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[adelaidesean]

Ken of Nethspace hurled a wide-ranging series of questions at me over the weekend for an interview on Wotmania, a large on-line community that started as a website devoted to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and has since grown into several sub-communities, including one that discusses all things speculative. The conversation covers everything from religion to midgets, and includes my thoughts on the recent debate about SF and its audience (as triggered, chronicled and commented upon by Lou Anders). See the tags below for a more comprehensive list of topics.

Ken has posted the interview on his blog, or you can read it at Wotmania.

Meanwhile, The Crooked Letter (which has gone into its fifth reprint here in Australia) and The Devoured Earth are both reviewed over at Australian Specfic In Focus!.

There are a couple of recent developments that I'm not, at present, allowed to talk about. All I can say is that they're excellent and promise to make my life considerably better and more interesting in coming times. I'll report here when I can. Stay tuned.

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[frogworth.livejournal.com]

And then there's good ol' Mr Kleffel (http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/10-23-06.htm#102606):
"Williams is one of those writers that I suspect readers will someday twig to en masse and wonder why the hell they weren't rabidly buying his books long, long ago."
Although there's probably no small number of people rabidly buying your books already...

New developments sound cool. And vague ;)

[ladnews.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! That's a great review.

"What makes these books worth reading are not the monsters, but rather Williams' dense, intense prose and his detailed depiction of an afterlife based on a kitchen-sink's worth of religions. This is Clive Barker via Joseph Campbell territory."

and

"Dirigibles. Monsters. Boatloads of research. What more can you ask for?"

I love it!

PS. How was the gig?

[frogworth.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a great review. I will have to grab these books sometime soon! (To add to my huge pile of to-be-read stuff, but that's ok...)

Gig wasn't bad. Didn't have huge crowds in either Perth or Adelaide, but they were nothing to be sneezed at I guess (just not quite up to the crowds for the album launches, no surprise there really). Nice crowd though, decent CD & merch sales, all one can ask for all in all!

[ladnews.livejournal.com]

Poor old Adelaide. We're just not very good at going out sometimes... I'm glad sales were good.

Are you thinking of coming back for the Fringe? I'll book tickets in advance, and get a bunch of friends to come too, if so.

(Haven't been able to track down a copy of the album yet, btw. Everywhere seems to be sold out--a good sign, I reckon)

[frogworth.livejournal.com]

Hm, is there a Fringe in the odd years as well? We played @ the Spiegeltent this year... Not sure yet about plans for next year past a couple of Opera House gigs (in the Studio, nice little venue) followed by Melbourne in February.

I suppose it's a good sign that places are sold out - I do hope they restock! Can I assume that's at least Big Star, B Sharp, the Muses (perhaps)...? I will pass the word on to MGM. Was going to pop into at least Big Star on the weekend, but ran out of time, dammit.
You can always get it here (http://shop.fourplay.com.au/Now%20To%20The%20Future.php) (I just finished our new shop two days ago), but it's not the same as going to a shop somewhere...

[ladnews.livejournal.com]

Great timing! I have been to the shop and bought a download of the album. (It's coming down right now. Amazingly convenient.) I bought some clothes too so I can hang with the cool kids.

The Fringe is becoming an annual event, sans Festival, as of 2007. It's going to be huge, so we'll have to get you back at some point.

Wasn't the Spiegeltent and surrounds a hoot? I reckon I went to see the Man Who Blows Bubbles Out His Eyes five times...

[frogworth.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that :) Yay for downloads! I'm emailing you now...
Yeah, the whole "Garden of Earthly Delights" was great fun. That man was... insane. We sat outside his tent and listened the spiel most of the evening!

Excellent re the Fringe. Well, we may well be back! I'll chat with the manager.