Any & All Books

From the Sporadic Dept. of There Is This Writer, Neil Gaiman, You've Probably Never Heard of Him: https://www.goodreads.com//20486660-two-new-books-and-a-ta

https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/oliveeditions

The NY Times lists the scariest novel set in each of the fifty states, and my novel Crota was picked for Missouri

"Though book sales have been strong this year, local bookstores are struggling: more than one independent bookstore has closed each week since the pandemic started. As they enter a crucial holiday season, many stores are facing a challenging mix of higher expenses, lower sales and enormous uncertainty." https://www.nytimes.com//independent-bookstores-economy.ht

"Writer and fan Richard A. Lupoff, 85, died October 22, 2020. Lupoff wrote numerous works of SF, and was best known in fandom for co-editing fanzine Xero with his wife Pat Lupoff and Bhob Stewart; the ‘zine won a Hugo Award in 1963...." https://locusmag.com/2020/10/richard-a-lupoff-1935-2020/

Not how I would compose a book list, but any book list is a good thing. So, here is a book list. https://www.tor.com//6-must-read-sff-books-by-jewish-auth/

http://www.openculture.com//when-edward-gorey-designed-boo

https://www.atlasobscura.com//shadows-from-the-walls-of-de

At first I didn’t care for the colors but then they grew on me. More to the point, this was my first Google Lens dust jacket. You open Lens on the back and it gives you a screen on the back of the book with a clip of the author talking about the book. If you go to the front cover the bridge becomes a portal, birds fly by - and the spectral tentacles animate. And yes, a careful examination reveals there are 8 tentacles. #nkjemisin #tentacles #tentacletuesday #googlelens

https://theparisreview.org//the-art-of-fiction-no-196-kazu

Already placed my order.