Comments on Blood of the Muse: The Bloodies: The Best of 2008

Outstanding list, Paul. Heck of a lot of work went...

2008-12-31T13:25:00.000-08:00

Outstanding list, Paul. Heck of a lot of work went into reviewing everything, and it paid off.

I see a I have a few more books to put on the reading list.....

re "Authors I’d love to interview on Blood of the ...

2008-12-31T10:52:00.000-08:00

re "Authors I’d love to interview on Blood of the Muse:"

Hey, I'd be delighted to! Pls. email tobias@tobiasbuckell.com and I'd be happy to answer questions!

Paul,I somehow missed your review of Nation. I'm g...

2008-12-30T20:55:00.000-08:00

Paul,

I somehow missed your review of Nation. I'm going to check it out right now...

Thanks!

Ben

Thanks for the kind words.:-)

2008-12-30T19:39:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the kind words.:-)

As everyone has said, this is a great list. I find...

2008-12-30T14:15:00.000-08:00

As everyone has said, this is a great list. I find myself concurring with nearly everything on it, and when I do not, it's because you've read much more than I have this year. I especially need to read more of Jason Aaron and try out this Brent Weeks fellow.

Btw, if I were to pick my favourite SFF & comics blog of 2008, it would be this one. You and I have such similar taste that I nearly see no reason to keep a blog of my own any longer.

Keep up the great work, Paul. May you hand me some good recs in 2009 as well!

Plinydogg,I seem to be in the minority, but I hate...

2008-12-30T08:38:00.000-08:00

Plinydogg,

I seem to be in the minority, but I hated Pratchett's Nation. I found it dull, meandering and offensive for how it attack religion. I really get into that aspect in my review on the site.

I was also horrified that many of these aspects were being marketed to a teen audience. It seemed inappropriate.

I expect much better from Pratchett than this.

I'm curious to know why Pratchett's Nation disappo...

2008-12-30T07:47:00.000-08:00

I'm curious to know why Pratchett's Nation disappointed you. I haven't read it myself but have so far heard only good things about it...

Good piece of work! As Mulluane said there are so ...

2008-12-30T04:23:00.000-08:00

Good piece of work! As Mulluane said there are so many of these lists.

I like especially yours because in a lot of categories I share your likes.

I've seen tons of these lists lately and this is b...

2008-12-29T16:43:00.000-08:00

I've seen tons of these lists lately and this is by far the best laid out and easy to read.

For one thing, you didn't overload it with pictures, a bonus for those of us who have slow connections. For another it reads beautifully in google reader, another bonus. Thirdly it is comprehensive without being overwhelming. You give a short, concise reason for why you liked what, instead of just a list.

Good Job!