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Month: September 2010

Review of Bitter Seeds

Leo’s review of Ian Tregillis’ debut novel Bitter Seeds, as posted on Goodreads: It is often said that a story can only have one big “lie.” But every rule must have exceptions. In his first novel, Bitter Seeds, Ian Tregillis successfully pits one big lie against another: the outcome of an alternate World War 2 is to be decided by the struggle between the British warlocks and the Nazi supermen. During the Spanish Civil War, a British secret agent Raybould Marsh is sent to Spain to meet a Nazi defector. But the latter spontaneously erupts into flames, burning to death,…

Bubonicon 42

Hey, Leo’s here. I see you have already met Rina. But she is not the only one posting on this blog. I will show up occasionally too. Like this time, with a report on the Bubonicon 42 science fiction and fantasy convention that took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a week ago: August 27–29. The last day of the convention also happened to be the official publication date for my Pink Noise book. This was my first ever convention to which I was invited as a guest author, largely thanks to my friend Ian Tregillis, whom I met earlier at…