Diverse Books

Updated Information on Eward McKeown

Markus — 2006-10-31T13:53:01+00:00

Edward McKeown, author of
* Was Once A Hero
* Fearful Symmetry
* Points Of Departure
and a host of short stories, writes Thought I would let you update your info on me and provides us with his SFWA website (here), and his alternative website on sfReader (here ), which, AFAIK, seems to hold the same information...

[Fwd: [Emcitweb] Emerald City #130]

Markus — 2006-07-05T13:06:30+00:00

Cheryl Morgan writes: For the benefit of all of you not already settling in front of the TV for the game, here is a new issue of Emerald City. Issue #130 can be found at: http://www.emcit.com/.
With Tim Powers, Justina Robson, and Doctor Who!

Emerald City Newsletter #128

Markus — 2006-05-01T22:53:35+00:00

Alex McLintock writes A new issue of the critical fanzine Emerald City is out now:
Slightly to my surprise given the level of chaos around these parts right now, here is issue #128. As usual you can find it at: http://www.emcit.com/.
Cheryl

The 20 novels most inspiring to men

rwgray — 2006-04-06T22:59:08+00:00

rwgray writes "An Orange prize for Fiction judge, Lisa Jardine, has conducted a six month research project to find the 20 novels that have most inspired men over the decades or played a part in making them the men they are today. The 400 interviewees all worked in academia, arts, publishing and literary criticism. The result? Tolkein fares much better than Douglas Adams, winning 2-0"

Halfcut Publications Spring Newsletter

rwgray — 2006-03-31T21:53:49+00:00

Alex McLintock writes "Halfcut Publications Spring Newsletter": Spring is here again and the first buds of new life are apparent on the Halfcut tree..."

Solaris author Stanislaw Lem dies

Markus — 2006-03-28T07:12:59+00:00
Polish author Stanislaw Lem, most famous for science fiction works including Solaris, has died aged 84, after suffering from heart disease.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4851496.stm

Emerald City Newsletter

alexmc6 — 2006-03-05T18:57:02+00:00
Alex McLintock writes
Here we go again. Gary K. Wolfe headlines the new issue of Emerald City, #126 as we've been counting them. As usual you can find it at: http://www.emcit.com/.

Open Source for the Enterprise--new from O'Reilly

Markus — 2005-12-04T13:33:17+00:00
O'Reilly informs us of their latest book, Open Source for the Enterprise (no, not the space ship. interesting thought, though...;-)
Open source software may be changing Information Technology, but making it work for your company is more complicated than simply installing a copy of Linux. If you're serious about using open source to cut costs, accelerate development, and reduce vendor lock-in, you need to understand how open source is different from commercial software and what responsibilities and risks it brings.

Self Published Fantasy Children's Novel: Farperoo, by Mark Lamb

alexmc6 — 2005-10-22T13:09:40+00:00
Recommendation from Julie Rigby (Childrens books at Foyles):
Here is a book to look out for - it is a wopping 800 pages long hardback the size of a small text book. It has stunning artwork in it. I have not read the whole book yet but it looks quite good.
The book is called Farperoo and is a debut novel by Mark Lamb. It's a children’s/adult's crossover novel which I think will appeal hugely to fans of Pullman and Rowling. This is the first book in a series of several he is writing (this book alone is around 800 pages), and I really think this is something very special. For more information or potentially a proof/review copy you can contact Nigel Eastman, or you can always drop into Foyles and get a proper copy, of course ;-)

Free e-Books from APress and Computer Manuals

alexmc6 — 2005-10-20T21:50:23+00:00
Alex McLintock writes
Computer Manuals are giving away a selection of Apress eBooks absolutely free, including books on VB.Net, PHP, C# and Perl. We are slightly late in telling you about this but the offer seems to be still valid. Grab before it goes away!
http://www.compman.co.uk/EBOOK/?affiliateid=BA0
(I think they want you to join their emailing list at the same time - booo)