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Jul

22

2022

Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll despair about climate change. You might even be inclined to think about your carbon footprint. You might also consider not waiting for the billionaires to save us, because, you know, one of these days, they’re going into space and they’re not coming back. Watch how much luggage they pack on …

May

24

2022

Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore

Battle of the Linguist Mages is a mad bastard of a book, and that is high praise. On the one hand, it’s a pretty familiar story (young woman learns that magic in a video game has real power) with familiar elements of course there are nefarious forces arrayed to exploit them AND her)… but they …

Sep

3

2019

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig and Fall by Neal Stephenson

… Chuck Wendig goes full Stephen King with Wanderers, where he channels The Stand as he delivers a full-tilt deconstruction of our current technological malaise. Kirkus Reviews notes that Wendig “is clearly wrestling with some of the demons of our time,” and to that we say: “It’s about time that someone did.” This one sprawls …

Jun

2

2017

2

remarks

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

I’ve had ideas for new posts rattling around in my brain for months, but, to be perfectly honest, I just haven’t had the mental or emotional energy to get the words down. It started with the election or, really, with the campaign. It was just so dispiriting and disheartening and now it feels like it’s …

Nov

24

2015

The 2016 PNBA Book Awards Shortlist: The Musical

Obviously, this is not actually a musical, but it got your attention, didn’t it? First, I would like to thank the other eight members of this year’s PNBA Book Awards Committee of booksellers: Michael Coy, Madison (Butler) Duckworth, Tim Hunter, Dianah Hughley, Tina Ontiveros, Carol Spurling, Casey Stryer, and Claudia Wohlfeil. This was my third (and …

Nov

20

2015

1

remark

2016 PNBA Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The 2016 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist has been announced! A panel of nine booksellers from the region  whittled the list to twelve from nearly 300 nominations. Five previous shortlisted authors (indicated with a *), including one two-time winner (with a +), made the cut. Up to six winners will be announced in early January. Here …

Jun

15

2015

Seveneves

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

It was not my plan to get sucked into an 861-page book the past couple of weeks, but when I read the first line of Seveneves—”The moon blew up with no warning and for no apparent reason”—my head was turned, and before I knew it, I was a few hundred pages deep. I hadn’t read …

Oct

4

2013

Maged Zaher

The Stranger Genius is a Poet

Speaking to Maged Zaher just before the Stranger Genius Award Ceremony commenced at the Moore Theatre, I asked whether he felt nervous. Not exactly nervous, he said. He already knew Neal Stephenson was a genius. Paul Constant, book editor for the Stranger, explained that the two writers had hit it off after the Literature showcase …

Aug

20

2013

The Stranger

It’s Genius: The Stranger Genius Awards
Literature Showcase

“A poet, a novelist and a festival; it sounds like the set up for a joke,” said Christopher Frizzelle, editor of Seattle’s alternative weekly, the Stranger. What the poet, Maged Zaher; the novelist, Neal Stephenson and the festival, APRIL (Authors, Publishers, and Readers of Independent Literature) have in common and what brought each on stage …

Nov

19

2011

Reamde by Neal Stephenson

“Honoring his cyberpunk roots while adopting the best devices of the contemporary thriller—Russian mafia, international entrepreneurs, hackers and hustlers, kidapping, shoot-outs and explosions

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