Are you staying late sweating over your pitch for your Great American Novel, trying to get your proposal just right, hoping to woo potential publishers into giving you a huge advance? Don't bother.Amazon.com has posted William Gibson's proposal (.pdf) for the book which eventually became his forthcoming novel Spook Country, to be released August 7. … Continue reading I Propose… Never Mind
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Imagine All the People… Gone–Part 2
A few weeks ago I posted about a radio interview with Alan Weisman, author of the forthcoming SF novel The World Without Us. Now, thanks to the good folks at Very Short List, I can tell you there's a website for the book as well.Besides the usual praise and reviews, worldwithoutus.com has a very interesting … Continue reading Imagine All the People… Gone–Part 2
The Other Murakami
I know I go on a lot about Haruki Murakami, but this is not one of those posts. Instead, I'm writing about Ryu Murakami, whose books include the surreal and down at heels Coin Locker Babies and the seedy, creepy In the Miso Soup. Now comes his latest, the incredibly distressing Piercing. Piercing is the … Continue reading The Other Murakami
Musings from Magers and Quinn 