(Posted by Bill Schafer)
Just a quick reminder. Today’s the last day to enter and win a Scalzi-penned alien encounter. Details here.
I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR
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Today’s Books Sent to Scalzi
- After the Fall Before the Fall During the Fall, Nancy Kress (4/1): Random-appearing kidnappings are anything but. http://t.co/XcdD9Url 3 weeks ago
- Apocalypse to Go, Katherine Kerr (2/7): A secret agent must find her kidnapped siblings in a weird(er) San Francisco. http://t.co/6nrVU9aG 3 weeks ago
- Westward Weird, Greenberg/Hughes, ed (2/7): A collection of speculative tales set in the wild west. http://t.co/o3tdQ474 3 weeks ago
- Forest Moon Rising, P.R. Frost (2/7): A fantasy writer tracks down real-life demons from another dimension. http://t.co/IoWIu0UM 3 weeks ago
- Dark Victory, Michele Lang (1/17): A young woman turns to supernatural means to fight the Nazis and their evil. http://t.co/1SJ9H4Ec 4 weeks ago
- Shadow Ops: Control Point, Myke Cole (1/31): A soldier goes underground when he manifests prohibited magical powers. http://t.co/bftIz6fe 4 weeks ago
- All Things Wicked, Karina Cooper (1/31): A woman confronts the man she loves, who also betrayed her coven. http://t.co/IHM3Bypf 4 weeks ago
- Aristeia: Revolutionary Right, Wayne Basta (out): A disillusioned smuggler must challenge the existing order . http://t.co/gCRm1XUL 1 month ago
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 6, Jonathan Strahan, ed (3/6): Gaiman, Link, Doctorow and more. http://t.co/hGzNrlc4 1 month ago
- Seven Princes, John R. Fultz (out): A long-peaceful land is threatened by war. First in a series. http://t.co/qZ1qukJs 1 month ago
Whatwitters
- I'm having an ice cream throatache. I didn't know that was possible. 7 hours ago
- "Can't stop. This is flying alligator lizard country." -- Clive, the horse 8 hours ago
- I am naming things which previously had no name. Like this horse, which I went to the desert with. His name is now "Clive." 8 hours ago
- Also, for everyone who thought I said "human" when I said "hummus": HUMANS ARE DELICIOUS. Now you know. #ScalziTMI 14 hours ago
- Just so you know, pita chips will do to your tongue what Cap'n Crunch will do to the roof of your mouth. #HurtSoGood 14 hours ago
- When I was younger I didn't like hummus. Seriously, I don't know what the hell was wrong with me. 15 hours ago
- As a side note, it's been decided that George was the coolest Beatle. You may have other favorites. But George owns the "cool Beatle" label. 15 hours ago
- To Hell with it. I'm switching back to Lynx. 15 hours ago
- As it happens, I do use Chrome. I ALSO use Firefox (and I use Safari, too, just for the hell of it). I wanted comment on FF. 15 hours ago
- This is in fact a nerd thing I hate: when you ask about something, the response of "use [different product]" with implied smugness. 15 hours ago
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