- The ever-fabulous Colleen has read Cecil Castellucci’s forthcoming Beige and apparently loved it as much as I did, which is to say LOTS. Closer to the release date I will sing the full praises of this novel, but I will say that I believe this is my favorite book of Cecil’s to date and that’s no small thing. Plus, it made me go listen to lots of my favorite punk bands. Pre-order Beige now; I’ll wait.
J.L. Bell ruminates a bit on the hot topic of point of view.- Chicken Spaghetti has all the links from participants in yesterday’s Poetry Friday.
- The divine Carolyn Kellogg (aka Pinky) alerted me to a call for submissions from Hot Metal Bridge, the new literary mag of the University of Pittsburgh’s MFA program, which will debut in April. Go forth and submit.
- Colum McCann’s new novel Zoli is loosely based on the life of famed Polish Gypsy poet Papusza.
- Cory Doctorow loves the conclusion of Justine’s trilogy so much he’s BoingBoinged it. It’s sitting over on the kitchen table right now, waiting for me to get a spare moment, but I suspect I’ll be seconding his opinion.
- Why has Grey’s Anatomy been sort of sucking this season? Could it be Marti Noxon’s influence? (Scroll to the very end of the post.)
- Aurealis Award winners? Anyone?
UPDATE: Gavin has posted an unofficial list of Aurealis winners in the comments. Guess I’m finally going to have to break down and read Monster Blood Tattoo.
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Not 100% sure, but here’s the I-think-these-won but I took no notes so this will have to do until Locus or someone posts the proper list.
It was held at the (classy) Contemporay Arts Ctr, great fun, very quick, and had an open bar afterward!
the Golden Aurealis were won by:
Novel:
Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One. Foundling, D.M. Cornish, Omnibus
Short Story:
The Arrival, Shaun Tan, Lothian
2006 Aurealis Awards
SCIENCE FICTION
Science Fiction Novels
K-Machines, Damien Broderick, Avalon
Science Fiction Short Stories
The Seventh Letter, Sean Williams Bulletin Summer Reading Edition
HORROR
Horror Novel (split)
The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott, ABC Books
Prismatic, Edwina Grey, Lothian
Horror Short Story
Dead of Winter Stephen Dedman Weird Tales #339
FANTASY
Fantasy Novel
Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier Pan MacMillan
Fantasy Short Story
A Fine Magic Margo Lanagan Eidolon I
YOUNG ADULT
Young Adult Novel
Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One. Foundling, D.M. Cornish, Omnibus
Young Adult Short Story
The Arrival, Shaun Tan, Lothian
CHILDREN’S
Children’s Novel
Melissa Queen of Evil, Mardi McConnochie, Pan Macmillan
Children’s Short Fiction (split)
The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head, Jane Godwin, Allen &
Unwin
Woolvs in the Sitee, Margaret Wild, Anne Spudvilas, Penguin
I’d be interested to see what you think of “Monster Blood”, Gwenda. I tried to read it for a column last fall but it seemed too heavy on cliches for me. The reader is expected to accept a lot of stuff as just spontaneously happening in the first few chapters (casual meetings with the exact right people on the street, etc.) and I couldn’t do it. It also bugged me that the girl who has been training her whole life gets whacked right off the bat by wonder boy who doesn’t have a clue but is suddenly “the one”. So just like that she has to start answering to him. That might be a problem more for female readers than male, but it rubbed me the wrong way.
I quit about 1/3 of the way through though so maybe it gets a lot better. I just couldn’t hang in there.
Thanks for mentioning Hot Metal Bridge! We do want your submissions, it’s true. Metallic, warm, cold, whatever.