Blooks

And so, another new term gets coined to explain a concept that takes too long to say all the way through. Basically a "blook" is a book serialised in the form of a weblog. You can read one of the first at hackoff.com.

And even before you can blink comes the news of "The Lulu Blooker", a prize for the best blook published in a particular year. With Cory Doctorow involved and $2,000 to the overall winner, it is not to be sneezed at.

I had an idea for one of these a few months back, even before I knew of the term. Didn't get round to it. Of course.

Currently Reading

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State of Emergency by Sam Fisher
Cinematic, high-tech, futuristic rescue fiction. This might have started its own genre.

 

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Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
A coming-of-age novel set in a small WA mining town in the 1960s. Ticks all the relevant boxes.

 

Recently Read

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Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Chabon's homage to the adventure novel. Reminiscent of Moorcock and Leiber.

 

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Headlong by Susan Varga
When is life still worth living, or is it better to die with dignity?

 

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The Pages by Murray Bail
Bail's first novel since Eucalyptus, about an Outback genius philosopher - or is he? [Shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Award.]

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