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https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/11/world-fantasy-at-starting-gate.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: World Fantasy at the Starting Gate I neglected to make a "I'm heading off to WFC " post, so this is my "I've made it to WFC " post. I drove up to Saratoga Springs this aftern... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-day-2010-321-1221-mouse-guard.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2010 # 321 (12/21) -- Mouse Guard:... I'm on record of being in favor of more sword-and-sorcery stories in the world, and I'll extend that to just more tales of derring-do and fl... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2023/03/ordinary-victories-vol-2-trivial.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Ordinary Victories, Vol. 2: Trivial Quantities by... I want this book to be thinly veiled autobiography - I think it is, but I even more want it to be - largely because there's an unflatterin... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-new-yorker-cartoon-caption-contest.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Book,... Once upon a time there was a magazine called The New Yorker . When The New Yorker ran a cartoon, it was a New Yorker Cartoon. And un... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/01/exciting-opportunity-to-sit-one-thin.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: An Exciting Opportunity to Sit One Thin Cube Wall... Marketing managers with experience in finance preferred required. https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-green-man-music-of-2008.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: My Green Man Music of 2008 For the third and last time, a post full of links related to my "best of the year" selection for Green Man Review . This one will be slight... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2025/01/reviewing-mail-week-of-january-4-2025.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of January 4, 2025 Over the holidays, I thought I'd want to read some books - some particular books. So I put some things on hold at the library, forgetting t... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2006/05/carl-brandon-society-awards.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Carl Brandon Society Awards I saw this on Tobias Buckell's blog ; there's probably an official announcement or website somewhere else as well. The inaugural Carl Brando... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/11/explain-me-this.html?showComment=1227122880000 The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Explain Me This How come I'm seeing a whole bunch of editorial cartoons about the possible car-makers' bailout including some reference to the UAW as some e... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2011/05/quotes-of-week-day-world-ended.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quotes of the Week: The Day the World Ended In honor of the apocalypse scheduled for tomorrow, a few previous prophecies, all gathered from The Cassell Dictionary of Regrettable Quotat... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/08/world-fantasy-defines-2009-lifetime.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: World Fantasy Defines 2009 Lifetime Achievement,... This year's Lifetime Achievement winners for the World Fantasy Award were announced earlier today, and they will be Jane Yolen and Ellen As... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2018/05/book-day-2018-126-going-into-town-by.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2018 #126: Going Into Town by Roz Chast I've never been a New Yorker. Back when I was young and poor, I was too poor to afford it, and had the luck of a mother who lived in comm... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2011/09/quick-flood-update.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quick Flood Update The floodwaters have receded (I may have pictures, and a longer post, later), and the cleanup is mostly done -- we had a bunch of teenage bo... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2015/03/reviewing-mail-week-of-314.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 3/14 Another week has come and gone, and what do we have to show for it? Well, for the part of "we" that is me , I've got at least a few pape... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2016/01/reviewing-mail-week-of-january-16.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of January 16 Hey, I'm back again. And this week, I want to try to correct what might be an incorrect assumption some people might have. (Is that enough w... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2017/11/riding-iron-rooster-by-paul-theroux.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux It's not unreasonable that a book that took a year to live and some significant time afterward to write would also take a substantial time ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2021/12/quote-of-week-its-definitely-you.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quote of the Week: It's Definitely You Each of my relationships ended a little more quickly than the one before it. This pattern reached full bloom in July, when I cleaned out my ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/it-seemed-logical-thing-to-do-at-time.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: It Seemed the Logical Thing to Do at the Time Hey, did I happen to mention that I reviewed a weighty tome called Logicomix -- by the keyboard-straining team of Apostolos Doxiadis, Chri... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-alarmingly-large-and-increasingly.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: My Alarmingly Large and Increasingly Grown-Up Son My older son -- whom I'm still calling Thing 1 for the purposes of this blog, though I probably should ask him if I should use his name or ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2012/09/incoming-books-week-of-september-1.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Incoming Books: Week of September 1 I was on vacation this past week, so of course I had to find time to get over to the Montclair Book Center (an excellent used/new bookstore ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2012/10/daniel-handler-gives-best-quotes-ever.