The SFR Brigade is a group of writers who all write science fiction romance. Their blog is a good one to follow if you like to read SFR.
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Showing posts with label genres. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Another guest blog post!
I'm guest blogging again on the SFR Brigade Page. My post is all about genre labels, especially as they apply in science fiction romance. Check it out if you're interested.
The SFR Brigade is a group of writers who all write science fiction romance. Their blog is a good one to follow if you like to read SFR.
The SFR Brigade is a group of writers who all write science fiction romance. Their blog is a good one to follow if you like to read SFR.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Death Comes to Pemberley is coming to my Kindle!
I am a big Jane Austen fan, and also a fan of the mysteries by P.D. James, so I was really happy to see that this book, Death Comes to Pemberley, was coming out on December 6, 2011.
There have been countless sequels, prequels, alternate tellings and mash-ups of the work of Jane Austen in general, and Pride and Prejudice in particular, but I am looking forward to this one for a couple of reasons. For one thing, the murder victim is Lizzie's nefarious brother-in-law, Mr. Wickham. Talk about just deserts! For another, I think James' style should adapt well to the formality of Austen's period. And frankly, I think Austen's work better suited to mystery adaptions than to horror. I confess I never read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; it has zero appeal to me. Mary Robinette Kowal's Shades of Milk and Honey worked well as a regency-era fantasy, but then it wasn't a mash-up because the entire plot was original (and it was fantasy, not horror).
Thanks to the pre-order button, I can sit back and relax and know DCtP will arrive as soon it is available. Although come to think of it, I will need to remind myself to be sure I turn the wireless on. I kind of wish there was a way to turn on wifi access separate from 3G so I could leave it on without killing the battery, but right now if a 3G-enabled Kindle doesn't find a network it knows, it will connect with 3G. And since this date is well after my new Kindle Touch will ship, I will be reading Death Comes to Pemberley on that!
There have been countless sequels, prequels, alternate tellings and mash-ups of the work of Jane Austen in general, and Pride and Prejudice in particular, but I am looking forward to this one for a couple of reasons. For one thing, the murder victim is Lizzie's nefarious brother-in-law, Mr. Wickham. Talk about just deserts! For another, I think James' style should adapt well to the formality of Austen's period. And frankly, I think Austen's work better suited to mystery adaptions than to horror. I confess I never read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; it has zero appeal to me. Mary Robinette Kowal's Shades of Milk and Honey worked well as a regency-era fantasy, but then it wasn't a mash-up because the entire plot was original (and it was fantasy, not horror).
Thanks to the pre-order button, I can sit back and relax and know DCtP will arrive as soon it is available. Although come to think of it, I will need to remind myself to be sure I turn the wireless on. I kind of wish there was a way to turn on wifi access separate from 3G so I could leave it on without killing the battery, but right now if a 3G-enabled Kindle doesn't find a network it knows, it will connect with 3G. And since this date is well after my new Kindle Touch will ship, I will be reading Death Comes to Pemberley on that!
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