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Top Distractions of 2012
It’s a new year, a natural time to look back and reflect on what we’ve done in the previous annum. And so, in that spirit, here at the Serial Distractions Badger Depository and Folk Music Museum, I’ve brought together the … Continue reading
Review: Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding (2009): 9780345522580 (Ballentine Books) Captain Darian Frey, of the airship freighter Ketty Jay, is on the run. After taking a too-good-to-be-true pirating job, he and his crew of scalawags find themselves set up for murder. … Continue reading
Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger (2009): ISBN 9780316056632 (Orbit) In a Victorian London in which airships float above the skyline, werewolves and vampires dine with the aristocracy, and ghosts can continue to serve Queen and country, Alexia Tarabotti stands apart. … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, fiction, gail carriger, novel, review, sci-fi, steampunk
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Review: Clementine by Cherie Priest
Clementine by Cherie Priest (2010) : 9781596063082 (Subterranean Press) In the Hugo-nominated Boneshaker, Cherie Priest simultaneously introduced “The Clockwork Century” (an alternate-history, steampunk’d version of 19th century America) and established herself as the “queen of steampunk”. In the novella Clementine, Priest … Continue reading
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Tagged airships, cherie priest, civil war, fiction, novella, review, sci-fi, speculative fiction, steampunk
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DragonCon: Day 2
First of all…I did get some really cool news on the writing front…that I cannot divulge at this time. Rest assured that I will spill the beans as soon as I am able and we can **squee** together about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged convention, costume, dragon*con, firefly, gil gerard, jewel staite, joss whedon, kevin sorbo, morena baccarin, parade, sci-fi, sean maher, serenity, sherrilyn kenyon, steampunk, summer glau
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