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NYCC – Thursday, Oct 13th, 2011

Our intrepid reports are at NY Comic Con. Here’s their overview for today: Very busy first day– We got to the Jacob Javits Convention Center around 4pm, found the press room and got registered. Then we went to the con floor and toured the displays– the best included: Legendary Pictures, which had several movie props […]

New York Comic Con starts Thursday, Oct 13th and SFRevu will be there

This year, SFRevu will have people at New York Comic Con and their coverage of the convention and its happenings will be posted here. What is written about will depend on what we can get in to see and who we get to talk to. So check back now and then to see what’s been […]

Review: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star by Heather Lynn Rigaud.

Fizwilliam Darcy, Rock Star by Heather Lynn Rigaud.  Sourcebooks Landmark (September 1, 2011). Pages: 566. ISBN: 978-1402257810.  Trade Paperback. $14.99 (Amazon: $9.77 / Kindle: $9.28). Okay, I have to admit that it was the title that got to me. Fitzwilliam Darcy as a rock star. Really, how was that going to work? Well, believe it or […]

Review: Johnny Appleseed by Jodie Shepherd; Illustrated by Masumi Furukawa

Johnny Appleseed. Written by Jodie Shepherd. Illustrated by Masumi Furukawa. Scholastic. ISBN: 978-0-545-22306-5. $3.99 (Amazon: $3.99 / No yet on Kindle). Johnny Appleseed was a real person. Most of us heard the stories of how he traveled about the country 200 or so years ago planting apple trees everywhere he went. But, he was a […]

Gumshoe Review and SFRevu August issues are on line now

Both issues went up today and you can read them at the following links: GumshoeReview.com for reviews of mystery, thriller and related materials, and SFRevu.com for science fiction and fantasy reviews, news, etc. Enjoy.

Readercon — Saturday July 16, 2011

The start of a whole new day. Managed to get down to the Book Shop to open on time. We moved one of our bookshelves in order to help get traffic to our table when authors are doing signings. We’re right next to the autograph tables and when the lines get long they block off […]

Readercon — July 15, 2011 — Friday

We got in late yesterday for Readercon 22 — too late to setup in the Book Shop and too tired to attend any of the Thursday evening events. Instead we got our luggage and personal items out of the car, checked in to the hotel and crashed. Friday morning. The hotel has a Starbucks in […]

My Readercon Schedule for July 15-17th, 2011

We’ll be heading to Readercon this weekend. Readercon is one of the few conventions that I attend each year. SFRevu has a table in the dealers’ room — our semi-annual book sale to clear out our basement actually so if you’re there stop by the table for a chat. Here’s my schedule: Friday: 12:00 PM […]