Fame at last
Mar. 30th, 2004 06:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gervase_fenSo, as it's a quiet day in the shop, I'm browsing through the intranet message board and stumble upon a heated discussion between Mehitabel in East Anglia and Big Steve Up North.
Mehitabel thinks that the SF Book of the Month for April belongs in the mainstream fiction section, "because it doesn't have elves, or dwarfs, or the armies of Anq'qor seeking the ring of Behiddoroth".
Big Steve points out that a book about an industrial revolution fuelled by magic might not sit naturally next to Andy McNab's gung-ho SAS adventures.
And I realise that the SF book of the month is "The Light Ages", which I did the blurb for. I dash out the back and investigate the thick poster tube full of point of sale material, and, wound round the Sharpe 3-for-2 posters, are some header cards and promo material featuring my deathless words of praise ("Ambitious and confident, richly imaginative and vividly written"). With my name at the bottom, now appearing for one month only in 120 shops nationwide.
Very pleased, I add my own 2d worth to the discussion, quoting some relevant lines from Robert Conquest about SF & its perception. (Thanks,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pellegrina!)
Mehitabel thinks that the SF Book of the Month for April belongs in the mainstream fiction section, "because it doesn't have elves, or dwarfs, or the armies of Anq'qor seeking the ring of Behiddoroth".
Big Steve points out that a book about an industrial revolution fuelled by magic might not sit naturally next to Andy McNab's gung-ho SAS adventures.
And I realise that the SF book of the month is "The Light Ages", which I did the blurb for. I dash out the back and investigate the thick poster tube full of point of sale material, and, wound round the Sharpe 3-for-2 posters, are some header cards and promo material featuring my deathless words of praise ("Ambitious and confident, richly imaginative and vividly written"). With my name at the bottom, now appearing for one month only in 120 shops nationwide.
Very pleased, I add my own 2d worth to the discussion, quoting some relevant lines from Robert Conquest about SF & its perception. (Thanks,
pellegrina!)