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Daniel Handler Gives the Best Quotes Ever I've already set one quote from this interview to run as "Quote of the Week" this Friday, and here's another wonderful thing that works per... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/reviewing-mail-week-of-126.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 1/26 Only four new books hit the Hornswoggler House this week, so I'm not going to bother to categorize them: Dark Wars: The Tale of Meiji Dracul... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2024/05/portions-for-foxes-hem.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Portions for Foxes: Hem "Portions for Foxes" is a series of weekly posts, each about one song by a woman or a band led by a woman. See the introduction for more. ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/01/reviewing-mail-week-of-117.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing The Mail: Week of 1/17 And this was another slow week, which I hope doesn't mean that all the publicists who had previously been so nice to me have been forced to... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/10/uncle-dynamite-by-pg-wodehouse.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Uncle Dynamite by P.G. Wodehouse Whenever I'm unsure of what to read next, whenever I look at the shelves packed with new books and can't find anything at all that appeals -... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2026/04/ The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: April 2026 A Weblog by One Humble Bookman on Topics of Interest to Discerning Readers, Including (Though Not Limited To) Science Fiction, Books, Random Thoughts, Fanciful... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2018/08/book-day-2018-239-esperanza-by-jaime.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2018 #239: Esperanza by Jaime Hernandez Everyone gets older, in any world that tries to be real. Most comic-book worlds don't try -- how old is Peter Parker now? And how old was ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2006/10/book-day-87-1012-gullibles-travels-by.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day #87 (10/12): Gullible's Travels by... I'd seen this book recommended somewhere I can no longer remember a while ago, and spent a number of months looking for it in bookstores. Fi... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/ The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: January 2008 A Weblog by One Humble Bookman on Topics of Interest to Discerning Readers, Including (Though Not Limited To) Science Fiction, Books, Random Thoughts, Fanciful... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/02/reviewing-mail-week-of-223.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 2/23 A fairly light week -- at least from a mail point-of-view -- allows me to also mention that I've grabbed a copy of the Caldecott Award-winn... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2021/11/quote-of-week-its-doinklands-jake.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quote of the Week: It's The Doinklands, Jake The massacre must have taken place only a few hours earlier. There were eleven bodies, and some had been shot in the back and some from the ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/09/help-10-american-detective.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: HELP 10: American Detective Hornswoggler's Estleman Loren Project , that very quixotic enterprise, ends with this book, the most recent in the "Amos Walker" series. A... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/11/book-day-2014-333-compleat-ankh-morpork.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2014 #333: The Compleat Ankh-Morpork... Here's a question: is it easier or harder to map a city that doesn't exist? You want to say "easier," of course -- it's the obvious resp... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/09/book-day-2014-253-triage-x-vol-7-by.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2014 #253: Triage X, Vol. 7 by Shouji... Another day, another manga with a lot of bouncing boobies in it. Those of you with a burning desire to know how we got here will be please... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/10/world-is-weirder-than-we-can-imagine.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: The World Is Weirder Than We Can Imagine There is a flickr group entirely for pictures of Robocop on a unicorn. There's nothing I can say that can equal that, so there it is. https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2011/05/reunion-by-pascal-girard.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reunion by Pascal Girard I may have unrealistic expectations for Pascal Girard; I reviewed his short graphic novel Nicolas (a quiet, perfectly poised book about th... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/07/reviewing-mail-week-of-75.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 7/5 These are the books that arrived at my house this past week, sent by their publishers for publicity purposes. I can't do a lot for publici... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/10/book-im-actually-looking-forward-to.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: A Book I'm Actually Looking Forward To Blogging and reviewing can be a quick trip into cynicism -- if there's anything left to become cynical about after a few years in the publis... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/reviewing-mail-week-of-119.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 1/19 I've got three categories of new books again this week -- first are a couple of items that came in for review: Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/reviewing-mail-week-of-86.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 8/6 Another big stack this week -- this time, all comics or things related to comics (i.e., light novels) -- so I'll waste no time in fripperi... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/11/reviewing-mail-week-of-1122.