The Dragons of Babel
I went t the bookstore yesterday in the hopes of picking up two books that should be out. One of them is Michael Swanwick's The Dragons of Babel. I'm not as much into fantasy as I am interested in science fiction, but Swanwick, at his blog, has been writing about the process of writing the book for some time now and it has me hooked enough to want to read the book.
(The other book I was looking for was The Ruby Dice by Catherine Asaro. True, both are "January 2008" releases. However, I did manage to pick up a couple of other "January 2008 releases yesterday. Go figure.)
Here's a rundown on Swanwick's postings.
Alien Speech. Ongysdrail. The Science Fiction Writer's Babel. Advanced review. The Office Worker's Babel. Another advance review. A Publicity Mailing. The author gets his advance copies.
Diagramming Babel: Part 01. Part 02. Part 03. Part 04. Part 05. Part 06. Part 07. Part 08. Part 09. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16. Part 17. Part 18. Part 19. Part 20. Part 21. Part 22. Part 23. Part 24. Part 25. Part 26. Part 27. Part 28. Part 29 (the final entry!).
Addendum: Early Notes Toward a Nonexistent Lexicon (with a real "Tower of Babel", har har har).
Addendum (January 25, 2008): I've got a copy of the book. Still don't have Ruby Dice, dang it.
Posted by Fred Kiesche at December 28, 2007 09:46 AM