The weekend is here and I'm looking forward to it.  My reading list is getting longer.  I'm hoping to finish John Scalzi's The Lost Colony and start on Andy Weir's The Martian this weekend.  I've also just received a preview copy of S.H. Jucha's Libre, A Silver Ships Novel , the second book in the Silver Ships series.  I am looking forward to reading this real soon.  I have a post about the first book in the series here or you can just view the YouTube video here .  Libre will be published on Amazon on August 1st 2015.  Get the first book,  The Silver Ships , and read through it with your favourite beverage, of course. I believe that I consumed a lot of Earl Grey Tea with that story.  Enjoy!. University of Iowa Receives 18,000 Volume Science Fiction Library Why Do Libraries Pay More Money for e-books? Penguin Random House Now Selling Book on Twitter? Should I give someone a book? (flowchart) Let's Quit It ...

This week saw the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carter, a document ' not simply a historical document, but relevant in everyday life and referred to whenever our liberties are threatened. '  To celebrate this anniversary I've added the most interesting article I've read about it this week called  Stop Revering Magna Carta .  On the recommendation of several people I've also purchased a physical copy of Andy Weir's The Martian and hope to have it read before the movie comes out.  I've added a post about this book as well, The Martian: An accidental self-publishing success story.   And finally something that is near and dear to my heart which encouraged me and my wife greatly, A Clean House and a Wasted Life ! So sit back with your favourite beverage and enjoy this weeks R andom A rticles from across the W eb. The Martian: An accidental self-publishing success story Pratchett's daughter rules out Discworld follow-ons Bonnie...

Welcome to the weekend. Here is a list of Random Articles from across the World Wide Web for you to read with your favourite beverage.  It looks like this weekend I'm going to be drinking a lot of orange juice, but will try to sneak in a long black, coffee as well.  The last article is about an awesome word, Tsundoku .  It's the word for buying books and letting them pile up unread... I think all bibliophiles are guilty of this.  Enjoy!   Learn About The Modern Masters of Science Fiction With This Great Series Wool Screenplay Gets Rewritten by Nicole Perlman E-book market share down slightly in 2015 Deleting browser history could get you into trouble “Tsundoku,” the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language

The 2015 Nebula Awards were announced over the weekend.  You can see the winners here   on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America web site , or here on Tor.com . Congratulations to the winners. The Hugos are up next in a few months time.  But there is a new award which you may not know about is a new award, the BooktubeSFF Awards .  The BooktubeSFF Award s are taking place for the first time in 2015. The goals of the award are 1) To provide another avenue for the BooktubeSFF community to share, read, and discuss our favorite literary works published in the previous calendar year. 2) To recognize works the BooktubeSFF community believes are exceptional. From  booktubesffawards.tumblr.com

I hope you all had a good week.  Now that the weekend is nearly upon us feel free to kick back with your favourite beverage, enjoy a good book or comtemplate if Bird Get Sunburn .  I have some suggested reading in the first article, ' Does Science Fiction Have A Canon? ' or you can find your own on one of ' The Best Websites to Discover New Books '.  This weekend I'm looking forward to a nice warming espresso or long black with my morning read. Enjoy! Does Science Fiction Have A Canon? Seattle, Portland Top Amazon’s Most Well-Read Cities List Getting Past Genre in Digital Acquisitions E Ink Announces New Signage Tech, but No E-Paper The Mobile Future Is Now and Amazon Is Winning It The Best Websites to Discover New Books Do Birds Get Sunburns? ---