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 11/22 Another week, another stack of books. It's good to be the blogger. In case you're new around these parts, here's how this works: I list ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2018/01/book-day-2018-26-rolling-blackouts-by.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2018 #26: Rolling Blackouts by Sarah... I don't know what it feels like to work on a major project for years, and then see the world turn sour and make it all moot immediately. I... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2022/02/quote-of-week-i-atent-dead-yet.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quote of the Week: I Aten't Dead Yet Looking to the future, we find that the book, the old-fashioned paper-and-ink book, its pages unreflowable, bound at the spine, has proved a... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/12/movie-log-stardust.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Movie Log: Stardust Matthew Vaughan, who directed Stardust into a pleasant but clearly dumbed-down version of Neil Gaiman's book, appears to have been shopping... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-in-exile-reviews-for-611.html?showComment=1181594280000 The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Blog in Exile: Reviews for 6/11 The Contra Costa Times reviews Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 , Elizabeth Bear's Carnival , Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora , and Eliz... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2022/06/summerlong-by-peter-s-beagle.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle I'm never sure how much of a story I'm expected to figure out on my own as a "normal reader." I haven't been reading normally since I became... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2012/08/just-in-time-for-hurricane-season.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Just in Time for Hurricane Season! Who says the government never does anything useful? The NOAA has updated their hurricane mapping tool with data from the last hundred and... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-day-2010-327-1227-how-to.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2010 # 327 (12/27) -- How To... Memoirs and reportage don't need to be opposites, but they often are: a memoir privileges what the writer feels , while reportage always req... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2012/01/blacksad-by-juan-diaz-canales-and.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido You probably had the same reaction I did -- that is, if you've heard of Blacksad at all. "Oh, a serious funny animal comic, with a tough... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/03/soul-of-man-under-comics.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: The Soul of Man Under Comics Today for ComicMix, I reviewed a little trifle called Graphic Classics: Oscar Wilde , which was edited by one Tom Pomplun. https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2024/09/reviewing-mail-week-of-september-7-2024.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of September 7, 2024 This is actually a belated sequel; I got these books in a used bookstore the last week of August, when I was on vacation. But I had somethi... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2024/08/quote-of-week-not-his-favorite-place-im.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quote of the Week: Not His Favorite Place, I'm... Las Vegas is merely another low, drab, sun-baked stucco flatlands town - America has a thousand such, and I've probably seen the shopping ce... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2012/09/reviewing-mail-week-of-915.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 9/15 It's Monday once again, so I'll regale you with details of the stuff that arrived on my doorstep last week. (Yes, it's a man's life reviewin... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/this-census-taker-by-china-mieville.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: This Census-Taker by China Mieville I like to think I'm a thoughtful reader. Not perfect, of course -- who is? -- but good at working out metaphors and allegories and fict... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2024/06/quote-of-hour-time-enough.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quote of the Hour: Time Enough Five years can pass quickly, though each day is self-contained and whole and seems to last forever. Even for us time is a mystery, though we... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2013/12/reviewing-mail-week-of-1130.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 11/30 These are the books that arrived the last week of November, all of them new paperbacks from major American publishers. I haven't read them... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2006/05/todays-wfa-reading-524.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Today's WFA Reading: 5/24 One book today and one that I missed mentioning on Monday: an anthology and a collection. And the deadline fast approaches; everything is su... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2015/09/reviewing-mail-week-of-september-12.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of September 12 Every week... blah blah blah... listing of books here. Yadda yadda yadda I haven't read them. Inka dinka doo hope you like them. This ti... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2010/07/ The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: July 2010 A Weblog by One Humble Bookman on Topics of Interest to Discerning Readers, Including (Though Not Limited To) Science Fiction, Books, Random Thoughts, Fanciful... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/snoopy-vs-red-baron-by-charles-m-schulz.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron by Charles M. Schulz I have to assume Charles Schulz would have approved of this book. He didn't rubber-stamp every bit of merchandise and brand extension - he ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2010/04/any-connection-to-other-industries-will.