Recently, everyone and their grandmother are trying to place steampunk in the grander scope of things. Most of pop culture has poked at it at this point. Many in the SF/F community gives the subculture a passing nod (or are slowly edging away, since, being early adapters by nature, quite a few in sci-fi are tired of it already).
Still, questions about steampunk have set people in pursuit of the deeper meanings behind the aesthetic movement.
Posted by amber on May 17, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/05/17/going-native-in-steampunk-james-h-carrott-and-brian-david-johnsons-vintage-tomorrows-on-tor-com/
Bit of a late post today, but I really like this cover. It's for Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami.
Anyone know where you can find this exact version?
Here's a description of the book:
Japan's most widely-read and controversial writer, author of A Wild Sheep Chase, hurtles into the consciousness of the West with this narrative about a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters--not to mention Bob Dylan and Lauren Bacall.
What do you think?
Posted by amber on May 17, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/05/17/awesome-book-cover-friday-hard-boiled-wonderland-and-the-end-of-the-world/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAb-NYkseI
Neil Gaiman was the commencement speaker at University of the Arts last year. His incredibly honest and encouraging speech went viral, pinballed around the internet, and was turned into a little book by the legendary designer Chip Kidd.
Posted by amber on May 15, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/05/15/make-good-art-an-evening-with-neil-gaiman/
Posted by amber on May 15, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/05/15/joseph-hellers-handwritten-outline-for-catch-22/
These are the top books on craft and process I’ve come across. Do you have any to add to the list?
by Anne Lamott
by Stephen King
by Robert McKee
by Heather Sellers
by Brenda Ueland
by E.M. Forster
by Annie Dillard
by John GardnerPosted by amber on May 13, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/05/13/books-on-craft-process/
May is here and there are lots of new paperbacks on the shelves. Here are just a few that have my attention.
The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Jorge Luis Borges
Days before his death, Borges gave an intimate interview to his friend, the Argentine journalist Gloria Lopez Lecube. That interview is translated for the first time here, giving English-language readers a new insight into his life, loves, and thoughts about his work and country at the end of his life.
Posted by amber on May 7, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/05/07/new-in-paperback-for-may/
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Published: 7th May 2013, Margaret K. McElderry Books
Length: 256 pages (Kindle edition)
Genre: Children's, Young Teen, Horror, Supernatural, Mystery
Where Did I Get It? Received for review from NetGalley
Summary (from Goodreads): Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they’ve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors.
Posted by amber on May 4, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/05/04/doll-bones-by-holly-black-a-review/
Posted by amber on April 30, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/04/30/thomas-pynchon-paper-dolls/
"...stepping contemptuously through the pile, reached for the gown, her green backless post-finals gown."
Posted by amber on April 24, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/04/24/atonement-by-ian-mcewan/
A few years ago, to celebrate 4/20, Sam Munson at the Daily Beast wrote an article praising "The Best Stoner Novels." Not a bad list---Wonder Boys, sure, Invisible Man, a bit of a stretch, The Savage Detectives, a very big stretch, but sure, why not. Anyway, six more stoner novels (not that we advocate the smoking of the weed)---
Posted by amber on April 21, 2013
http://bookbilly.com/2013/04/21/six-more-stoner-novels-and-a-bonus-short-story/
