Last summer when I went to London I also attended LonCon3, the World Science Fiction Convention. While I was at the convention I had a list of people I absolutely had to meet. One of them was Simon Morden, who … Continue reading
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CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE HARRY POTTER SERIES Harry Potter. It’s a name that’s become famous world-wide because, regardless of your feelings on the series, you’ve heard of it, and the controversy surrounding it, and you’ve seen the endless parade … Continue reading
I can remember the day I started reading books. I knew how to read; I had for a year or two. But I didn’t know what it was for. I didn’t realize that books contained stories, or if I did, … Continue reading
Every year, in cities all over the world, people get together in bookstores and libraries to collect stacks of books. Then they go out into the night and hand those books out to random people they might meet. What is … Continue reading
Everyone’s doing this “Best Books of 2014” thing, and I thought some readers might be interested in mine. This is a personal post, rather than a representation of VC in general, and if you’d like to do a similar list … Continue reading
It’s that time of year when people write up lists of resolutions, favourites, and generally talk about end of year related stuff. Over on “Terrible Minds,” Chuck Wendig had the brilliant idea of doing an end-of-year wrap up that was … Continue reading
Banned books are among some of the best books in the world. After all, unpopular books aren’t worth the gasoline it takes to burn them, since they’ll soon lapse into obscurity on their own. And if a society or government … Continue reading
What is it? An anthology full of stories about cats…and space. Cats in space! Space cats! Who is involved? The anthology is spear-headed by author E. Kaiser Writes, but the writers include everyone who wants to be involved! Read on … Continue reading
KATIE WRITES: from my Skype buddy Sarah Sanborn, author of imaginative inter-dimensional steampunk train fiction, comes a blog post with a title that’s blatantly stolen from the PBS series currently on Netflix. Obviously if you enjoy this post you should … Continue reading
I’ve never read a book with so many ideas about, well, having ideas. And yet, I shouldn’t even say that, because this isn’t an idea-generator book with plot prompts and story starters. No, this is something far, far more valuable. … Continue reading