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Any Connection to Other Industries Will Be Left... The beginning of an excellent post by Persona Non Data : "Mention you bought an actual CD these days and the response might equally be "w... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2015/01/johnny-nemo-by-milligan-and-ewins.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Johnny Nemo by Milligan and Ewins There was a time when British comics were really wordy, and mostly short. (At least, the ones I've seen.) Lots of captions, lots of viole... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/03/on-old-scott-meredith-agency.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: On the Old Scott Meredith Agency I'm at Lunacon right now, using borrowed Wi-Fi in the lobby to check my email, so there's no time to finish up any of the real posts I shoul... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2013/10/starktober-21-comeback.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Starktober 21: Comeback ...and then twenty-three years passed, in the wink of an eye. Parker skipped Carter and Reagan and the first Bush to land deep in Clinto... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/06/waiting-for-itzkoff.html?showComment=1246160053623 The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Waiting for Itzkoff The Book Review arrived with my New York Times this morning, the latest issue not to feature the "Across the Universe" science fiction col... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2015/01/ The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: January 2015 A Weblog by One Humble Bookman on Topics of Interest to Discerning Readers, Including (Though Not Limited To) Science Fiction, Books, Random Thoughts, Fanciful... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/08/watchmen-sales-update.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Watchmen Sales Update Publishers Weekly reports today that DC Comics has had to print 300,000 additional copies of Watchmen in the past two weeks to cover addi... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-in-exile-locus-award-winners-for.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Blog in Exile: Locus Award Winners for 2007 Yesterday, at the posh Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Seattle, Locus announced the winners of its annual poll: Best Science Fiction Novel: R... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/04/missing-connections.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Missing Connections Today, over at ComicMix, I just reviewed the Julia Wertz-edited comics anthology I Saw You... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2013/10/starktober-17-slayground.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Starktober 17: Slayground Every good series needs at least one tour de force , to give the creator room to show off. For the Parker novels, that's Slayground : the ... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2006/02/cognitive-dissonance.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Cognitive Dissonance If you're in the market for a "how did my life get this way" moment, I greatly recommend: singing along to "Blitzrieg Bop" in a minivan on t... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/03/obligatory-my-life-as-gamer-post.html?showComment=1204745100000 The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: The Obligatory "My Life As a Gamer" Post E. Gary Gygax , the man who launched a million nerds, died earlier this week , and so the world's blogs are filled with remembrances of ever... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2021/06/making-friends-back-to-drawing-board-by.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Making Friends: Back to the Drawing Board by... Hey! Remember when I said that I thought Kristen Gudsnuk's middle-grade graphic novel Making Friends was a lot of fun, but that I missed th... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2020/11/ The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: November 2020 A Weblog by One Humble Bookman on Topics of Interest to Discerning Readers, Including (Though Not Limited To) Science Fiction, Books, Random Thoughts, Fanciful... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/07/movie-log-hes-just-not-that-into-you.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Movie Log: He's Just Not That Into You I told The Wife that I'd be perfectly happy to watch He's Just Not That Into You with her on Saturday night -- as long as the sometimes-bug... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-hell-did-this-happen-by-pj-orourke.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: How The Hell Did This Happen? by P.J. O'Rourke You goddamn asshole, P.J. O'Rourke. You, of all people, have the unmitigated gall to title a book How The Hell Did This Happen? and then... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2010/11/reviewing-mail-week-of-1127.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 11/27 Last week was wonderful in the land of Hornswoggler -- two days of work (and not terribly onerous work, either, since all of the usual meeti... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2006/05/angry-customers.html?showComment=1147577820000 The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Angry Customers I just opened a package that contained a typewritten note and a half-burned book. The letter reads: I am returning a book which I purchased ... g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2006/06/quote-of-week_23.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quote of the Week "One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged." --Heinrich Heine g b musings https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-publishers-dont-do.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: What Publishers Don't Do This week's tempest in a book-pot was sparked yesterday by the fine writer Michael Chabon, but it could easily have been any one of a thousa... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2022/02/skreemer-by-peter-milligan-brett-ewins.