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Title: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: stacer on November 30, 2004, 06:48:17 PM
Rudy Rucker or John Kessel?

I googled them but don't recognize the names or their books. Rudy Rucker is apparently published by Tor, and his newest book is out this year, Frek and the Elixer. John Kessel has apparently won several Hugos and Nebulas for short stories and novellas.

Anyway, I've never read them. Wondering if anyone else has.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on December 01, 2004, 04:34:01 AM
Yes, on Rucker. Rudy's book Spaceland was described in great detail by one Mr. Moshe Feder at a certain long party at a World Fantasy convention, so I read it. It was pretty good.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: EUOL on December 01, 2004, 06:09:46 AM
Knew I'd heard that name before...

And yes, I've heard of Kessel too.  Haven't read any of his stuff, but I do know the name.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: stacer on December 01, 2004, 08:27:07 AM
Both of them are going to be guests of honor at the conference in March I posted the link to. I had never heard of them. Is Moshe Rudy Rucker's editor?
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: EUOL on December 01, 2004, 08:38:36 AM
David is, and Moshe was David's assisant back then.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: stacer on December 01, 2004, 09:16:39 AM
Back then? Has Moshe gotten a promotion in the last few months? I thought he was still an assistant when we were at WorldCon.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: JP Dogberry on December 01, 2004, 10:12:28 PM
Rucker has a new book out?!?!?!?

Yes, I've heard of Rucker! Rucker is one of the influential Cyberpunks, back with the Software series, of which I need to find the last two books. The first was excellent.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: 42 on December 02, 2004, 01:46:12 PM
So I'm feeling to lazy to start a new thread, and this thread seems to fit with this.

So has anyone heard of or read "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/01/susanna.clarke.ap/index.html
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: stacer on December 02, 2004, 01:58:03 PM
I've heard of it, but haven't had a chance to read it. So I've been deleting the child_lit discussions of it. Yet another vacation reading list item.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: MasterShake on February 14, 2005, 02:42:09 PM
wait wait I think soo.....oops no false alarm.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: JP Dogberry on February 14, 2005, 10:11:57 PM
Way to dig up a year old thread for a meaningless reason!

I'm going to brutally murder you now.

With an Axe.
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: Spriggan on February 14, 2005, 10:19:11 PM
An Axe of DOOM!!!!
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: stacer on February 14, 2005, 10:41:10 PM
Um, Jam, I started this thread two months ago. Way to exaggerate. ;)
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: JP Dogberry on February 14, 2005, 11:35:44 PM
A RUSTY AXE!!!!
Title: Re: Anyone ever heard of...
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on February 15, 2005, 08:56:55 AM
An exaggeratedly rusty axe of DOOM!!!