Wicked – The Musical Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Winnie Holzman Directed by Joe Mantello Synopsis: Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One–born with emerald green skin–is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these […]
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The Ballad of Gregoire Darcy by Marsha Altman. Ulysses Press (May 10, 2011). ISBN: 978-1-56975-937-0. Pages 424 plus Bibliography and Acknowledgement. Trade Paperback. $14.95 (Amazon: $10.91 / Kindle: $9.99). Previous books in the series: The Darcys & the Bingleys: A Tale of Two Gentlemen’s Marriages to Two Most Devoted Sisters (Sourcebooks); The Plight of the […]
SFRevu June 2011 now Online Senior Editor: Gayle Surrette Editor Emeritus: Ernest Lilley Associate Editor, US: Paul Haggerty Associate Editor, UK: John Berlyne Columnists: Drew Bittner / Sam Tomaino Editorial License: Editorial Matters – June 2011 by Gayle Surrette Now Reading: Fort Freak by George R.R. Martin Columns: US Books – SFRevu Staff UK Books […]
Gumshoe Review‘s June issue now online Contents: Editorial License: Just the Facts – June 2011 by Gayle Surrette Columns: US Books – Gumshoe Staff Graphic Novels/Manga – Gumshoe Staff Zines & Short Fiction – Gumshoe Staff Review of Crimewave Eleven: Ghosts News – Gumshoe Staff Conventions – Gumshoe Staff US Book Reviews: As the Crow […]
We got back from Balticon then had May 31st to get everything finalized and up for the zines. We managed to get them both online and active but needing a few additions and fixes on June 1st. Not a problem since that’s the usual way. However, the stress of having to do so much in […]
First panel was 9:00 AM. So, that meant getting up early enough to get the brain in gear by 9. Sun, 9:00 AM, Salon B, Writers We Don’t Understand Moderator: Gayle Surrette. Panelists: J-F Bibeau, Michael Swanwick Charlie Stross loads his stories with so much IT jargon it makes the head spin. A PhD in […]
I wish we could have slept in today. Yesterday was really busy though, looking at what I wrote, it doesn’t really appear to be that much. Didn’t matter. I was tired when I got up. First order of business was to talk to programming about getting off one of the panels that I was on […]
We had a few stops to make on our way to Balticon but we actually managed to get here at a reasonable time. We’d passed a long line of police cars along the major highway all lined up — some with their hoods up. We realized it was for the funeral procession of a state […]