Tag Archives: books

Arcanum Unbounded: A Review

Posted on August 30, 2018 by

Day 37. 96 pages, 43,253 words. A few days back I finished reading Arcanum Unbounded, Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere short story / novella anthology. Since I have recently published a little anthology of my own with a similar (but smaller-scale … … Continue reading →

Posted in Edpool | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

1800 posts, 1000 tweets, and signing off for the summer

Posted on June 8, 2018 by

As promised, I’m going to take a bit of a break for the next four weeks. I’ll blog up anything that strikes me as super important or inspiring (can’t promise my work on incels, Batman, or Boonie the weasel’s back-story … Continue reading →

Posted in Astro Tramp 400, Edpool, Hatboy's Nuggets of Crispy-Fried Wisdom, IACM, Kussa mun hopoti?, Office Posts, Random, Oræl Rides To War | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Musings on the ambitious flop that was “Bad Cow”

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

Yesterday I posted a self-deprecating / self-pitying image macro acknowledging that Bad Cow, which I’d enthusiastically considered the most important and mind-blowing piece of literature to grace my bibliography, didn’t really hit that mark. I intended it as a direct … Continue reading →

Posted in Astro Tramp 400, Hatboy's Nuggets of Crispy-Fried Wisdom, IACM, Oræl Rides To War, The Book of Pinian | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

The BFG / IKJ (a review)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

Day 73. 123,730 words. (Reviewer’s note: I am not adding images to this review, and probably won’t bother in future. Google image search has gimpversioned itself to death and basically made it a huge pain in the arse to find images … Continue reading →

Posted in Hatboy's Movie Extravaganza | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

What I Did On My Holidays, 2017-2018, Day 16

Posted on March 2, 2018 by

Day 61. 113,643 words. Weekend flatline begins now. We went to my aunt and uncle’s place on our 16th day of summer holidays. This was enjoyable, because – well for a start they’re good people. And they also had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Astro Tramp 400, The Book of Pinian, The Chucky Report | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Interlude: Hugos 2018: Once More Unto the Breach

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

Day 45. 97,293 words. I was delighted to see that some of my contributions had made it into the final farewell newsletter from the Helsinki Worldcon people. Here, for anyone who missed out on the newsletter, is my reminiscence-story. Well … Continue reading →

Posted in Astro Tramp 400, Edpool, Office Posts, Random, Oræl Rides To War | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

This Week in Literature

Posted on November 2, 2017 by

I’m pleased to announce that Bad Cow is live in all its vampirey, angelly, demonny, elfy, flat-earthy, classic-fantasy-novel-doorstoppy glory. You can get the e-book here for just a buck more than The Final Fall of Man books, which isn’t bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Oræl Rides To War, The Book of Pinian | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments