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Strange at Ecbatan: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. An Appreciation of John Crowley's Engine Summer. I prepared this for an April 1 book group presentation at Left Bank Books in St. Louis. For those coming to this from Patti Abbott's Friday's Forgotten Books, I'm not really suggesting it's forgotten (if perhaps a bit eclipsed by Little, Big. And it certainly isn't old, nor, alas, a bestseller. An appreciation by Rich Horton. Ever after. I promise. Now close your eyes." So ends John Crowley's Engine Summer. 1975), and Beasts. Seque...
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At the Villa Rose: Missing
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At the Villa Rose. Random thoughts of Xavier Lechard. Dans son unique édition de 1934, il vous en coûtera. 100 euros. Et ce n'est même pas le plus cher que j'aie vu pour un livre de Vindry; je me souviens avoir croisé une fois La Bête hurlante. Pourquoi ne l'est-il pas? Gaudy Night de Dorothy L. Sayers. Mais en attendant, que faire? Lire et relire A travers les murailles. Publié par/Edited by Xavier. 9 octobre 2014 à 06:05. Jai pu lire La Bête Hurlante hier à la Bibliothèque des Littératures Policières.
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At the Villa Rose: The Public Gets What the Publishers Want
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At the Villa Rose. Random thoughts of Xavier Lechard. The Public Gets What the Publishers Want. And judging by the next books in line and Martin Edwards's appointment as series consultant. The best is yet to come. Artificiality, gentleness and emphasis on plot over character is allegedly not in line with modern readers's craving for realistic, gritty character-driven stuff. So why do they now sell? The answer is simple: a good publisher and a good marketing campaign. Publié par/Edited by Xavier. I agree ...
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At the Villa Rose: Of Definition and Standards
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At the Villa Rose. Random thoughts of Xavier Lechard. Of Definition and Standards. Says Leslie Kendall Dye. My obsession with Wilkie Collins started, strangely, with The Moonstone. It's often credited with being the first "detective novel," but it isn't. It is considered a classic, but it's boring and poorly plotted. I read it to please my father, who had loved it. When I told him what I thought of it, he said, "Oh, yes, I remember now, it is boring. Try The Woman in White. That's much better.". It was e...
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Eileen Gunn
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Back to Stable Strategies Menu. This eileen gunn, anyway? This one is a writer and editor. My short stories have been published in magazines and anthologies - Eclipse One, Wired, Hayakawa’s Sf Magazine. Nature, Asimov’s Magazine, and others around the world. I'm the publisher and editor of The Infinite Matrix. The pioneering outdoor recreation website, and one of my personal websites, the Difference Dictionary. Was declared Cool Site of the Day. Which numbers among its graduates a significant number of t...
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Incogitable
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Philip K. Dick. Sadly no link for fletcher pratt). Great SF and F. One man's probably useless list of weird fiction. The Phoenix and the Mirror - Avram Davidson. The Blue Star - Fletcher Pratt. Immaculately realized secondary world that goes beyond swords and sorcery. Something of the vivid details of Vance but with a less mannered tone. The central conceit of the novel, the Blue Star's magical properties, is a good one, though the characters are somewhat slight. A Storm of Wings - M. John Harrison.
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Est 8 July 2003. August 16, 2003. April 01, 2004. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. Barbara (Roger's wife) andI. November 23, 2004. Blog bio pic 1. November 23, 2004. Blog bio pic 2. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. Crystal Face of Defeat. November 23, 2004. Crystal Gratuitous Butt Shot1. November 23, 2004. Crystal Gratuitous Butt Shot2. November 23, 2004. November 23, 2004. November...
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At the Villa Rose: décembre 2014
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At the Villa Rose. Random thoughts of Xavier Lechard. Lettre ouverte aux scénaristes de France. Mesdames, Messieurs,. Parce qu'il faut bien vivre et que c'est quoi qu'on en dise la forme la plus populaire de la littérature criminelle, vous prétendez écrire des whodunits. Contrairement au roman noir, le whodunit ne repose pas simplement sur une histoire. Mais sur une intrigue. Une autre règle du whodunit est que tous les indices doivent être fournis au spectateur. L'auteur ne doit pas cacher d'atouts ...
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At the Villa Rose: Lettre ouverte aux scénaristes de France
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At the Villa Rose. Random thoughts of Xavier Lechard. Lettre ouverte aux scénaristes de France. Mesdames, Messieurs,. Parce qu'il faut bien vivre et que c'est quoi qu'on en dise la forme la plus populaire de la littérature criminelle, vous prétendez écrire des whodunits. Contrairement au roman noir, le whodunit ne repose pas simplement sur une histoire. Mais sur une intrigue. Une autre règle du whodunit est que tous les indices doivent être fournis au spectateur. L'auteur ne doit pas cacher d'atouts ...
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At the Villa Rose: février 2015
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At the Villa Rose. Random thoughts of Xavier Lechard. Where It Comes From. From the New York Times. Anthony Horowitz, who was given official sanction by the Conan Doyle Estate to write a new Holmes novel, “The House of Silk” (2011), and whose “Moriarty” was published in December, said he thought that Sherlock Holmes was the father of all modern detective fiction. I can see readers of this blog scratching their heads and wondering: "Hey, what about Dupin? Publié par/Edited by Xavier. Liens vers cet article.