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Link-n-Blogs for Oct 26, 2012
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“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”–Groucho Marx NaNoWriMo: Can you write a novel in just one month? November is National Novel Writing Month, and if you stick to the NaNoWriMo guidelines, you can! Thanks to Donald…
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Link-n-Blogs for Oct 19, 2012
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“There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part.”—Bram Stoker, Dracula Book Art: Just in time for Halloween, nerd hero Wil Wheaton reblogged a few pictures of this amazing book art involving a grinning skull from artist Maskull Lasserre. See…
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And Now, for Something Completely Different
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Written by Matthew Pardue Originally I’d planned to review Lackadaisy today (it seemed like a good follow-up to last week’s), but then on Monday, my day off, I finally got around to reading A Game of Thrones, the first book in the series A Song of Ice and Fire. All…
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Literary Links
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April may be out of town, but that isn’t stopping her from bringing you new things. I’m told she’ll be making lists like this every Friday from now on; if you find something fitting on your own, you could even send it to us, either here or on our Facebook…
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Family Man, Bite Me, and Outfoxed
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Written by Matthew Pardue As promised, today we have three comics by Dylan Meconis, a freelance artist and writer who’s worked on a lot of publications according to her FAQs page, but is best known (by me, anyway, which is what counts) for her webcomics. I’ll review them in the…
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The DM of the Rings by Shamus Young
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Written by Matthew Pardue We interrupt this regularly scheduled novel review to bring you a webcomic review. I mentioned in my previous review that although I am highly interested in mythology, fantasy, and language, I dislike The Lord of the Rings, primarily because of Tolkien’s writing style. I enjoyed the…
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No Review Today
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I had planned to do a bundle of three different webcomics today by Dylan Meconis, but A) I still have one set of archives to read through to refresh my memory of her first comic, B) other projects and planning have stolen my attention this week, and C) I’m just…
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
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I am a self-described nerd. I have always enjoyed reading, particularly mythology and fantasy. I relish trivia, particularly scholastically-themed trivia. And I play Dungeons & Dragons. I must add this as well (and I hope no one’s going to find me and revoke my Nerd Card). I dislike The Lord…