Category Archives: Notable

Meet ANNA PRINCE, discover the HUMAN INTERSTELLAR CONFEDERACY

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

The current plan for the sequels to The Eons-Lost Orphan sees Jane and her companions travel further and further into space. Orphan 2, tentatively titled The Orphan in Near-Space, sees her make what astrophysicists call “cis-lunar space” home. This is … Continue reading →

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Two more stories available about THE FIRST SHAPECHANGER

Posted on November 25, 2018 by

I was working on two Shapechanger Tales novelettes when the Orphan appeared naked and asleep in a public park. She haunted me until I HAD to tell her story. I did that in The Eons-Lost Orphan. She haunts me still … Continue reading →

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Lois McMaster Bujold’s THE SPIRIT RING – terrific fantasy

Posted on October 28, 2018 by

You’re in for a treat if you’ve somehow overlooked Lois McMaster Bujold‘s first fantasy novel, written after she’d achieved success with the “Vorkosiverse” novels. I had. Recently I came across a mention of it and snapped it up. I’m glad … Continue reading →

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MURDERBOT 4, last of the series, now available

Posted on October 2, 2018 by

The last of the four novellas which make up Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries is now available. Each is a complete story, but together they make up one complete novel. It brings to a satisfying resolution the longer story arc. … Continue reading →

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SHUFFLE DANCE – a growing phenom

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

The Shuffle Dance was inspired partly by Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk. It began in Melbourne, Australia, in the ’90s and grew in Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, Japan, and especially China. At the same time it was spreading to Europe and … Continue reading →

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WOMEN with SWORDS – hypnotic

Posted on July 26, 2018 by

The title says it all!

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TEACHABLE ASSHOLES and the MeToo movement

Posted on July 10, 2018 by

I was brought up to be an asshole. A lot of men are. The main issue of the #MeToo movement for each of us men is: Are we teachable assholes? Or unteachable? The unteachables are and forever will be rapists … Continue reading →

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PROOF – marvelous movie about a female math genius

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

It’s rare that I highlight an old movie on this site. I usually focus on what’s soon to come out, or did so recently, and which you might not have discovered. But I recently rediscovered a fabulous older movie: Proof, … Continue reading →

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A DAY IN THE OUTBACK – Elfhome short story

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

The terrific Elfhome series by Wen Spencer is one of my favorites. Each book actually improves on re-reading. Click on a book cover to read its first few chapters & to buy the book. Below is a short story I … Continue reading →

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NINA KIRIKI HOFFMAN duology – terrific

Posted on January 13, 2016 by

One of the brightest stylists of fantasy fiction is Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Her characters are compelling, her stories engaging. She is definitely an author whose books you want to keep alert for when you go to the book store. I’ve … Continue reading →

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