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Skreemer by Peter Milligan, Brett Ewins, and... I have to start with the quibble: I'll move on to praise in a moment. I'm sorry; it's just how my mind works. Skreemer is a SFnal gangster ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/02/harpercollins-axes-collins.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: HarperCollins Axes Collins The big publishing restructuring news this week is from HarperCollins, which is chopping off the latter half of its name -- the Collins non-... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2006/06/nitpickery-is-killing-science-fiction.html?showComment=1149610440000 The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Nitpickery Is Killing Science Fiction No links; I bet you folks will know what I'm reacting to. And, if not, I want to make vast sweeping generalizations anyway, so being tied do... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2015/11/reviewing-mail-week-of-1114.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Reviewing the Mail: Week of 11/14 Here we go, one more time: below is an annotated list of the books that came in my mail last week, in the increasingly-anachronistic ways ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/12/relative-dimensions-in-timey-wimey.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Relative Dimensions in Timey-Wimey So I've been looking at this here poster -- or a more vertical version, actually -- on my train for the last few weeks, and it finally cli... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/01/book-day-2014-13-ocean-at-end-of-lane.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2014 #13: The Ocean at the End of the... Someday, some academic will write a really interesting paper comparing Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel for young readers Coraline with The Ocean... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-know-exactly-what-facts-is.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: I Know Exactly What The Facts Is Today for ComicMix , I reviewed an adaptation of a Neil Gaiman story (by Michael Zulli and Todd Klein) with the mellifluous title The Fa... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2005/10/laughing-with-ebay.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Laughing With eBay This is the greatest eBay description of all time . (Seen via Mark Evanier's blog, News From Me .) Somebody hire that man to write humorous ... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/11/afterthought.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Afterthought I'm going to try to phrase this in the least self-serving way possible -- let's see if I succeed. Since I realized that Amazon had Associate... g b musings h gent https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/08/book-day-2014-234-penny-arcade-vol-3-by.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2014 #234: Penny Arcade Vol. 3 by... I seem to be heading backwards in time -- the last time I did a Book-A-Day stretch, in 2010, I looked at volume six of the series repri... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2025/04/remote-people-by-evelyn-waugh.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Remote People by Evelyn Waugh How long can one be reading the same book? Well, I got a big omnibus Everyman's Library thing called Waugh Abroad back in the dying days of... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2010/05/book-day-2010-116-530-stuff-of-legend.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2010 # 116 (5/30) -- The Stuff of... First of all, a hearty ha-ha to writers Mike Raicht and Brian Smith for their title pun. (When someone makes a pun as obvious as that, you n... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2010/11/book-day-2010-296-1126-book-of-genesis.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2010 # 296 (11/26) -- The Book of... The ideal reviewer of this book would be both a biblical scholar and an expert deeply versed in the works of R. Crumb, able equally to expla... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-day-2014-180-hoodoodad-by-lewis.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Book-A-Day 2014 #180: The Hoodoodad by Lewis... Just yesterday -- Day 179 -- I covered Harum Scarum , the first book in Lewis Trondheim's "Spiffy Advenures of McConey" series to be publ... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2012/05/incoming-books-free-comic-book-day.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Incoming Books: Free Comic Book Day! Today was that great geek holiday, the fabled Free Comic Book Day, celebrated at the launch of a tedious superhero movie in early summer for... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2024/06/quote-of-hour-talents.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Quote of the Hour: Talents 'Who asked you?' It was the smaller of the Marvelous Murphys who spoke. He was an unpleasant youth, snub-nosed and spotty. Still, he could b... g b https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2008/09/long-tail-is-long-but-its-also-very.html?showComment=1221521040000 The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Long Tail Is Long, But It's Also Very Thin Shelf Awareness , an e-mail newsletter for bookstores and others in the business, reports this morning on a paper by Anita Elberse from th... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/07/movie-log-away-we-go.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Movie Log: Away We Go Date Night has been very rare lately at the Hornswoggler house, but on Thursday -- perhaps inspired by the recent example set by Our Preside... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2009/05/barack-obama-is-no-longer-fan-of-iraq.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Barack Obama is no longer a fan of Iraq Some frivolity for a Monday morning -- this was published in the middle of last week, but I just saw it: Obama's first 100 days as a Faceboo... https://antickmusings.blogspot.com/2007/05/and-to-prove-that-im-not-grumpy-all.html The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: And To Prove That I'm Not Grumpy All the Time... I'll link to something I've seen everyone else link to over the past three days: LOLTrek , an adaptation of "The Trouble With Tribbles" int...