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The Exploding Spaceship Reviews Our Favorite Anthologies of 2014

Posted on 2015-01-17 at 06:03 by angelablackwell

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First we have two short story collection volumes by authors we know, Lee Martindale and David Drake. Lee’s volume crosses all genres and David’s is mostly time travel to hunt dinosaurs.

We enjoyed all the stories in Bard’s Road: The Collected Fiction of Lee Martindale (June 1, 2014, HarpHaven), even re-reading those we had read in their original publication.  We bring you highlights of the volume, as its 29-story length makes it impractical to discuss all of them.

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Our favorite has to be “Combat

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Posted in The Exploding Spaceship | Tagged bryan thomas schmidt, daniel h wilson, david drake, david thomas moore, hank davis, ian whates, jennifer brozak, john joseph adams, jonathan strahan, lee martindale, neil clarke, rich horton, scott sigler

September newsletter: John Hodgman, tiltExpo, HMLT, Stuart Rojstaczer, Kim Harrison, John Darnielle, The Escapism Film Festival, Scott Westerfeld, and more!

Posted on 2014-09-05 at 10:00 by montsamu

Vol 4. No 9. September 5, 2014: The first Friday of the month has no fewer than five events to pique your interest, and the first week of the month has already brought the first of five six! seven! new books by North Carolina authors that will hit stores in September.

Let's start with those events happening today (Friday, September 5):

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  • While most festival events are on Saturday and are free, the Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem, NC does have a pair of ticketed "Eat and Greet" sessions on Friday
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Posted in newsletter | Tagged clay and susan griffith, david drake, Escapism Film Festival, james maxey, jason mott, jenna black, John Darnielle, john hodgman, kim harrison, lewis shiner, lisa shearin, matt ross, Scott Westerfeld, Stuart Rojstaczer, tiltExpo, tony daniel, william gibson

May newsletter: Mary Robinette Kowal tonight (Monday), new books from David Drake and Monica Byrne, ConCarolinas with George R.R. Martin, and more

Posted on 2014-05-12 at 13:43 by montsamu

Vol 4. No 5. May 12, 2014: Whew! In a month which kicked off with readings from Alena Graedon, Jay Posey, and Christopher Moore, Free Comic Book Day festivities and a "May the Fourth Be With You" burlesque, and when there's a reading TONIGHT from Mary Robinette Kowal, I'm quite a bit late on the May newsletter. Better late than never?

Let's start with the new books. The first week of April brought a crop already covered in the April newsletter, and the rest of the month saw two more local releases: Mistres

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Posted in newsletter | Tagged concarolinas, david drake, george rr martin, mary robinette kowal, monica byrne