Yang!
Okay, I have to admit, I find last week's announcement of the 2016 MacArthur Fellows (and their subsequent awarding of...
Six Diverse Writers Are Named 2016 MacArthur Fellows
Poet Claudine Rankine, writer Maggie Nelson, artist and writer Lauren Redniss, "long form" journalist Sarah Stillman, graphic novelist and comic...
Winners of the 2016 British Fantasy Awards
The British Fantasy Society (an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association) is an organization "dedicated to promoting the best...
Gimbling in the Wabe – RIP, W. P. Kinsella
On Saturday, September 17, 2016, Canadian author W.P. (Bill) Kinsella died at age 81. The news didn't make a lot...
Kirkus Prize Shortlists Announced
Founded in 1933, Kirkus has been “an authoritative voice in book discovery" for over 80 years. The associated Kirkus Reviews...
2016 Emmy Awards – The Writers
Lest we forget, stories come in many forms. While we often think of them mainly in terms of novels, short...
National Book Awards 2016 Longlists Announced
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Wherein I Rant about Manipulative Advertising
Words are amazing. They give voice to the essence of being human, they are how we share who we are,...
2016 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
Today, the Man Booker Prize announced the six books that have been narrowed down to form the shortlist for their...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Glorious Failures
My daughter was looking over the syllabus from a college English class that she had just started, and she was...
LitStack Review: Steeplejack by A. J. Hartley
Steeplejack A. J. Hartley Tor Teen Release Date: June 14, 2016 ISBN 978-0-7653-8342-6 Multiculturalism is a tricky subject to capture,...
LitStack Review: The Race by Nina Allen
The Race Nina Allen Titan Books Release Date: July 19, 2016 ISBN 978-1-785650-36-9 Originally published in 2014 by NewCon Press...
Gimbling in the Wabe – A Story Unto Themselves
Over the last few years I've been writing the "Literary Birthday" blurbs that appear Monday through Friday on the LitStack...
LitStack Review: The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley
The Last Mortal Bond Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Book 3 Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: March 15, 2016...
LitStack Review: Admiral by Sean Danker
Admiral Sean Danker Roc Books Release Date: May 3, 2016 ISBN 978-0-451-47579-4 You've probably heard it/seen it/read it before, especially...
LitStack Review – Icon by Genevieve Valentine
Icon Genevieve Valentine Saga Press Release Date: June 28, 2016 ISBN 978-1-4814-2515-5 ~ * ~ Welcome to diplomacy. Adapt or...
LitStack Review – Mechanical Failure by Joseph Zieja
Mechanical Failure Joseph Zieja Saga Press Release Date: June 14, 2016 ISBN 978-1-4814-5927-3 My father-in-law loved to watch reruns of...
Gimbling in the Wabe – My Own Genre of Postcards, My Own Genus of Photographs
"A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable relationships." - Jorge Luis Borges...
“Children of Time” Wins 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award
British author Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the Arthur C Clarke Award for his science fiction novel Children of Time. The...
LitStack Review – Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Shadowshaper Daniel José Older Arthur A. Levine Books Release Date: June 30, 2015 ISBN 978-0-545-59161-4 I am not a teenager...
2016 Chesley Awards Winners Announced
Last week, the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA) announced the winners for the 2016 Chesley Awards during...
2016 Hugo Award Winners Announced
The 2016 World Science Fiction convention was held in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend during MidAmeriCon II, and was highlighted...
There But for the Grace of God
Thirty-five inches of rain in four days. That's how much rain has fallen in Louisiana in this last "episode." The...
Gimbling in the Wabe – What Michael Phelps and I Have in Common
Well, the honest answer to "what Michael Phelps and I have in common" is, practically nothing. He's a young, strong,...
LitStack Review: Company Town by Madeline Ashby
Company Town Madeline Ashby Tor Books Release Date: May 17, 2016 ISBN 978-0-7653-8290-0 Go Jung-hwa is my new favorite hero....
Gimbling in the Wabe – Persistence
On summer nights - well, on many nights, really - I end the day out on my front porch, in...
Not the Man Booker Prize 2016 Longlist Announced and Your Chance to Vote!
Every year at this time, the Man Booker Prize - a very prestigious British literary prize - comes out with...
LitStack Review: The God Wave by Patrick Hemstreet
The God Wave Patrick Hemstreet Harper Voyager Release Date: May 17, 2016 ISBN 978-0-06-241950-7 The tale starts simply: neuroscientist Chuck...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Sometimes When I Read…
Sometimes when I read, it's like a lovely summer's day when the sun is shining but it's not too hot,...
Man Booker Longlist Announced for 2016
The longlist for the Man Booker Prize was announced this week. The prize, which launched in 1969, aims to promote...
Gimbling in the Wabe – It’s Too Danged Hot!
Dang, it's hot. Too hot. I know you folks in Southern climates may well be guffawing at us Northerners now,...
LitStack Review: Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
Time Salvager Wesley Chu Tor Book Release Date: July 7, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-7718-0 (NOTE: Why I didn't post this review...
LitStack Review: The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood
The Summer Dragon - First Book of the Evertide Todd Lockwood DAW Books Release Date: May 3, 2016 ISBN 978-0-7564-0833-6...
LitStack Review: Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
Boy Erased Garrard Conley Riverhead Books Release Date: May 10, 2016 ISBN 978-1-59463-301-0 It was sheer coincidence that had me...
