Arachnion » Uncategorized http://arachnion.net Alex Kreis' news from other worlds, book reviews, musings on the fundamental nature of narrative. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Writing update http://arachnion.net/2008/08/17/writing-update/ http://arachnion.net/2008/08/17/writing-update/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:56:24 +0000 alex http://arachnion.net/?p=18 Haven’t updated this page in a while – no news on the writing front. But plenty of my friends are doing great – look forward to out Maggie Ronald’s Spiral Hunt and N. K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. Both are great fantasies — Maggie’s is a modern-day fantasy/mystery set in Boston, Nora’s an epic set in a world full of gods and intrigue. Both are great.

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]]> http://arachnion.net/2008/05/21/riomancy/feed/ 0 Fantasy Name Generator http://arachnion.net/2008/05/02/fantasy-name-generator/ http://arachnion.net/2008/05/02/fantasy-name-generator/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 17:29:08 +0000 alex http://arachnion.net/2008/05/02/fantasy-name-generator/ Jo Walton published a piece on her LiveJournal about how to generate realistic fantasy words. Once upon a time she had a program to do it, and suggested that perhaps someone might want to implement the same algorithm in a web-friendly way.

Presenting: The Fantasy Name Generator. It ain’t pretty and I’m not sure I’ve really captured Ms. Walton’s intent, but it works and is kind of interesting.

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Alex Cohen’s recipe for a lighthearted mystery is to start with an Egyptian setting, mix in a couple of scenes from history, add a mummy and a murder, and spice it up with a little romance. The result? A tasty little treat called “The Rising” (double entendre intended). Although on the predictable side (and a bit unbelievable on the romance side, but then what love-for-the-ages tale isn’t?) I still found the end result to be a flavorful addition to this issue. Not a meal unto itself, but a fairly entertaining appetizer.

Can’t really argue with that, although I never really thought of the story as a “mystery.”

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Buy ASIM #33 in PDF.
Buy ASIM #33 in print.

]]> http://arachnion.net/2008/04/29/asim-33-now-available/feed/ 0 Yes, this site is live http://arachnion.net/2008/02/11/yes-this-site-is-live/ http://arachnion.net/2008/02/11/yes-this-site-is-live/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:45:15 +0000 alex http://arachnion.net/2008/02/11/yes-this-site-is-live/ I started this blog a long time ago for my writerly public persona, but it hasn’t been particularly public, so I haven’t had much to say. My first story is coming out shortly, though, so I thought I’d start things up again. See you soon!

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