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World Fantasy Awards finalists

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Aug 132007
 

Locus Online has the list.

Whoohoo, congrats to Mark Finn (whom I know from the Texas SF/F scene, Tryptophan/Turkey City stuff).

And I told you that  Privilege of the Sword was really good. 🙂 I need to track down some of these others… The novel nominees:

  • Lisey’s Story, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
  • The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra; Small Beer Press)
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
  • The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
  • Soldier of Sidon, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
  • Book Review-O-Rama part two

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    Jul 212007
     

    Whoof, a huge backlog to get through here, and I have already added more to the finished stack that I want to mention. So brief reviews this time.

    Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others DieMade to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die was really, really good. The book is basically about what makes concepts memorable when you present them. The authors outline a very simple formula that lines up well with the various book I have read on cognitive psych (in fact, the bibliography shares a large number of books with A Theory of Fun). Highly recommended — this is one of the best general popsci/business books I have read in quite a while.

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