Daily Archives: August 11, 2011
McKean’s Inversion
Posted on August 11, 2011 126 Comments
For no particular reason, I thought of an observation that lexicographer (and old college pal) Erin McKean had about the word “classy,” the gist of which was that if someone used the word to describe themselves, it was often quite obvious that they were in fact the opposite. Someone else calls you “classy”? Maybe you […]
NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Series
Posted on August 11, 2011 194 Comments
NPR has released its list of the top 100 science fiction and fantasy novels/series, as voted on by the public from a jury-curated list of 237 finalists, itself culled from public nominations of even more novels. Old Man’s War is on the list, which is pretty nifty. Thank you to those of you who voted […]
The Big Idea: John Hornor Jacobs
Posted on August 11, 2011 29 Comments
The past stays with us in surprising ways. Ask John Hornor Jacobs about this: When it came time for him to write Southern Gods, which takes place in the post-WWII South, Jacobs reached into his own experience of the past to inform the writing. What has he brought from the days gone by to detail […]
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