I had ordered three books from Ab Normal Books back on December 23rd. They shipped it out the next day and I was expecting to see the books right after Newton-mas. But, alas, the USPS decided that in their rush to get other packages to whiny children and those awful fruitcakes (there are good fruitcakes [...]
Posts Tagged ‘science fiction’
On Wanting It All in My Head at the Same Time
I had placed an order at Barnes and Noble, mostly for a few books that my wife wanted, so I took advantage and added a few books that I had my eye on in the past. After placing that order, Jay Lake (Link salad for a hump day | jlake.com) posted that a new steampunk [...]
Project: Dresser Overflow
The new project is now code named Project: Dresser Overflow. This new project, which I will begin shortly after Project: Nightstand has been completed, stems from a buying spree from Clarkesworld Books. I purchased a few books from Neil and I pretty much ran out of space in my study so the overflow has landed [...]
Mainspring by Jay Lake
Mainspring by Jay Lake
From Publisher’s Weekly:
Lake (Trial of Flowers) envisions the universe as an enormous clockwork, put in motion by God, complete with gears and a mainspring hidden at the Earth’s center, in his intriguing first trade hardcover novel, a fantasy set in the magic-tinged late 19th century. Archangel Gabriel charges clockmaker’s apprentice Hethor Jacques [...]
