…t. At 112,000 words, the first draft of The House of Binding Thorns is now complete. Now for filling in all the inconsistencies and getting it into shape for beta-readers… Have a snippet: In the House of Hawthorn, all the days blurred and merged into one another, like tears drops sliding down a pane of glass. Madeleine couldn’t tell when she’d last slept, when she’d last eaten– though everything tasted of ashes and grit, as if the debris from the…
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…ering in the bar downstairs from 5pm onwards (I’ll likely be in the bar around 5pm because I’m arriving pretty early in London). This is a free event, and you don’t have to be a member of the BSFA to take part (non-members are welcome, in fact!). The interview will start at 7 pm. There will be a raffle (£1 for five tickets), with a selection of sf novels as prizes. I’m also quite happy to sign anything that has my name in it (ok, not blank checks…
Just a quick reminder that today, 15th Feb 11:59pm PST, is the deadline for nominating for the Nebula Awards. If you’re still looking for stuff to fill your ballot or just want to jog your memory, my updated awards eligibility/recs post is here. (*cough* The House of Shattered Wings *cough*). Fran Wilde also had an excellent one here. Two PSAs: first, my annual reminder to please please nominate even if you don’t feel you’ve read widely in the ge…
…, Huyen caught a glimpse of bodies, lying like discarded puppets in the gardens; and of what had once been the corridors, now open to the winds, with the familiar peony wallpaper singed and torn–Huyen remembered running with one hand following the flowers, drawing a line through the corridor as a way to find her way back to the kitchens–another time, another age. The House had succumbed, and nothing would ever be the same. Where to Buy Subterranea…
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…Just a quick note that I’ll be dropping by Forbidden Planet in London (179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR) to sign some stuff Saturday 6th February at 15:30. So, a. there will be signed stock from Saturday afternoon onwards, and b. I’ll be hanging out a bit afterwards to check out new releases, so if you have spare Bodard stuff lying around and happen to be in London I’ll be quite happy to sign your books ^-^…
…s story of Europe in ruins, where Lucifer and his cohort have taken up residence in Paris was a page-turner and deserves to stand among the fantasies of the year.” Jonathan Strahan “I (…) had fun spotting Parisian landmarks and learning about Vietnamese dragon lore in Aliette de Bodard’s The House of Shattered Wings.” Cheryl Morgan “Aliette de Bodard’s The House of Shattered Wings (Roc) reimagined Paris after a devastating war, as seen from severa…
…I’ll be in Forbidden Planet signing some stock around 15:30 on Saturday February 6th (and hanging around afterwards to check out the shiny new releases). So a. if you’re also around I can sign stuff for you, and b. there should be some signed stock of House of Shattered Wings after I’m done 🙂…
…pages for Obsidian and Blood with all the new ebook links: Servant of the Underworld, Harbinger of the Storm, and Master of the House of Darts. Or you can follow these: Servant of the Underworld: Where to Buy Amazon US Kobo B&N Apple Google Amazon UK Amazon US (audiobook) Amazon UK (audiobook) Buy Now Harbinger of the Storm: Where to Buy Amazon US Kobo B&N Apple Google/ Amazon UK Amazon US (audiobook) Amazon UK (Audiobook) Buy Now Master of the H…
…zza dough (flour, yeast, kneading), and pizza toppings, and made different combinations that we ended up eating afterwards. Yum. It’s, of course, hopeless to hope to cover the full range of dim sum making in a single 3-hour course, so I went with Margot Zhang’s course on making bao (buns which came down to Vietnam in a slightly different, fluffier version, bánh bao). She does group courses (4 people at a time), but alas, I couldn’t make it to one…
…ews The House of Shattered Wings I loved The House of Shattered Wings. I found it immersive, delicious, and full of beautiful visuals. Definitely one I recommend. -James Nicoll reviews Harbinger of the Storm (with new spiffy cover!) Acatl’s problem is working out which of the dozens of competing schemes is causing the current crisis. (I love this quote. It’s like my idea of court plotting in a nutshell :p) And tonight I’m off to Margot Zhang’s bao…
