Monthly Archives: May 2013
Character Appreciation Post: Phèdre no Delaunay de Montrève
Posted on May 4, 2013 4 Comments
As painted by Lee Moyer for the 2013 Literary Pin-up Calendar Who is Phèdre no Delaunay de Montrève? Born flawed by a scarlet mote in her left eye and given an ill-luck name, Phèdre was sold into indenture at Cereus House when her parents, traveling merchants, ran out of funds. Her flaw and her rebellious nature made […]
Image Comics: You’ve Come a Long Way Baby
Posted on May 3, 2013 1 Comment
I maintain a sordid, lovehate relationship with Marvel Comics, but back in the 1990s, there was a time when we kind of sort of broke up. That is to say, I cheated on Marvel. With Image Comics. I know I know, but you have to understand that I was young and naive and easily swayed […]
Worlds without End
Posted on May 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
As if I need another book-related site to belong to, I’ve recently discovered Worlds Without End, a fan-run community site for award-winning science fiction, fantasy and horror books. Their motto is “We don’t want you to ever have to read a bad book again.” In theory, I don’t agree with that notion because not all […]
New Author Spotlight: Ramsey Isler
Posted on May 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
Ramsey Isler has figured out how to keep himself busy, balancing his professional techiness and column writing with his many novel writing projects. Somewhere in there he also finds time to blog about the geekier things in life, publishing and more. 1. What are your favourite books and how have they influenced your writing? When […]
Comic Review: Private Eye by Brian K. Vaughan
Posted on May 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
It’s the year 2076. After all the information we’ve ever uploaded online is suddenly released for everyone to see, privacy has become a sacred right valued by everyone. Well, almost everyone. Where there are secrets, there will always be paparazzi. In this case, the paparazzi become private detectives, hunting the secrets behind the secret identities […]
Book Review: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Posted on May 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines This was a book I had high hopes for, ever since finding out what it was about. At some point in our childhoods, I’m sure all of us bibliophiles have wished that the worlds in our favorite books were real, and wondered what it would be like to interact with […]
The BiblioSanctum 