Monthly Archives: April 2011

The mythic side of London

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

The London Underground may lead to more places than those found on the brightly colored map on display in every Tube station.  The evocative names of each stop may mean more than just a place for weary travelers to get on … Continue reading →

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Snowball careening downhill–look out below!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

In the April 27 Industry News from Publisher’s Weekly, Amazon reported that sales in their ebook division jumped 63% in the first quarter of 2011.  That was pretty much their good news.   Their bad news, underlaying a certain amount of spin, was that even … Continue reading →

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House hunting is not for sissies

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Marlene Harris | 1 Comment

Galen and I have moved 4 times in last 10 years.  This move will be our fifth.  And for anyone at the Evergreen Users Conference who has already heard a part of this saga, apologies in advance for the deja … Continue reading →

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Voting for the Hugos

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

The Hugo nominations were officially posted on Sunday by Renovation, the 69th Annual World Science Fiction Convention.  Worldcon will be be held this coming August in Reno, Nevada, and the winners will be announced in a rather posh and occasionally hilarious ceremony on August 20. … Continue reading →

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Geeks amazing traveling circus

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Marlene Harris | Comments Off

Yesterday, we packed up for a week’s trip to Atlanta to look for a house to rent.  This was a driving trip, and we’re here for a week.  Two geeks, one car, and a week away from all our toys. … Continue reading →

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Double deja vu

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Marlene Harris | 3 Comments

In the middle of the first chapter of Omnitopia Dawn by Diane Duane, I kept thinking “I’ve played this book”.  Not “I’ve read this book”, but “I’ve played this book”, as in there’s a game just like this.  And there … Continue reading →

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Book Mooch is not my mother

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Marlene Harris | 3 Comments

The admins at Book Mooch are concerned about the amount of work it takes to give 300 books away to people who really, really want them.  So, allegedly out of concern for me, they deleted the half of my inventory that no one … Continue reading →

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