Monthly Archives: October 2009

Milford

I’m off to the Milford SF Writers Workshop in the morning: a week in these rather lovely surroundings. Back in the summer, I decided it would be pleasant to tootle over there by coach; now, on a slightly damp and … Continue reading

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Happy birthday Ursula Le Guin!

Happy 80th birthday, Ursula Le Guin! Hardly a day goes by without me finding yet another sentence of yours that I love, but here are a few more I found yesterday, from the 1986 Bryn Mawr Commencement Address: “…when women … Continue reading

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Conflicts: author line-up

Conflicts is a new anthology from those fine people at NewCon Press, due to be launched at next year’s Eastercon. Have a look at the author line-up! Psi.Copath – Andy Remic The Maker’s Mark – Michael Cobley Sussed – Keith … Continue reading

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Ursula Le Guin’s forthcoming birthday

Originally post on the Wiscon LJ here. Email from Vonda N. McIntyre: “Hi everybody, Ursula K. Le Guin’s 80th birthday is on 21 October 2009 and I’m going to post a Happy Birthday Ursula message on my website and my … Continue reading

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Review round-up

Some reviews from recent weeks: one of The Never-Ending Sacrifice by the good people of Unreality-SF.Net here, and one of Hollow Men here: nice to think that people are going back and reading the older ones!

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