Books: July 2004 Archives

I finally got around to reading The Dark Knight Returns after getting it out of my local library. Only seventeen years late, but hey. Anyway, it's brilliant. If you haven't read it, get it now. I don't read many comics these days and it reminded me how awesome they can be.

Out of those links I posted earlier I found this interview with Charles Stross on infinity plus. It's from 2002 and so a bit out of date (in terms of his publishing schedule) but still very interesting. Also Charlies weblog is here

Following this link from Boing Boing I got to Unwirer, a story by Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross (done collaboratively on a blog). From there (in the side bar) there are also links to other of their stories that are online. Lots of good reading.

The New York Times reviews Britain's Next Wave, including IRON COUNCIL, by China Mieville and Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod.

Cory Doctorow has put an image of the cover art of his upcoming book online. [Via Boing Boing]. Although the novel is a departure from his usual scifi it still sounds like an interesting read (it's out spring 2005).

The 2004 Locus Awards winners have been announced announced. [Via The Write Hemisphere] The best novel is won by Dan Simmons for Ilium.