Today’s the day, Star Trek fans! My bestselling trilogy Star Trek: The Next Generation — Cold Equations is on sale today as an Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. Get all three books for just $0.99 each — or give them as gifts. Really, at this price, how can you afford not to? But act fast — [...]
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "The Passenger"
KRAD's Inaccurate Guide to Life22 May 2013 | 2:19 pmBashir rescues a cop chasing a criminal. The criminal himself dies -- OR DOES HE???? Plus Odo gets bitchy about the new Starfleet security guy as the DS9 Rewatch boards "The Passenger."An excerpt:Kira and Bashir are returning from a medical mission in a runabout. Kira makes the mistake of complimenting Bashir on his work, which leads to Bashir saying he can’t hear Kira over the sound of how awesome he is. Kira’s snotty reply is cut off by a distress call. They respond to it and find a woman unconscious. Bashir revives her; she says that the pilot’s dead. She’s transporting a prisoner,… -
Monday Mix-Up: Andy Warhol and Nico as Batman and Robin
Glenn Hauman: View From AboveGlenn Hauman: View From Above20 May 2013 | 4:00 amPhotoshoot for Esquire Magazine. via Andy Warhol and Nico as Batman and Robin, 1967 Retronaut | Retronaut – See the past like you wouldn’t believe.. Seen originally on -
On Gun Manufacturers and Criminal Prosecution
Allyn Gibson3 May 2013 | 7:32 amThe story of the 2 year-old girl in Kentucky, who was shot and killed by her 5 year-old brother with a rifle he was given as a present, has been preying on my mind much of the week. I think about the little girl, I imagine that just a few days ago she was a giggling, happy child who liked flowers and dresses and dolls and ice cream and now she’s dead, and I get teary and I get angry and I get teary again and I cannot imagine how we can live in a world that thinks a five year-old boy, who probably still needs his mom to tie his shoes before he goes to kindergarten, is old enough… -
Madison! I’m at A Room Of One’s Own TOMORROW, 4pm! Note the Time!
Whatever22 May 2013 | 11:46 amI’ll be doing a rare afternoon tour appearance tomorrow in Madison because at 6pm, A Room of One’s Own welcomes the Guests of Honor at Wiscon, the (completely fantastic) science fiction and fantasy convention. So if you’re coming at 4 o’clock to Room of One’s Own to see me, stick around afterward for the GoHs, which include last year’s Nebula and Hugo Award winner, Jo Walton. And if you’re coming at 6pm to see the guests of honor, why not come out a little bit early to see me? It’ll be more speculative fiction writers than you can shake the…
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Get Cold Equations while it’s hot!
17 May 2013 | 11:39 amToday’s the day, Star Trek fans! My bestselling trilogy Star Trek: The Next Generation — Cold Equations is on sale today as an Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. Get all three books for just $0.99 each — or give them as gifts. Really, at this price, how can you afford not to? But act fast — [...] -
“Conan! What is best in Trek?”
15 May 2013 | 11:28 amOver at Slate, regular site correspondent Matthew Yglesias summarizes what is great (and not so great) in Star Trek. As a bonus for me, his write-up of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine even includes a complimentary hat-tip to “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” one of the episodes I co-wrote (with John Ordover and Ronald D. [...] -
Cold Equations = A Kindle Daily Deal
13 May 2013 | 5:02 pmI’ve just learned from my editors that the Kindle versions of all three books of my recent New York Times-bestselling Star Trek: The Next Generation trilogy Cold Equations are going to be offered this Friday for the special Kindle Daily Deal price of just $0.99 each! The offer is good for one day only — [...] -
My “Desert Island Treks” podcast
10 May 2013 | 8:36 pmJoin me and hosts Michael and Sina of Trekmate.org.uk‘s podcast Ten Forward on this special “David Mack’s Desert Island Treks“ episode, in which we discuss what five episodes from all of televised Star Trek I would choose to represent the franchise as a whole. My top five episodes were: 5. TOS – “Mirror, Mirror” 4. [...] -
Star Trek reading at Singularity & Co. – Thursday, May 9
6 May 2013 | 10:48 amUPDATE: This event was previously posted as being scheduled for Friday. It has been rescheduled for this Thursday, and the text below has been edited to reflect that. So if you’re planning on attending this event, make sure to come by on Thursday — not on Friday. In honor of the imminent American premiere of [...]
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KRAD's Inaccurate Guide to Life
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: "The Passenger"
22 May 2013 | 2:19 pmBashir rescues a cop chasing a criminal. The criminal himself dies -- OR DOES HE???? Plus Odo gets bitchy about the new Starfleet security guy as the DS9 Rewatch boards "The Passenger."An excerpt:Kira and Bashir are returning from a medical mission in a runabout. Kira makes the mistake of complimenting Bashir on his work, which leads to Bashir saying he can’t hear Kira over the sound of how awesome he is. Kira’s snotty reply is cut off by a distress call. They respond to it and find a woman unconscious. Bashir revives her; she says that the pilot’s dead. She’s transporting a prisoner,… -
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Dark Quest Books mega-launch at Balticon!
20 May 2013 | 12:10 pmAs has become traditional, Dark Quest Books is doing a big-ass book launch at Baltcon 47. One of the books being catapulted into existence is Tales from Dragon Precinct, a collection of short stories that have been brought together into the fourth book in the acclaimed series of fantasy police procedurals.The party will be held at Frankie & Vinnie's in the Hunt Valley Inn in Hunt Valley, Maryland on Sunday 26 May 2013 from 7-9pm. There'll be food and drink and merriment and readings and an auction of Cool Stuff.Books being launched include:The Redcaps' Queen: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale by Danielle… -
spoilerrific review of Star Trek Into Darkness
20 May 2013 | 9:06 amOn Tor.com, the good (Simon Pegg), the bad (Peter Weller), and the ugly (the script) of Star Trek Into Darkness, with plenty of spoilers, plus why Benedict Cumberbatch is more awesome than you.An excerpt:The acting here is first-rate. As with the previous film, the actors embody the characters they’re playing without spilling over into parody. In particular Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto do an excellent job with characters who are both the same and different from their alternate-timeline counterparts played by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, because Kirk and Spock are the characters who… -
Monday music: "The Body of an American"
20 May 2013 | 8:54 amThis weekend will be the launch of Tales from Dragon Precinct, the fourth book in my series of fantasy police procedurals. In addition to those, I've mixed cops and fantastical stuff in my SCPD series, as well as in two Spider-Man novels (Venom's Wrath, Down These Mean Streets), one Buffy novel (Blackout), one Supernatural novel (Nevermore), and a couple of short stories ("An Evening in the Bronx with Venom" in The Ultimate Spider-Man, "Improper Procedure" in The Ultimate Silver Surfer). I've also written one mystery novel (CSI: NY: Four Walls).While there are many influences on my cop…
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Monday Mix-Up: Andy Warhol and Nico as Batman and Robin
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Paolo Rivera wins the 2013 Spectrum Fantastic Art Awards for Comics
18 May 2013 | 4:21 pmThe 20th Spectrum Fantastic Art Awards were announced this evening at the awards ceremony at Spectrum Live, a weekend long celebration of fantastic art, in Kansas City. Paolo Rivera won for his cover to Daredevil #10. The awards for comics are: Gold: Paolo Rivera, Daredevil #10 Silver: David Petersen, Mouse Guard Black Axe #4, Page 19 Jennifer L. Meyer, Aesop’s Ark, Ch. 2, P2 Paolo Rivera, Captain America #1 João Ruas, Fables #121 Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Read the rest at Announcing the 2013 Spectrum Fantastic Art Awards | Tor.com. Seen originally on -
Can you beat me on GeoGuessr?
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Watch ABC’s “Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D” Full Length Trailer
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“Moth City” Brings Thrillbent Up To Five Days A Week
14 May 2013 | 7:00 amWe’ve been lax in telling you about the new stuff coming from Thrillbent, and with Tim Gibson bringing his stunning comic Moth City to Thrillbent starting today, we have our story hook. Moth City is a compact manufacturing island given to an American tycoon, Governor McCaw, by the Chinese Nationalist government. In exchange, McCaw is to outfit the government’s vast army as it attempts to destroy the Communists and unite the world’s greatest nation. Now, after a brazen and brutal murder, McCaw must unravel the island’s secrets before everything he has built is wiped out by the warring…
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On Gun Manufacturers and Criminal Prosecution
3 May 2013 | 7:32 amThe story of the 2 year-old girl in Kentucky, who was shot and killed by her 5 year-old brother with a rifle he was given as a present, has been preying on my mind much of the week. I think about the little girl, I imagine that just a few days ago she was a giggling, happy child who liked flowers and dresses and dolls and ice cream and now she’s dead, and I get teary and I get angry and I get teary again and I cannot imagine how we can live in a world that thinks a five year-old boy, who probably still needs his mom to tie his shoes before he goes to kindergarten, is old enough… -
On Doctor Who Casting News
30 Mar 2013 | 6:15 amThe news has broken on casting for November’s Doctor Who anniversary special — in addition to John Hurt, the special will also guest star David Tennant and Billie Piper. Fandom, naturally, is sharply divided. There is wailing that there’s no Eccleston from the new series. Classic Doctor Who fans are wailing that the pre-new series Doctors aren’t represented. “Doctor Who is fifty years old! Why is the special limiting itself to the last ten?” There is wailing that it’s Tennant. “We’ll be treated to hyperactive… -
On Antonin Scalia and the Hugo and Nebula Ballots
27 Mar 2013 | 7:41 pmFor the historical record, because I want to lay claim to this idea, a Facebook post… Serious question time. Would Antonin Scalia’s written decisions in the Prop 8 case and the DOMA case be eligible for the Hugo and Nebula Awards? These decisions will be so divorced from reality that they would be fantasy fiction, after all. And there would be a lot of worldbuilding in these decisions as Scalia tries to communicate to the world what’s inside his mind. So could the science fiction community vote to put these on the ballot for their major awards? Could the science fiction… -
On the Counterfactual Decade
25 Mar 2013 | 12:34 pmThe tenth anniversary of the Iraq War has been on the minds of many in the past two weeks. Some who supported the war at the time have said that they were deeply wrong. Some who supported the war at the time fail to recognize that it was a collosal, world historical mistake. Last week I wrote an e-mail to Andrew Sullivan. He was one of those who supported the war in 2002 and 2003, and who turned against the war when it dragged on and the reasons for the war were shown to be nothing more than smoke and mirrors. Sullian wrote: “In the summer of 2000, when I foolishly… -
On Shamrock Fest 2013
18 Mar 2013 | 11:26 amTo get to Shamrock Fest, I had to navigate a phalanx of Bible-thumpers. Shamrock Fest is an Irish and Celtic music festival held annually at RFK Stadium, and the organizers recommend that people take the DC Metro to reach the music festival. You take the Blue or Orange line, disembark at the Stadium-Armory stop, climb the steps, and walk about two blocks to reach Shamrock Fest. The past years, as you stepped off the Metro stairs and onto the street, you would be assaulted by street vendors hocking t-shirts, hats, sunglasses, all sorts of stuff St. Patrick’s Day…
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Madison! I’m at A Room Of One’s Own TOMORROW, 4pm! Note the Time!
22 May 2013 | 11:46 amI’ll be doing a rare afternoon tour appearance tomorrow in Madison because at 6pm, A Room of One’s Own welcomes the Guests of Honor at Wiscon, the (completely fantastic) science fiction and fantasy convention. So if you’re coming at 4 o’clock to Room of One’s Own to see me, stick around afterward for the GoHs, which include last year’s Nebula and Hugo Award winner, Jo Walton. And if you’re coming at 6pm to see the guests of honor, why not come out a little bit early to see me? It’ll be more speculative fiction writers than you can shake the… -
Amazon’s Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts
22 May 2013 | 8:43 amThe Twitters are abuzz today about Amazon’s new “Kindle Worlds” program, in which people are allowed to write and then sell through Amazon their fan fiction for certain properties owned by Alloy Entertainment, including Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, with more licenses expected soon. I’ve had a quick look at the program on Amazon’s site, and I have a couple of immediate thoughts on it. Be aware that these thoughts are very preliminary, i.e., I reserve the right to have possibly contradictory thoughts about the program later, when I think (and read)… -
The Big Idea: Rhiannon Held
22 May 2013 | 5:29 amReaders often have default expectations when it comes to their reading — default expectations that we call “tropes.” But where do you go as a writer when the tropes don’t take you where your characters need to be? It’s a question that Rhiannon Held explores today as she writes about her new novel, Tarnished. RHIANNON HELD: Tarnished is the second book in my series, and if I had to articulate an over-arcing big idea for the whole series, it’s that I love to explore emotional truths tied to situations that don’t come up in typical urban fantasy tropes. In the… -
Gosh, We’re All Really Impressed Down Here I Can Tell You
21 May 2013 | 8:20 amMe last night at the venue for my reading, which was the Methodist church right across the street from the University Bookstore in Seattle. Here I am looking at the patron of the establishment, hoping he would not strike me down, in my naughtiness. He did not. Thanks to Daniel Christensen for the photo. Seattle was lovely. On to Portland now — or more accurately Beaverton, where I am at Powells, tonight, 7pm. If you’re in the Portland area, I hope to see you there. -
Portland! Brace Yourself, For I Shall Arrive! Tomorrow! 7pm! Powell’s in Beaverton!
20 May 2013 | 1:00 pmYes, Portland! I am returning on Tuesday, May 21st! To feast upon your Voodoo Donuts and other local comestibles! And to read, answer questions and sign books! Largely in that order! You will find me at Powell’s Beaverton branch at 7pm! Please come and bring everyone you have ever met in your life. Because if I don’t get a good crowd, I’m not allowed to have any Voodoo Donuts. Voodoo Donuts are for closers, you see. Tell me you’ll come. The donuts, they are calling.
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Guidelines to Fearful Symmetries--open reading period
12 May 2013 | 8:12 amFearful Symmetries guidelinesRenowned editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow will be editing an unthemed, all original anthology of terror and supernatural fiction for CZP, Fearful Symmetries, scheduled to be published in Spring 2014. (The project was funded through Kickstarter by your generous donations!)Ellen says: "This is a non-theme, all original anthology of about 125,000 words of terror and supernatural horror. I’m looking for all kinds of horror, but if you’re going to use a well-worn trope, try to do something fresh with it. If you’ve read any volumes of The Best Horror of the… -
Fantastic Fiction at KGB May 15: Kit Reed and Daniel A. Rabuzzi
17 Apr 2013 | 8:53 pmFANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hostsEllen Datlow and Matthew Kresselpresent:Kit Reed has two new books this season: Son of Destruction, her spontaneous human combustion novel, and a "best of" collection from the Wesleyan University Press: The Story Until Now-- A Great Big Book of Stories, 35 short stories ranging from her first published short story to six new and previously uncollected stories from the 2000. Her collection, What Wolves Know, was a 2011 Shirley Jackson Award nomineeandDaniel A. Rabuzzi is the author of The Longing For Yount series: The Choir Boats and The… -
Jacket and TOC of Lovecraft's Monsters
15 Apr 2013 | 8:31 pmHere's the jacket art, by Barret Chapman, with cover design by Elizabeth Story. This is a reprint anthology (with one original novelette by John Langan). Each "critter" will be be illustrated by John Coulthart. The book which will be published by Tachyon, February 2014.Table of ContentsOnly the End of the World Again by Neil Gaiman Bulldozer… -
Richard Bowes & Alaya Dawn Johnson at KGB 4/17
11 Apr 2013 | 8:51 amFANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hostsEllen Datlow and Matthew Kresselpresent:Richard Bowes winner of two World Fantasy Awards, an International Horror Guild, and a Million Writer Award. Recent and forthcoming short story appearances include: F&SF, Icarus, Lightspeed and the anthologies, Ghost's: Recent Hauntings, Handsome Devil, Hauntings, Where Thy Dark Eye Glances, and Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations. His new novel Dust Devil on a Quiet Streetwill be published July 2n by Lethe Press which also just reissued his Lambda Award winning novel Minions of the Moon. Also… -
Honorable Mentions 2012
1 Apr 2013 | 12:40 pmThese are the Honorable Mentions that will appear in print at the back of The Best Horror of the Year volume five. Congratulations.I also have a (very) long list that I will eventually post online only.Barron, Laird “A Strange Form of Life,” ,” Dark Faith: Invocations.Barron, Laird “DT,” A Season In Carcosa.Barron, Laird “Hand of Glory,” (novella) The Book Of Cthulhu II.Bell, Peter “A Midsummer’s Ramble in the Carpathians,” (novella) Strange Ephiphanies.Bestwick, Simon “the Churn,” Black Static 27Brownworth, Victoria A.
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The Business Rusch: Word of Mouth
22 May 2013 | 11:09 pmWriters always panic. They finish a book and expect the world to fall at their feet. At the same time, they worry that no one will notice. And, because all writers who are writing today were raised in the traditional publishing model, they believe that if no one discovers their book now, this minute, if no one hears of them the day of the book’s release, then that book is a failure forever and ever, amen. So panicked writers behave badly. They promote stupidly. They alienate the very people whom they want to read their books. Tweeting Buy My Book! Buy My Book! twenty-five times per day. -
Free Fiction Monday: Shadows On The Moon
20 May 2013 | 12:57 pmJustin needs something to believe in. At a crossroads in life, he arrives in New York City reminiscing the past but uncertain of the future. Until he meets Wendy, who inspires him to take a leap of faith. But soaring into the unknown might prove harder than it seems. “Shadows on The Moon” by USA Today bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch is free in its entirety on this website for one week only. It’s also available for $2.99 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and in other e-bookstores. Shadows on the Moon Kristine Kathryn Rusch They say anything can happen in… -
Fiction River News!
18 May 2013 | 3:20 pmFiction River #2 will be coming out in about a month. I can share both the final cover for the trade paper and the list of names in the volume. John Helfers did a fantastic job editing this issue. It’s got some edgy stories, and powerful stories (which are, sometimes, one and the same). I’m really pleased with our second issue. So subscribe now in order to get a copy before all your friends get theirs! (And the upcoming issues are great as well.) Here’s the cover: In case you can’t read the names clearly, the issue has stories by David Gerrold, William H. -
The Business Rusch: Shifting Sands
15 May 2013 | 10:38 pmI live on the beach. Here the sand shifts daily. We expect it. We watch it. The tide comes in; the tide goes out; the sand moves. But I grew up in the Midwest. The land is firm there, solid. When someone builds a road it remains a recognizable road. Frigid winters and hot summers may buckle the pavement, but the road beneath remains something you can trust. I love explaining Oregon road signs to Midwesterners. “Do you know what ‘sunken grade’ means?” I ask. “No,” they say, looking at me distrustfully. After all, if they drove to my house, they saw several yellow signs warning… -
Free Fiction Monday: Flitting Away
13 May 2013 | 12:52 pmWhen a vicious attacker leaves Nicole Walker for dead, she fights against the odds to survive. And to succeed, she must remember—the attack, the attacker, even her own desire to live. Her mind wants to flit away and escape the horrors of the attack. Flitting away means death. But remembering might mean an even worse fate. Originally written for a tribute volume to Edgar Allen Poe, this horrifying and moving story takes inspiration from Poe’s lesser-known story, “The Mystery of Marie Roget.” “Flitting Away” by multiple Edgar-Award nominee Kristine Kathryn Rusch will be free…
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Where Personal and Professional Life Collide...
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this I feel therefore this I know
23 May 2013 | 4:52 amWoke up this morning with the faint trickle of cool, damp air streaming in though the open window, touching my skin. Suddenly I was many places at once - Cape Cod, Vermont, New Jersey most strongly - but all the same time, that early summer morning before the sun takes effect, when mist rises from the still surface of lakes and the hush of the air is broken only by the occasional bird or the crunch of someone walking outside, and the taste of a protein bar and coffee waiting before the day begins....Never underestimate texture. It's far more powerful than sight. -
and oh, hey, here's another financial post...
22 May 2013 | 8:26 amBecause all the writer-kids are doing it.http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1823219&highlight= Amazon Publishing Introduces “Kindle Worlds,” a New Publishing Model for Authors Inspired to Write Fan Fiction—Launching with an Initial License of Popular Titles from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Alloy Entertainment Like Kindle Singles and Kindle Serials, Kindle Worlds Adds a New Approach to Digital PublishingSEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 22, 2013-- (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Today, Amazon Publishing announces Kindle Worlds, the… -
Boosting the signal, and commentary: C.E. Murphy's "a momentary reality check"
22 May 2013 | 5:52 amPreface: I am normally of the "it's none of your business how much I earn, any more than how much you earn is any of my business" mindset. But... maybe this will help people understand. Or not. I don't know.------------------------mizkit posted about writerly income at a momentary reality check and I'm reposting here because, well, WHAT SHE'S SAYING. Never mind Rowling, King, Brown, etc. Ain't nobody 'cept those very few getting rich at this job. Damned few of us are earning above the poverty line (Federal standards:… -
Looking on, from too far away
21 May 2013 | 6:25 amLike most of the US, I’ve been watching the news coming from Oklahoma over the past 24, and wondering what the hell the rest of the storm season is going to be like, between tornados and hurricanes and…Based on the increasing severity of storms (thank you climate change) and the idiotic cutbacks in aid (thank you, governors who say “no money for FEMA”…until it’s their state that gets hit, as though disasters respect human-made borders), we’re going to see a lot more calls for help.I went through superstorm Sandy. I saw my home states… -
On tragedy, and the marketing urge
20 May 2013 | 4:43 pmDiscussion on Twitter (again) about the ..appropriateness? morality? of doing promotional tweets/posts during a time of immediate crisis.(apologies for the US-centric nature of this discussion, but those are the three recent datapoints we have were within the US). During the Boston bombing, and the Newton shooting, people had strong, negative reactions to promotional blitzes, especially ones that clearly seemed preprogrammed/scheduled, with an inappropriately cheerful tone.Today, as we're watching news come in from the terrible tornado activity in Oklahoma, there didn't seem to be…
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21 May 2013 | 7:00 am
21 May 2013 | 7:00 amThinking hard about the people in Oklahoma who were hit by the tornado. The photos of the storm were terrifying--like something out of a B science fiction movie. But in a movie, the self-serving crooks and bad-guys are punished by the forces of nature, and the good guys are plucky and survive.In real life Nature is not so selective, nor does it adhere to a neat fictional narrative. You can't argue with a storm like that, or pull a gun, or try out that cool move the sensei taught you. You can, if you have time and your wits about you, prepare, hide, and pray/hope… -
In Which I am Scalzi'd
20 May 2013 | 6:59 amAnd this morning, large as life, I've got a column in The Big Idea on John Scalzi's blog Whatever about Sold for Endless Rue. Whee. I feel so legitimate.Still haven't actually seen a copy of the book, but I have my hopes I will soon. -
Fun, then the train, then the Farmers' Market
19 May 2013 | 12:28 pmThe Nebulas were great fun; got to meet new people; got to sign something; saw fabulous clothes (all men should be required to wear tuxedos or really well-tailored suits at least once a week) and wonderful jewelry (Ann Leckie had a stunning necklace she'd made herself from 11/0 glass beads). Carl Sagan won a posthumous Solstice award (as did the very-much-alive Ginjer Buchanan). Many awards given--but my favorite was the Bradbury, given to Beasts of the Southern Wild, which I thought was a kind of stunning film. Then more talking at the post-Awards reception until I… -
Through the Kind Intervention of Fate
17 May 2013 | 6:55 amI am going to the Nebulas (which are in my back yard this week...for certain values of back yard, anyway). Steve Gould's lovely wife Laura Mixon is home sick, and Steve's given me her membership and banquet ticket, so my waffling on the subject became: Oh, wow. Okay! I'm commuting down. And Kate Baker has even told Borderlands Books, so that there'll be books to sign if anyone wants them.This should be fun. -
In Which I Am Interviewed
14 May 2013 | 9:48 pmDeb Haupt at Reading Frenzy did a very nice interview with me about Sold for Endless Rue (I hope I gave her a good interview in return). And on the 17th I'm doing The Big Idea at John Scalzi's blog Whatever.Meanwhile, I'm trying to decide whether I should drop down to the Nebulas this weekend or not. Decisions, decisions.
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Golden Gate Bridge, Futurism, & the SF Biz
20 May 2013 | 11:31 amMy wife and I were up at the Marin headlands and at the Cavallo Point Lodge in the Fort Baker Park this week. It was a conference sponsored by the Institute for the Future (IFTF), and organized by David Pescovitz. A lot of corporations and agencies sent people to join in discussions with futurists of IFTF about the coming age of “Networked Matter.” Pescovitz had the great idea of getting six SF writer to write stories about this theme, and he bound them into a little book. The stories will, I believe, appear on the BoingBoing web site as well, and at that point I’ll link to my story,… -
Photo Clearance
7 May 2013 | 2:11 pmMore photo clearance today with whatever comments come into my head. I like how the wideangle lens has so much depth of field. That five-sided mirror has always caught my fancy. Almost like something you’d see in a ghost story. There was a time in high-school when I’d seen too many scary episodes of “Outer Limits” that I was scared of things coming out of mirrors. And of disembodied hands. This is out past Four Mile beach north of Santa Cruz. Wide open. You walk a ways along this cliff and you see a lot of seals. A very deserted spot, this cliff north of Four Mile. As… -
Gnarl All Around
5 May 2013 | 2:43 pmI’ve accumulated a backlog of photos to blog, but I don’t have any long essay-type thoughts today. All my energy is going into The Big Aha, which is about 80% done. I’m pushing pretty hard on it. During the closing phase of a finishing the first draft of a novel, I sometimes think of a predator who’s wounded his or her prey, and is now crashing through the underbrush, frantic to finish the hunt. Blood-lust writing frenzy. I got a new wide-angle lens the other day, a Canon 24 mm. I’d been making do with an old Leica lens on my Canon body, but the old lens didn’t have autofocus, nor… -
On the Road, Satori, and The Big Aha
25 Apr 2013 | 10:10 amI feel like I’m the only person I know who saw the movie version of Kerouac’s On the Road recently. I liked it a lot, I saw it twice—the first time on it’s release date, which was also my 67th birthday. [Photo I took on one of our own Wild West road trips, first posted 2010.] The movie didn’t get much publicity, and it wasn’t in the theaters very long. Hard as it is for this old geezer to believe, most people in the younger movie-going generation haven’t even heard of On the Road, and they have only a hazy notion, if any notion at all, of who Jack Kerouac was. Father Time plows… -
Leviathan Eats Us Via 4D Einstein-Rosen Bridges!
5 Apr 2013 | 2:39 pmI had a big SF revelation this week, a breakthrough for my story. Today’s post will include some illustratiave drawings, also some semi-relevant or irrelevant (but nice-looking) photos. I’m still working on my novel, The Big Aha. I’m about 75% done. Ever since the early chapters, I’ve had these two mysterious glass balls hanging around: the oddball and the dollshead. I wasn’t quite sure what they were going to do for me, but I had a sense that thought ought to be Einstein-Rosen (or “ER”) bridges to a parallel world that I call Fairyland. See my recent post “Four-Dimesional…
