Saturday, March 24, 2012
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention
Amazon.com: Laughing at Dead Men eBook: Keith Rawson: Kindle Store: Laughing at Dead Men is a brand new story collection from the dark mind of Keith Rawson.“Keith Rawson wields his spare prose like a wrecking ball, laying bare a world of whores, petty criminals, crooked cops and meth heads. These short, sharp portraits of users &losers are deranged snapshots from deep in the underbelly of contemporary America. No tired noir tropes here, this is tough, unsentimental & savagely funny dark fiction that charts its own course” --Roger Smith, author of Wake Up Dead and Dust Devils
"Keith Rawson's last name gives you a hint. It's going to be raw, and it's going to get to you. Like stepping on a shard of glass, but in a good way. Rawson's stories always bowl me over with aggressive style and deep psychological fright" --Anthony Neil Smith, author of Yellow Medicine and Choke On Your Lies
"Reading Keith Rawson’s short stories is like strolling through a minefield: you know you’re in for trouble, and there’s no going back. Powerful, twisted, fierce and profane, this is take-no-prisoners fiction." -Hilary Davidson, author of the Damage Done
Free for Kindle this Weekend!
Amazon.com: InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology, Vol. I eBook: James Maxey, Peter S. Beagle, Scott Roberts, Eric James Stone, Aliette deBodard, Eugie Foster, Marie Brennan, Alethea Kontis, Edmund R. Schubert, Orson Scott Card: Kindle Store: InterGalactic Awards Anthology Vol. I is a collection of stories from Orson Scott Card's award-winning magazine InterGalactic Medicine Show, spotlighting the winners of the magazine's readers' poll for best artwork and best short fiction. Edited by Orson Scott Card and Edmund R. Schubert, this anthology also includes other popular stories from the magazine's six year run, as well as a new introduction by Peter S. Beagle. Includes stories by such award-winning authors as Peter S. Beagle, Eugie Foster, Aliette deBodard, Marie Brennan, Alethea Kontis, recent Nebula-winner Eric James Stone, and more.
Heads You Lose -- Lisa Lutz and David Hayward
Okay, here's the deal. Lisa Lutz, a big-time bestselling writer, suggests to her ex-boyfriend, poet David Hayward, that they collaborate on a crime novel. She'll write the odd-numbered chapters and he'll write the even-numbered ones. They won't discuss any plot developments, and each will agree not to change any twists thrown in by the other.This is all very meta from the outset, and it just gets moreso. The authors snipe at each other in footnotes, and between every chapter there are catty notes from one to the other about characters, plot, and even vocabulary. Is all this real, or is it just a put-on? I have no idea. I report, you decide. Either way, it's sometimes very funny, and it certainly gives you a bit of insight into the process of writing a mystery novel.
The plot? Oh, yeah. Paul and Lacey Hansen are brother and sister, both in their 20s, living out their lives as pot farmers in a small northern California town. Lacey does have a day job as a cover, but she doesn't really work at it. Their lives change when a headless body shows up in their front yard. They get rid of it, and it shows up again. Lacey figures she'd better do some sleuthing to find out what's going on. Things get complicated after that, and not just because of the mystery. The interaction between the authors plays into it, too.
If you're looking for a different kind of crime novel, one that's both funny in itself and in its inter-chapters while at the same time offering a glimpse at the writing process, you should check this one out soon.
Disclaimer: I was on a panel at Bouchercon with Lisa Lutz. I doubt that she remembers me, but she was quite amusing and a big hit with the audience.
Seepy Benton Knows all about the Fibonacci Sequence
Thousands of sunflowers to be planted in honour of Alan Turing for MOSI-led experiment | Culture24: He was one of a number of scientists who tried to explain Fibonacci phyllotaxis, looking at how the spirals on sunflower heads often conform to a Fibonacci sequence.
This is where each number is the sum of the two before it (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55, and so on).
Mathematicians at The University of Manchester hope to analyse thousands of sunflower heads to test the extent to which they follow the Fibonacci rule, announcing their results during the city’s Science Festival in October.
This is where each number is the sum of the two before it (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55, and so on).
Mathematicians at The University of Manchester hope to analyse thousands of sunflower heads to test the extent to which they follow the Fibonacci rule, announcing their results during the city’s Science Festival in October.
10 Science Fiction Books
10 Science Fiction Books That I Love (And You Will At Least Like A Lot)
Not me, but some other guy. Check it out.
Not me, but some other guy. Check it out.
Link via SF Signal.
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Keller Citizen: Keller City Manager Dan O'Leary decided that someone from the top management ranks at City Hall had to go. So the person he laid off was himself.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
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