Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

On the SF/F Novel: What Happened to Short Novels?

Later tonight, I’m recording an episode of The Incomparable with Jason Snell, Scott McNulty, Paul Weimer, and Fred Kiesche.  We’ll be discussing the Nebula Awards novel finalists, and among the topics I intend to bring up is the fact that I have been bouncing off of novels hard lately.

Why I Don’t Shop at Chain Bookstores (Often)

I live in a town which has very little in the way of independent bookstores.  There’s one very tiny feminist bookshop, which is nifty, and a handful of comic shops, but there’s little else.  If I want to shop somewhere that isn’t a chain, department store, or Internet store, I have to wait for one […]