Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye — apparently I spent more time at io9.com than I realized. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
- Has modern technology killed the spy thriller? — As I read older mysteries/mysteries set in decades past I’ve thought about this a lot — and, of course, it makes sense that it applies to spy thrillers, as well.
- Here’s the Shiny Cover of William Gibson’s New Novel! — io9 revealed the cover to William Gibson’s upcoming SF novel about, well, who cares? It’s a new William Gibson SF!
- 31 Essential Science Fiction Terms And Where They Came From — I thought this was a pretty interesting list.
- Other Middle-Aged Harry Potter Books J.K. Rowling Has Planned — an amusing little gallery inspired by last week’s short story (which I still need to read . . . what kind of fan am I?)
- This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon a.k.a: Half a King and a couple of other things:
- Half a King by Joe Abercrombie — one of my favorite epic fantasy writers steps into YA, and it sounds great.
- Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell — This one sounds like a good time. Read the Big Idea about it here
- MindWar by Andrew Klavan — this first installment of the trilogy of the same name may not be my thing, but I’m sure I’ve got a couple of teens who’ll eat it up (as they did his Homelander’s series)
- The Outsorcerer’s Apprentice by Tom Holt — this sounds like a hoot and a half
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