…s a tightly written jewel of a story, intense and full of feeling, and I recommend it highly.” Liz Bourke, Locus “A magnificent sf mystery, nuanced, intense, and romantic, with a complex, clever plot nested inside de Bodard’s rich, evocative, and vivid Xuya universe.” Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun and Cold Magic Where to Buy US Subterranean (North America) Subterranean (ebook, North America only) Amazon (Kindle) UK Portal Bookshop (UK)…
…of The House of Shattered Wings, The House of Binding Thorns and the forthcoming The House of Sundering Flames). The original novella, “Of Birthdays, and Fungus, and Kindness” is a comedy of manners set in the Dominion of the Fallen universe, where Fallen angel Emmanuelle attempts to throw a relaxing birthday party for her lover, and everything goes wrong in all the worst possible ways. Complete with supernatural fungus in a ballroom, meddling im…
I think it says something about me that I come home late and tired (having had 3 minutes of lunch pause, since lunch was spent in a meeting room with some sandwiches), and that to relax, I tweak the CSS of my website and do some edits… (not sure I want to know what) It hasn’t been a very good week: J. G. Ballard died, as well as Ken Rand, two people who will be much missed in their own way. I’ve had other bad news from other people I know. The go…
…You sound worried.” Serey kept watching the courtyard, where the musicians played under the eyes of the numerous statues of the gods. No, Nanpeng realised with a pang of fear. Serey was watching Khean. Read more….
…And, oops, too busy with the website tweaking to think of posting that… A Basic Introduction to Chinese Mythology and Folklore, at the Nebula Awards Website (with thanks to Charles Tan and Nancy Fulda)….
…Packing for the Fourth Villa Diodati workshop, which will take place in Wickens farmhouse, a traditional English cottage in Kent: As usual, this blog is going dark, and I’ll probably not be in a position to answer emails until I come back Monday evening. (unless I find a handy internet connection, which looks unlikely)….
…A Xuya story about a planet with a rather peculiar and creepy museum/archival system! Where to Buy Barnes and Noble Amazon US Amazon UK Buy now…
…htitlan, the single largest city in the world, sprawled around it for miles. The cab buzzed across one of the royal causeways, the water blue and shimmering in the hot sun. Inside the walled royal complex stood the Great Temple, meticulously maintained by a crew of thousands, its sacred Sun Stone keeping watch over the visiting crowds. Read more on GUD’s website….
…er’s Voice” by Hannu Rajaniemi, “Little Lost Robot” by Paul McAuley) have also made the Top Ten. (though I preferred “Rat Island” to “Greenland” in the Chris Beckett special issue). Many thanks to those who voted for me–either positively or negatively, come to think of it. I’d rather you hated my guts than not remember me. It’s a story that has a lot of extra meaning for me in many ways (more on that later). PS: there will be a VD4 report, as soon…
…chose to be subsumed within the dominant culture. It was also an important component of “The Lost Xuyan Bride”, with both main characters choosing to become outsiders: Brooks in Xuyan culture, and another character ultimately emigrating and becoming part of a totally different culture. And it’s going to be–God willing–an important part of Foreign Ghosts, since the novel reprises the two main characters of “The Lost Xuyan Bride” and “Butterfly, Fal…
