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Random Act of Kindness

May 10th, 2005

I was absolutely speechless upon checking my ltr@littletoyrobot.com email address (I don’t check it every day because it’s mostly spam) to find that I was the recipient of a random act of kindness by Bill at Orbis Quintus. With no other way to say thanks, I thought I’d just point out how excellent his blog is. It’s a group blog with no fixed agenda: from what I can see, it’s put together by a group of friends in Louisiana with a diverse range of interests ranging from literature to science to current events.

I was also excited to find this post referencing Rhys Hughes’ A New Universal History of Infamy, a book that I just happened to edit!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 10th, 2005 at 10:19 pm and is filed under books.

4 Responses to “Random Act of Kindness”

  1. Bill @ Orbis Quintus Says:
    May 10th, 2005 at 11:06 pm

    No thanks necessary.. I was glad to do it!!!! I just finished “Borges and the Eternal Orangutans” and loved it! It’s a lighthearted and entertaining mystery that made for a nice diversion. Thanks again for turning me on to it.

    So you edited “A New Universal History…” ? Very cool! Are you involved with Prime or Ministry of Whimsy (sad to see it fold, btw)? Or was it Nightshade?

  2. LTR Says:
    May 11th, 2005 at 7:11 am

    Well, thanks again. I was involved with Ministry of Whimsy, which became an imprint of Nightshade and is now on (long) hiatus. The real godfather of Ministry is Jeff VanderMeer, an excellent writer himself, and he has been known to visit these parts every once in a while…

  3. Bill @ Orbis quintus Says:
    May 12th, 2005 at 8:57 pm

    I got introduced to Ministry of Whimsy initially through Rhys Hughes’ homage to Borges, but I bought Michael Cisco’s “San Veneficio Canon” as well.

    I was aware of VanderMeer’s involvement with the press. VanderMeer is one of those authors who I keep wanting to read but just haven’t yet.. I’ve heard nothing but good things about “City of Saints and Madmen” and it is definitely on the list. I also like the fact that he’s involved with getting new voices “out there”. Zoran Zivkovic is one really good, entertaining author who comes to mind.

    So the official line is that M o W is on “hiatus”. Where does that put Cisco’s “The Traitor”?

  4. LTR Says:
    May 17th, 2005 at 9:37 pm

    Definitely check out VanderMeer and Zivkovic. I think you’d like both.

    Not exactly sure what’s up with Cisco’s work, unfortunately. I’ll let you know if I hear anything.

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