I picked World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War because a buddy from my Secret World Legends MMO cabal told me this morning that they got a full cast for the audiobook, which means it comes across like a radio drama. While I am not really into audiobooks, I am all about radio dramas. It’s also about eleven bucks right now, so why not?
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I think I’ve done Spinning Silver before, but that’s fine. Naomi Novik’s Russian/Jewish fantasy retelling of Rumpelstiltskin is absolutely worth repeating. …And that’s all I’m going to say about that.
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Trouble in My Day is Karl Gallagher’s latest book in his libertarian military space opera Fall of the Censor series. Check out the whole series! Good stuff.
Conjure Wife is Fritz Leiber’s classic urban witchery novel, at a reasonable Kindle price, by mainstream publishing standards (which is to say, it’s on sale). Pick it up for Cyber Monday! Or now. Now would be good, too.
I’m sorry, but I refuse to add that ridiculous trademark symbol. There are multiple uses of the word ‘megapack’ out there, so The Leigh Brackett Science Fiction MEGAPACK is just gonna have to settle for being a 99 cent digital compilation of a dozen of her novels. Highly suitable for reading-to-relax!
Can’t remember if I did The Mercurian: Three Tales of Eric John Stark before, and I don’t care because bourbon drink*. This is the stuff, my droogies. Leigh Brackett is one of the people that later hacks are ripping off.
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*There’s jalapeno honey in this one and dang.
Sorry, but I am tired. DoxaCon was fun, but I was on my feet for a lot of it, and the trip back featured things like signs saying ALL LANES ON I-95N CLOSED, just before Google Maps advises you to go over three lanes and start your driving tour of southern Maryland. It wasn’t even all that big a big delay, but my brain is fried.
Hold on. Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond Issue #2. There. That’s a book. I even just bought it.
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This is one of those “you bought Leigh Brackett’s The Mercurian: Three Tales of Eric John Stark, so don’t forget to read it, Moe” posts. Somebody was raving about one of the novels in the book, so I grabbed it. I should read it. Really, I should.
Roger Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October is always a good choice for this time of year. Probably too good: most of you folks probably already have it. Gimme a break, I’m still sick.
Somebody asked me today what my favorite book was. And since I amended my answer to say, “Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series was the best fantasy fiction written in the last five years,” well. Here you go.
Moe Lane
