Kind of neat…eh? From the July 15, 2011 issue of Kirkus Reviews PROSPERO REGAINED Author: Lamplighter, L. Jagi Review Date: July 15, 2011 Publisher:Tor Pages: 384 Price ( Hardcover ): $25.99 Publication Date: September 1, 2011 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-7653-1931-9 Category: Fiction Classification: Science Fiction/Fantasy In the final installment of a trilogy (Prospero in Hell,…
When I was young and arrogant, I used to criticize authors for not handling “obvious” issues in their books—issues which, in retrospect, were usually me jumping to some conclusion that the author could never have been expected to foresee. Well, this particular phenomena has come back to haunt me, as now similar things…
John ran a game today for the boys. They made me play. We started out as amnesiacs…a favorite of John’s…waking up in a hospital where our characters had been sedated. We soon snuch out and ran away. The baddies wanted to catch us, and they wanted normal people to be scared of us, so they…
Boy, it's been a long time…almost six months. Sorry, folks. Mephisto Prospero in all his glory The other day, the kids asked me what “filing off the serial numbers” meant. They were not familiar with the concept the phrase was borrowed from, so I had to stop to explain how thieves remove serial numbers…
Hey…I just realized that it has been a while. Sorry. So…last day of school: My daughter is now a high school student. Orville graduated from 6th grade. He received an extremely well deserved award for Achievement that he really, truly earned. He is hardly the same boy that started at that school five years ago.…
We will be at Balticon on Sat. I have a couple of panels. My mom, after reading my most recent chapter, commented: “I don’t think in the history of the world anyone’s ever written a scene where someone bathed a yeti.” She may be right.
Still working on trying to sum up the book. Again, here, I am trying to actually describe what happens in the book…not to sell the book. The story is a magical intrigue, where the mystery is: what is the state of the universe and how did it get to be that way. A young woman,…
So, John has not had email at work for weeks. The other day, I got an email from him (he was usuing a coworker’s computer) and I was really delighted. I emailed back something like: “Hey! You are here!” Only I hit “reply all” and also emailed this messaged to our mutual friend whom John had…
Okay…we all have strengths and weaknesses in our work. My weakness is the blurb/synopsis. I have had a really bad track record with this. The Prospero books are relatively easy to talk about “a sequel to the Tempest”, Shakespeare meets Dante, or, the wonderful quote: “It’s like Neil Gaiman meets C.S. Lewis or, for an…
John ran this scene back in early 1987. It was always one of my favorites. This is only a rough draft. I have no idea if it works yet…but what a delightful thing I get to do with my day! Kestrel Lessingham — Archmage of Earth picture by John C. Wright Victoria waited…