Monday, January 8, 2024

Audio/Video/Gaming Roundup, 2024

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Scroll down this post for the latest updates. For roundups of my 2023 activities in podcasting, gaming, videos, etc., please see here and h...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

WorldCon trying a consultative online vote

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Scrolling Mastodon on Dec. 19, I saw a post from Nicholas Whyte about the 2024 Glasgow WorldCon planning a consultative (nonbinding) online...
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Monday, December 4, 2023

Duolingo 2023 Year in Review

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 Duolingo sent me its 2023 Year in Review assessment (despite there being nearly a month left of 2023, grrr). I'm a top 1% Spanish learn...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Book Review: Uncanny Times, by Laura Anne Gilman (with light spoilers)

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Skiffy and Fanty was offered an electronic Advanced Reader Copy of Uncanny Vows ( The Huntsmen , Book 2, out today, Nov. 28) for review, bu...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

Review: Marcie R. Rendon’s Cash Blackbear mysteries and forced assimilation

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I saw Marcie R. Rendon ’s Murder on the Red River on the New Books shelves at my lovely local library (written in 2017, republished in 2022...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Review: Random relevancies in two stories by Beagle and Lovecraft

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Yesterday, I happened to hear two podcasts in immediate succession that had some unexpected congruencies. The first was LeVar Burton Reads...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Review: The Hopkins Manuscript, by R.C. Sherriff

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I spotted The Hopkins Manuscript on the New Books shelves at my local library. This is actually a 2023 trade paperback version of a 1939 no...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Review: Grease Monkeys: The Heart and Soul of Dieselpunk, edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail and John L. French

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I requested Grease Monkeys: The Heart and Soul of Dieselpunk from NetGalley on a whim, despite my towering TBR pile, firstly because of the...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Skiffy and Fanty Blog is Back!

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(Hit the link above, then scroll down to Updates for my latest reviews posted on the Skiffy and Fanty blog!)  I joined the crew of the Skiff...