Margaret Atwood

Review: Paradises Lost by Ursula Le Guin

First Published in The Birthday of the World and Other Stories A generation-ship story, Paradises Lost focuses on the the life of colonists on a two century long voyage to SindyChew. (Literally 'New Earth' in Mandarin)...

Greg Felton left a comment for Angie Ravenscroft

Greg Felton left a comment for Angie Ravenscroft 52 minutes ago I have a relative/friend with diabetes Most recent A1C (BG Average) Value If you use a pump, what pump model do you use? (My daughter gets very emotional when he…...

Terrifying Fiction and Non

The scariest movie I have ever seen is "Jesus Camp." If you haven't seen it or heard about it, I'll give you a very quick recap, courtesy of IMBD: "Jesus Camp follows several young children as they prepare to attend a summer...

Time For a Wish

November 18 is Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s birthday. I have a copy of her Cat’s Eye, which is astute and beautifully written novel about the forgotten treacheries and betrayals of childhood. I plan to read it by the end...

Love Letters Contest by The Walrus

Dear Brave and Thoughtful Walrus Reader, In celebration of the Canadian paperback launch of Four Letter Word , the acclaimed collection of fictional love letters edited by Joshua Knelman and Rosalind Porter, The Walrus magazine...

Style: Just where is the fun?

You might think that the runway is where all the fun is but when it comes to fashion, nothing beats the drama backstage, writes GUY TREBAY. “HEY Olga, do you want topless with Heidi?” the model Jessica Stam shouted across the...

Shorties (Literary Drunkenness, Heartless Bastards, and more)

At the Guardian, John Mullan lists ten of the best episodes of literary drunkenness. CHARTattack lists 10 great songs about meat. The San Francisco Chronicle reviews one of the most innovative short fiction collections I have...

Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out

New Scientist kicks off it's science fiction special by asking "Is science fiction dying?", with answers by Margaret Atwood, William Gibson and Ursula K Le Guin amongst others. Meanwhile on the Nebula Awards site Geoff Ryman...

Why don't women write 'Big Ideas Books?'

An important issue has been preoccupying the transatlantic blogosphere in this post-Obama world, and it concerns the question: What do Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and AC Grayling have in common? It...

NABLOPOMO #13 - the Big Read or More Books on My List To Read.

Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel that I highly recommend. The Big Read, an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, has estimated that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books...

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