Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:25:53 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave 2007 GoH one of "PW's Best Books of the Year"
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> nelson_mr at yahoo.com 11/8/2006 10:22:35 AM >>>
>--- Michael Walsh <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>
>> The Empire of Ice Cream
>> Jeffrey Ford (Golden Gryphon)
>>
>> "Ford uses incongruously lyrical phrases to infuse the everyday
>with
>> a
>> nebulous magic that erases the line between reality and belief in
>> this
>> outstanding collection of fantastic fiction."
>>
>http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6388182.html?
>display=current
>
>His "Thursday Next" series is pretty good, too.  ;^)

Yeah, and he has this weird New Jersey / Welsh accent...

>I just ordered two of Ford's novels: The Portrait of
>Mrs. Charbuque and The Girl in the Glass.

Jeff is really happy & eager re Capclave.  First time he's been a GoH.

mjw