“Lord Ladrian,” Steris said as they began eating, “I suggest that we begin compiling a list of conversational topics we can employ when in the company of others. The topics should not touch on politics or religion, yet should be memorable and give us opportunities to appear charming. Do you know any particularly witty sayings or stories that can be our starting point?” “I once shot the tail off a dog by mistake,” Waxillium said [ Read More ]
Archive for septiembre, 2012
If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we’re standing right now, we’re going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over again. Zendegi es el segundo intento de Greg Egan de cambiar de registro después del fracaso que supuso Teranesia en este sentido. Aunque en este caso solo podamos hablar de éxito parcial no cabe duda de que supone un paso en la buena dirección [ Read More ]
Esta entrada surge de una pregunta que planteé, al parecer con poca gracia, hace casi un par de meses en twitter: Cuáles son para vosotros las obras cumbre de la fantasía/cifi en Español? A quién diga Borges lo capo por listill@. #cifituits #fantasytuits — Miquel Codony (@Qdony) July 21, 2012 Era una cuestión derivada de una ignorancia grande, toda mía, y desde aqui le agradezco al grupo de #cifituits sus aportes. Los que más [ Read More ]
“When something is new and hard and bright, there ought to be something a little better for it than just being safe, since the safe things are just the things that folks have been doing so long they have worn the edges off and there’s nothing to the doing of them that leaves a man to say, That was not done before and it cannot be done again.” Reseñar una novela que te desborda es [ Read More ]









