I have more than a few Fred Saberhagen books on my shelf (yet only a fraction of his body of work), and in this I’m not alone. Thus, it with a sense of loss that I help spread the word about his passing. He is another one of those writers who made an impression not [...]
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In today’s news roundup, we go from LA gangbangers to Heroes in New York, make a quick stop with e-book technology in China, and end with a drum solo. So let’s get going! First, L.A. Times has a news article about aging street gang members who are finding a new lease on life in skilled [...]
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Well bummer. Apparently yesterday author Lloyd Alexander succumbed to cancer, shortly after his wife passed away on May 2. I guess after his wife was gone, he didn’t feel like he had much worth living for. If you’ve never read Lloyd Alexander, you owe it to yourself to do so. He wrote a classic juvenile [...]
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