Eclectic and striving never to follow paths into ruts, the OF Blog focuses on essays, reviews, interviews, and other odds and ends that might be of interest to fans of both literary and speculative fiction. Now with a cute owl for your enjoyment. Subscribe in a reader. Thursday, October 30, October Book Porn. There are five review copies and one purchase in this set of arrivals. The first photo includes two books received Monday and Tuesday, the second two for books received Wednesday, and the third one showcases books that arrived today.
Left: Laurell K. Hamilton, Swallowing Darkness I tried to foist this upon my 59 year-old mother, but after a few pages, she abandoned it, saying it was "weird" and "icky. He's almost halfway through this one and enjoying it quite a bit, since he's a huge fan of the video game. Left: Daniel Fox, Dragon in Chains written under one of Chaz Brenchley's pseudonyms, this novel apparently ties together a real-world China and a mythical one full of dragons.
Curious about this one and will likely read it before the year is out. Left: Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves the first of five serial novels - which follow two earlier short story collections, only one of which, The Last Wish , is available in English - starring the Witcher, Geralt.
I read this earlier in Spanish and thought it was hilarious and I shall read it in English by this weekend, just to see how the English translation compares with the Spanish ; Daren Simkin, The Traveler small, inspirational sort of story, illustrated by the author's brother, Daniel. Posted by Larry Nolen at PM 3 comments. Labels: Book Porn. Wednesday, October 29, Another semiweekly passage photo.
This ought to be a fairly easy passage for some to guess, but it was on my mind just now after I awoke too early from my sleep. Sometimes, a quote gets shared with a loved one and it's like a STD, only in this case, it is one's thoughts and imagination that is infected.
