Thursday, February 12, 2004
Between the Lines
A review of the most interesting-sounding book I've seen this year: Stars, a book of short stories inspired by Janis Ian songs, from Science Fiction Book Reviews.
I do love Janis Ian. I was only in 4th grade when "At Seventeen" was on the radio, but I truly discovered her in this movie. Every day in the summer of 1981 I listened to Between the Lines over, and over, and over. I've got most of her albums, even J. Eddy Fink (although I can't find it right now).
Then a couple of years ago I got to see her perform. I was amazed at how tiny she was, and how happy. She actually joked about that: how audiences expect her to be somber and depressed, and she's not. Another surprise is that she's a science fiction fan, and actually has a story of her own in this volume. I must have it.
A review of the most interesting-sounding book I've seen this year: Stars, a book of short stories inspired by Janis Ian songs, from Science Fiction Book Reviews.
I do love Janis Ian. I was only in 4th grade when "At Seventeen" was on the radio, but I truly discovered her in this movie. Every day in the summer of 1981 I listened to Between the Lines over, and over, and over. I've got most of her albums, even J. Eddy Fink (although I can't find it right now).
Then a couple of years ago I got to see her perform. I was amazed at how tiny she was, and how happy. She actually joked about that: how audiences expect her to be somber and depressed, and she's not. Another surprise is that she's a science fiction fan, and actually has a story of her own in this volume. I must have it.
Land of the Lost
Reviews of (in many cases) long-forgotten speculative fiction: Lost Books
Reviews of (in many cases) long-forgotten speculative fiction: Lost Books
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Vintage... hamsters?
I remembered cataloging these and went looking for them:
Janis Mitchell's hamster books. They're not all that vintage but they are out of print.
I remembered cataloging these and went looking for them:
Janis Mitchell's hamster books. They're not all that vintage but they are out of print.
A Vintage Reader's Wonderland
Why have I never followed the link from Project Gutenberg to ibiblio before? Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.
Why have I never followed the link from Project Gutenberg to ibiblio before? Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.