Category Archives: On Reading

Lois McMaster Bujold on Genre

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Thanks, Shari, to this link to a speech given by Lois McMaster Bujold. A tantalizing excerpt: In fact, if romances are fantasies of love, and mysteries are fantasies of justice, I would now describe much SF as fantasies of political agency. All three genres also may embody themes of personal psychological empowerment, of course, though often very different in the details, as contrasted by the way the heroines “win” in romances, the way detectives “win” in mysteries, and the way, say, young male characters “win”…

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Win Prizes for Writing–Yes, You!

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I’ve just been alerted to a really cool new site called Field Report. Post your writing, review other people’s work, and everyone is eligible for cash prizes! Right now they’re listing a $250,000 grand prize for true stories 2000 words or less, as well as monthly prizes of $1000 each. Pretty exciting! Leave a link in the comments if you post a story and I’ll be sure to check it out.

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Top 48 SF Movies Based on a Novel

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I’m meme-crazy because I love my baby more than this blog. It’s true! (But I have a lot of love to go around, so don’t worry.) From A Dribble of Ink: Copy the list below. Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book. Italicize the that you’ve watched. 1. Jurassic Park 2. War of the Worlds 3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 4. I, Robot 5. Contact 6. Congo 7. Cocoon 8. The Stepford Wives 9. The Time Machine 10. Starship…

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Teaser Tuesday–Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

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A fun new meme! TEASER TUESDAYS ask you to: # Grab your current read. # Let the book fall open to a random page. # Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. # You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given! # Please avoid spoilers! From Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. I…

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Dewey’s Weekly Geek

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I’m new to this, though am a longtime fan of Dewey and Hidden Side of a Leaf. This week’s theme is a sort of meme. (Hey, I rhymed!) Your basic challenge is to post author photos. Using the meme-like list below, post photos of authors in response. Please feel free to skip any you don’t like. You’re also free (encouraged!) to add your own, but if you do that, please be sure to indicate which are yours, so that people can credit you if they…

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Favorite Author Meme

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Heather at Errant Dreams came up with a wonderful meme–enjoy & consider yourself tagged! * Answer the questions as you see fit. Although they’re all phrased to ask about a singular author, feel free to respond with multiples, or even a list. * Where possible & convenient (you don’t have to go as crazy as I did!), include a link here or there to an author’s website, your review of one of their books, or a review that inspired you to try the author(s), so…

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