Today I found out, thanks to a shot from a friend, that I am mentioned in a recent book published in Italy, about the national science fiction and fantasy scene. Suddenly, and unbeknownst to me, I have been placed on the map of the genre.
Apparently I’m good.
Well, good enough to be mentioned, and endowed with a fair amount of sense of wonder. I am also recognized an expert of fantasy literature.
A pity the paragraph in which I am mentioned opens with the word “Purtroppo” – “Alas”. The book mentions that I am good – just as many others – but we are stuck with small presses and digital publishing. Alas.
I am proud and grateful for the mention, of course, and there would be a lot to say on small presses and digital publishing, but not today. And I find ironic that this mention arrives just as I have stopped writing fiction in Italian.
3 February 2019 at 19:01
Yeah, that’s really cool, congrats. But I do understand the “aw, rats!” part!
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3 February 2019 at 19:49
We have to take the yin with the yang.
Or the other way around 🙂
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4 February 2019 at 08:50
Wow Dave, congratulations! Forget the ‘alas’ – you’re doing it! And you’re acknowledged. It’s a great achievement my friend.
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4 February 2019 at 12:42
Thanks.
But I want to point out I’m still the humble boy I was before.
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4 February 2019 at 22:00
Bah, be non-humble for a day. You’ve earned it.
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