SFBC significant SF novel meme

Below is a Science Fiction Book Club list most significant SF novels between 1953-2006. The meme part of this works like so: Bold the ones you have read, strike through the ones you read and hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put a star next to the ones you love. 1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov 3. Dune, Frank Herbert 4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein * 5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin…

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wow.

I got the final colors for Chance #1 this morning, and they’re beautiful. I had a bunch of minor detaily notes for the colorist last week, and he fixed ’em all up wonderfully, and just wow. *Wow*. I’ll post the first five pages, with letters and everything, for people to admire, when I get ’em. Hopefully Friday. Wow. Ardian’s sent me all but one of the pages for the second issue now, too. I think it’s prettier than the first issue, and the first issue is gorgeous. I also think,…

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*puffed cheeks*

The synopsis for CAULDRON is done. I’ve done a page-long synopsis for the fifth book and a three paragraph one for the sixth, but included the last chapter of the sixth book, which I’ve had written for well over a year now, so, y’know, hopefully that alliveates some of the “bad writer, no cookie” for only a 3 paragraph synopsis. Besides, that’s two books and probably 3 years away, so it’s probably good enough for the moment. I really, really should write a third chapter for the CAULDRON proposal, on…

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PHOENIX LAW

THE PHOENIX LAW is now available at eHarlequin.com‘s webstore. (Has been for a couple weeks, in fact, but I forgot.) It’ll be in stores December 2006, and no other time, so please do go forth and buy it! This is the last Cate Dermody book for the foreseeable future. I’ve got a couple ideas to write for Harlequin’s new Nocturne line, but whether I actually get to that or not remains to be seen. I hope that in a couple years I’ll be in a position to re-package the rest…

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