Guest Post: A Quest for Treasures in the Stacks by Cindy Young-Turner
The bankruptcy of Borders puts another nail in the coffin of the big box bookstores. As a reader, there’s nothing better than browsing the stacks and looking for new books to discover. I admit, I love the sheer volume of books available in places like Borders and Barnes and Noble, and the combination of books […]
Guest Post: “The Weird West Subgenre” by Lincoln Crisler
Your kind host has asked me to introduce you to the wonderful world of the Weird West (and in doing so, to the unassailably awesome aesthetics of the alliteration!). If you like steampunk or alternate history, you might like Weird West stories. That Wild Wild West movie that came out a decade or two ago […]
Blog Tour Guest Post: A Humorous Script by Tia Nevitt
(Note: Tia is giving away a copy of her new book, The Sevenfold Spell, to one lucky commenter! All you need to do is leave a comment on this post.) Thanks, Shaun, for being the only guy to host me on this blog tour. For previous installments, and to read all the excerpts from The […]
National Identity in British science fiction
When I was asked to provide a guest post on British Sci Fi, I immediately called upon The Speculators, Leicester’s foremost group of short sci-fi writers, each of whom is a font of bizarre, random and extensive knowledge on the subject. At short notice I was joined by Catherine Digman, Will Ellwood and Daniel Ribot, […]
what’s the difference between fantasy and romance?
I am abusing Shaun’s hospitality now, but while he is winding his way across country I am playing here on his blog. Mwahaha haha ahaha umm, ok sorry, *cough* getting carried away. There are three major bookstores in Leicester (UK). In the city centre there are two Waterstone’s, the big one near work and the […]
I believe in Unicorns – Hagelrat
Hi, I am really hoping that my legendary lack of sense of time hasn’t cropped up again and I am doing this in y’know the right month. Shaun has kindly offered me the chance to guest blog here over the next few days.My permanent home if you don’t know is Un:Bound which I am neglecting […]