Out Now: Jade Man's Skin by Daniel Fox (aka Chaz Brenchley)

Remember that Chinese-inspired fantasy series I've been so taken with? The name on the cover is Daniel Fox, but the man behind the pen name is Chaz Brenchley, noted fantasy and crime writer, and the middle volume, "Jade Man's Skin", is now on sale. If you've read the first volume, "Dragon in Chains", you'll already know why I'm so taken with it, but if you haven't, that's still available and you should start with that one first.

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Jade Man's Skin
ISBN: 978-0-345-50304-6 (trade paperback)
ISBN: 978-0-345-51911-5 (ebook)
My review of Jade Man's Skin (volume 2)
LibraryThing entry
at The Book Depository
Jade Man's Skin at Amazon UK
Jade Man's Skin at Amazon US
DRM-locked ebook at Fictionwise

Dragon in Chains
ISBN: 978-0-345-50305-3 (trade paperback)
ISBN: 978-0-345-51346-5 (ebook)
My review of Dragon in Chains (volume 1)
LibraryThing entry
at The Book Depository
Dragon in Chains at Amazon UK
Dragon in Chains at Amazon US
DRM-locked ebook at Fictionwise

(n.b. -- yes, those are Amazon links you see before you. In general, Amazon links are Going Away. However, I received ARCs of these books, and I feel that if I asked for an ARC, I have some obligation to make it as easy as possible for people to buy the book.)

To LT or not to LT the zines

I have rather too many fanfic zines, and not enough shelf space. I'm about to start weeding them, but I do want to keep an easily accessible record of what I've owned, and ideally my reviews where they exist. LibraryThing seems to be the answer, but I'm going to have to think about whether I want a completely separate account for that. It's not exactly a secret that a number of those zines were acquired as contributor copies, but it may still be polite to various parties to not tie the identities together that publicly. However, I probably have more than 200 zines, and I'm not sure I want to pay for another lifetime account just to record the zines.

OTOH, I do want to make the collection public on LT, because it will be a very easy way to track whether a zine is marked for disposal or has gone. That could be useful for people who'd like to ask for any of the surplus ones before they go off to a con charity table.

[rummage] yes, my old Approach database has more than 200 entries, and I've acquired more since I last updated that.

Shall think about this for a bit...