The wide-ranging sprawl of eclectic subject matter in today’s links should convince you I have the attention span of a gnat–wait, what is that shiny thing over there….? Amazing Painted Plywood Subfloor. Link I’ve heard of people painting their subfloors before. Most attempts to do so that I’ve seen are pretty basic. Coats of plain […]
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Author Catherine McKenzie ranted a few days ago about covers on books, in her post “Why Do Books Written by Women Get Such Audience-Limiting Covers?“. The post was written primarily for authors, and in it she proposes that, as the title suggests, women authors’ book covers are designed in such a way that tags them
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If you’ve been reading this blog for very long, then you’re probably already aware that Robert A. Heinlein is up in my top two favourite authors of all time (the other spot has a rotating roster). I’ve spoken about Heinlein and about this particular book, Time Enough for Love, more than once on the blog
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The thing about any story set in the future that features humans is that all the current human cultures and habits could extend on for a good long bit yet…like eating with knives and forks, for instance. It’s hard to imagine we would ever go back to eating with our fingers, with a belt knife
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The “straight” science fiction genre (that is, the genre that has no romance and a dearth of deep characters and interesting relationships — as opposed to Science Fiction Romance, which has the best of both worlds), has had its share of critics and outspoken authors with strong opinions. Theodore Sturgeon was an outstanding SF writer,
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Xenogenesis is book 4 of The Endurance series and will be released on October 27, 2016. Dar Albert of Wicked Smart Designs is up to her usual wicked smartness. I just love this one! What do you think? And here’s a snippet from the book, just to tease you. (BTW, there’s a whole other snippet
Part 7: Big, Sick-Making Inboxes. This post is part of Inbox Sanity, A Geek Girl’s Guide series. Part 1: Who Gives A Crap? Part 2: Empty Inbox, Always. Part 3: Working the System. Part 4: Filtering I. Part 5: Filtering II. Part 6: Multiple Email Addresses. Part 7: Big, Sick-Making Inboxes. _______________ BIG, giant, sick-making
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There are tons and tons of “Greatest Books” lists out there. The Google gave me these, right off the top: Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels (Although they don’t supplied a criteria in any way) Wikipedia’s Lists of 100 Best Books (They didn’t even try to stop at just one list). There are many, many more
Pulse Pause Moments: Phryne and Jack! When readers sign up for my newsletter or for the blog feed via email, I always ask them for book and TV series recommendations. Often readers will email me back and tell me their favourite book and TV series, just in case I have the spare time to binge.
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Part 6: Multiple Email Address. This post is part of Inbox Sanity, A Geek Girl’s Guide series. Part 1: Who Gives A Crap? Part 2: Empty Inbox, Always. Part 3: Working the System. Part 4: Filtering I. Part 5: Filtering II. Part 6: Multiple Email Addresses. Part 7: Big, Sick-Making Inboxes. _______________ One of the
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