I now have shelves in my kitchen! They look quite nice too and serve to free up the work surfaces as shelves tend to do. There was a modicum of drilling involved. Some hammering and some measuring. I was not responsible for any of it... I was looking at a clothes catalogue. Take THAT gender roles!
- Michael Dirda in the Washington Post reviews Stephenson's Anathema. This was about the 17th thing I read about Anathema yesterday. Is it just me or is it getting hypey in here? [Thanks Tom]
- Cheryl Morgan looks at Lauren McLaughlin's Cycler, a YA tale of gender swapping, over at Cheryl's Musings. Seems like a rather good idea for a book. Particularly one aimed at that age group.
- Dustin Kurtz at Strange Horizons reviews Walter Jon Williams' Implied Spaced. This was also quite a hyped little book but the reviews are by and large mixed. Kurtz seemed to enjoy it though.
- Lauren Wissot at Behind the Green Door has an interesting piece about the role of a critic's world-view and history in what they write and being aware of those influences. What's also interesting about the post is that it's someone on the outside of the straight mainstream looking in and realising that she has preconceptions.
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