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James Wallace Harris of the Auxiliary Memory blog has written a thoughtful review of the audiobook of Mike Resnick’s Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge. Here’s a snippet: “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge is the Hugo and Nebula Award winning novella… Read moreAuxiliary Memory: Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick
Speaking of Sir Walter Scott and Ivanhoe… I’ve been much into Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe over the last six months. I’ve watched three different video adaptations. One was a theatrical version from the 1950s, one was a TV movie from… Read moreCommentary: Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe
A neat story from The Guardian this morning: He is seen as the father of the historical novel, so it’s perhaps only fitting that a new literary prize honouring the genre is to be launched in the name of Sir… Read moreSir Walter Scott Prize
Planet of Exile By Ursula K. Le Guin; Read by Stephen Hoye and Carrington MacDuffie 4 CDs – 4.5 Hours – [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Blackstone Audio Published: 2010 ISBN: 9781441717368 The planet Werel is entering its fifteen-year-long winter. The Earth colony… Read moreRecent Arrival: Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin