"And there are other London Towns than these"

[flemmings]

Ben Aaronovitch was at a panel the other day: "a round table discussion about London based urban fantasy with China Mieville, Suzanne McLeod and Kate Griffin." Sounds like it'd be fascinating. Possibly a transcript online somewhere?

Had not heard of Suzanne McLeod. Anyone know if she's any good? Or only if you like vampires?

"Paul Cornell's high octane supernatural police procedural London Falling" sounds just up my alley. Not released yet, it appears, but something to be looked forward to when the current Taltos marathon is over. I seem to have been in a laconic mood in 2006 because I kept no record of what Brust I read when, nor where I got them from. My bookshelves want me to believe that half came from the library. Maybe they did: no used bookstores (and very few first-run) have earlier Taltos, and I vaguely recall a moment of triumph when I located two count them two up on Eglinton.

(Parenthetically, I love Aaronovitch to bits but I'm glad he has editors. The man simply can't tell the difference between its and it's or whose and who's. OTOH he doesn't say 'was sat', for which I am grateful.)

Comments

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Quite unrelatedly -- are you available for dinner next Tuesday the 5th? :) It turns out I'll be in Toronto for work for a couple of days, at short notice.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can be. After 6, probably-- don't have my schedule yet.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I'll be working out of 277 Queen St. W (which on Google appears to be the Toronto Museum of Television as well as a Virgin Megastore... hope they got that right XD;), so after 6 would be right for me as well! Don't know where I'll be staying yet, but it should be somewhere in that area.

Email is sabina.yun.tang@gmail.com (that one goes to my Blackberry), and phone is 5146087082. Let me know where you'd like to meet, and where you'd like to eat - assume I'm buying. XD

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

OK. Am actually off at 5 Tuesday, will take less than 30 minutes to bike down. I'm not au courant of Queen St eateries but shall look at what's available. Any preferences cuisine-wise? tho' I seem to recall that Queen St generally specializes in indifferent chichi.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Oh, in which case just name a place you'd prefer and I'll make my way there instead? I might have to go down to the Bell building on Queen's Quay West in the afternoon anyway, it's all kind of up in the air at the moment, so it's probably better if I come to you. ^^;

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I am indeed staying at the Westin on Queens Quay West, near Harbour Square Park and the Bell building, so that is likely where I'll be when I get off at 5.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Mh. Is there anywhere to eat down there? Or could you come up to The Queen Mother Cafe at 208 Queen St W? two blocks west of University on the north side.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I can certainly come up! See you there!

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Say for 6, and I'll be out front in a blue baseball cap. Which I'll trade for something more appropriate once identified.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Got it - I saw the place earlier, in fact. Will be there for 6, in a pistachio green skirt suit.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Will check email 5ish in case of unexpectedies. basara@eol.ca