blogs.amctv.com - 12/22/2008
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I am a total sucker for Christmas. Complete. To my very core, sucker for Christmas. Every year, my extended family descends on the house my grandfather built for a Norman Rockwell affair: We've got third-cousins twice-removed, there's caroling, dinner for thirty-four people and a talent show. ...
Subterranean Online — Mary Robinette Kowal Story and Interview
subterraneanpress.com 11/7/2008 —
This week over at Subterranean Online , we have a brand new story by recent Campbell award-winner, Mary Robinette Kowal . We hope you enjoy “Waiting for Rain” but should also point out that Mary’s posted a different, shorter ...
Mary Robinette Kowal - Four Fantastic Films That Aren't Quite Fantasy
blogs.amctv.com 11/22/2008 — Two weeks ago we talked about movies you might not think of as fantasy that do in fact fall into the category. That got me thinking about movies that look like fantasy, but really aren't. In broad definition, a fantasy evokes a sense of wonder by ...
Mary Robinette Kowal - The Top Five Fantasy Films to Relieve Stress
blogs.amctv.com 11/1/2008 —
Every time I look at the news there's some new problem of epic proportions fraught with controversy facing mankind. Epic, that is, without the benefit of magic spells and stunning displays of swordsmanship. I'm referring of course to fantasy, ...
Mary Robinette Kowal - Why Do Fantasy Movies Always Kill the Parents?
blogs.amctv.com 11/28/2008 — If you're like most Americans, you spent yesterday saturated in turkey and surrounded by family. This is the season for family, and as much as we might love our families, there are will be times over the next month when we'll think that life would be ...
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maryrobinettekowal.com 8/15/2008 — "Most successful is 'Bound Man,' Mary Robinette Kowal's stark re-humanization of the hero archetype. When the soldier-priest Halldór, hard-pressed by foes, chants the spell to summon the legendary warrior Li Reiko, he has no idea that he is in fact ...
Fiction: Waiting for Rain by Mary Robinette Kowal
subterraneanpress.com 11/6/2008 — Mundari Vineyard 2045, Nashik (India), Shiraz Black cherry, plum, and currant flavors mingle with aromas of sweet tobacco and sage in this dependable offering from India. The sun peeking through the grapevines felt hotter on Bharat Mundari’s neck than ...
Mary Robinette Kowal - Turning 40 With Mary Poppins
blogs.amctv.com 2/6/2009 — On Sunday I'm turning 40, which I am strangely excited about because I've always thought that 40 would be the age at which I would finally be taken seriously. Understand this is profoundly different from being old -- my grandmother turned 104 ...