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An Aphid’s Toast
A greenhouse is my favourite place,so toasty, roasty warm.My thanks, indeed, to the human racefrom me and all my swarm. An old poem of mine, but unfortunately apt to the Copenhagen regrets.
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Bushland in a Traffic Island
Colours of green, wearing the world.The scent of rainbows. Last year’s fire.Cinder mayflies. Discarded glass.And honey pathways stamped by ants.A twist of wind. A shake of sun.The surge of sap to run in veinsof living green. Unconstructed.
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Shapeshifting
Fantastic wolf. The photo’s by Bernard Landgraf, from Wikimedia. It captures the wolf’s alert intelligence. I can understand why shapeshifting has existed as a notion throughout human history. Shamans have long claimed the ability to assume animal shapes. Other stories mention curses or monstrous births. But this new upsurge in interest in shapeshifting stories, even…
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Writers online
Via a link on Dear Author, I just read Jason Pinter’s question on whether an author having an online presence really helps to sell their books. It’s a good question. The epublishing houses want their authors to have a marketing strategy, and this naturally means an online presence. So some people think it works. There…
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Restoree by Anne McCaffrey
Restoree is undoubtedly SF romance. Anne McCaffrey builds a strong other-planetry world and civilisation, and a gruesome enemy. A body snatching species, no less. Although I had a few moments of doubt with how readily Sara adapts to her new body and the new planet with its political intrigue, the story romps along at a…