The elevator pitch discussion died down, but I’ve been thinking about this over the last few weeks. As I noted earlier, I’m not a great pitcher, but perhaps I can get something good enough together that others can then work on. DVD extras meets user generated content. I like the idea of starting the pitch [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fantasy’
18 Feb
Figuring FAQ (scifi.stackexchange.com)
The scifi.stackexchange.com community (or more accurately, the meta.scifi.stackexchange.com community) is still trying to figure out what’s on-topic, even though it doesn’t appear that the meta consensus directly influences the actual reality of the site. When I last left the search for an elevator pitch, I wondered whether the FAQs of the other (launched) sites would [...]
15 Mar
Graceling (Kristin Cashore)
Olyvia purchased this on my behalf – I had been given a voucher for Dymocks, which is a terrible choice, because there are so few Dymocks stores, and they are so far away from anywhere I go. Time passed, and eventually reached the point where I one day to spend the voucher or lose it [...]
15 Mar
Foxmask (Juliet Marillier)
This is the sequel to Wolfskin – to understand the relationships that underlay the characters, it would certainly be best to have read Wolfskin first, although this is a standalone story, not part two of two (or three), which is certainly refreshing. I purchased this at the same time as Wolfskin, so I wasn’t then [...]
15 Mar
Wolfskin (Juliet Marillier)
The main reason that I bought Wolfskin was because I noticed that Marillier was a New Zealander (or at least was born here, although she lives in Australia now), and there’s not really very many NZ sci-fi/fantasy authors or books, and I’d like to support the locals as much as possible. (As an aside, my [...]
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