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'I just saved your f***ing life, Mom,' Y.T. says. 'You could at least offer me an Oreo.'
-- Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson

Ender's Game: The Possibility I Didn't Consider
Posted by Cyrie on: Wednesday 31 March @ 16:53:53

	Yeah, yeah, old news, Ender's Game is getting made into a movie. My thoughts: Meh. Could suck eggs, but the author is involved, so maybe there's a chance they won't cast Haley Joel Osmont as Ender. What I hadn't thought about: The Video Game Tie-Ins shudder (warning: site is freaking slow today)
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The A.R.Yngve Homepage Has Moved!
Posted by Cyrie on: Monday 16 February @ 10:48:12

	Anonymous writes: The A.R.Yngve Homepage, featuring original fiction and serialized novels, has moved! The new URL is: http://yngve.bravehost.com
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Thomas McMahon
Posted by Cyrie on: Sunday 01 February @ 21:24:23

The Globe and Mail has a mini-review/bio of Thomas McMahon, a biology professor that wrote three fictional novels before his death 5 years ago. I had never heard of the books mentioned, but the main character learning how to use his voice to exploit the phone system reminded me of Joe Engressia, who was also a sort-of model for David Strathairn's Whistler character in Sneakers.

Maybe McMahon's books will be the next ones added to my reading list. :)

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Upcoming Book Releases
Posted by Cyrie on: Wednesday 28 January @ 21:35:05

	For those of you wondering what's coming out in the next few months: Tor's List through to April 2004 Baen Books DelRey TSR (Dungeons and Dragons) Tachyon (these guys are new to me)
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Which SF/Fantasy character are you?
Posted by Cyrie on: Thursday 22 January @ 09:48:20

	I (along with about 9000 other test takers) am Raistlin Majere from the Dragonlance series. Now c'mere so I can treat you shabbily and betray you, then finally realize the goodness of humankind and sacrifice myself accordingly.
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I guess Matrix: Revolutions was good for something...
Posted by Cyrie on: Tuesday 20 January @ 18:38:20

	From the "At least The Onion staffers were able to use their experience watching Matrix: Revolutions for SOMETHING" files: Scientists Abandon AI Project After Seeing The Matrix
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Neil Gaiman interviews Gene Wolfe, hilarity ensues
Posted by Cyrie on: Tuesday 20 January @ 16:48:11

Ok, confession time: I've tried about 5 times to read The Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe (Mozilla users, watch that link, it seems to want to force me to open another app suddenly) - I have the first two books, the Shadow of the Torturer and the Claw of the Conciliator as one volume. Usually, I get about halfway through and then I put the book down and stop reading it. I have no idea why I have problems getting into it (since I can totally appreciate the crafting of the language in the book), but I do. Anyway, this has meant that I haven't read anything else by Wolfe.

I came across the following link on boingboing: Neil Gaiman interviews Gene Wolfe and it's a pretty entertaining read, a good glimpse into the creating of a plausible and fresh fantasy world.

Maybe I'll use my Chapters/Indigo gift card for The Knight instead of waiting until Kushiel's Avatar comes out in paperback.

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