Archive for March, 2008
Green Man Review’s best of 2007
March 28th 2008 at 12:04 pm
The latest issue of Green Man Review’s latest issue has book and movie reviews and so forth, but it also has a ‘Best of 2007‘ list, where they’ve asked a number of people involved with books what they liked best in 2007. It includes a quick note from me about what I enjoyed reading, my […]
Thank you, oh great falling dollar
March 25th 2008 at 5:17 pm
My German foreign translation rights check arrived for Sly Mongoose and thanks to the euro’s rise against the US dollar, it will cover most of my tax bill for the year.
Oh yeah, I need to get my taxes done.
Also in the mail, a carton of Sly Mongoose bound galleys (or Advance Review Copies, whichever you […]
On the brink of breaking in as a writer
March 25th 2008 at 4:22 pm
Nojojojo has a good post about being on the cusp of breaking in:
Janey on the Brink. I like this phrase because it sounds to me like a rhythmic match/thematic combo of “Johnny on the Spot” and “Jenny from the Block”, both of which are very fitting analogues. Like a Johnny on the Spot, the “Janey […]
The Arthur C. Clarke gamma ray burst?
March 21st 2008 at 1:00 pm
Jason Sanford points out that Larry Sessions is proposing honoring Arthur C. Clarke by naming the recent amazing gamma ray burst after him:
As Jason points out:
NASA said this explosion was “the most intrinsically bright object ever observed by humans in the universe.” I can think of no better tribute than to name this event for […]
A day of Crystal Rain goodness
March 21st 2008 at 11:28 am
First of all, if you sign up for Tor.com’s newsletter, as I mentioned in this blog entry, you get a free electronic copy of Crystal Rain.
Free as in beer.
You’ll also be entered into a chance to win a free Asus EEE mobile PC.
Secondly, if you own an Amazon Kindle, you can download Crystal Rain to […]
Blews
March 20th 2008 at 6:03 am
Microsoft has a project going to sort incoming links to a news story based on political bent of the blog and by the emotional response of the linking blog text.
I’m quite intrigued, as I’m always trying tools that will blunt any attempt by myself to surround myself and read only people who think exactly like […]
Ragamuffin a finalist for the Prometheus Award
March 19th 2008 at 1:21 pm
I’m totally pleased to see that my second novel Ragamuffin has received another incredible and awesome nomination for an award.
From their site:
The Prometheus Award “honors outstanding sf/f that explores the possibilities of a free future, champions human rights, dramatizes the perennial conflict between individuals and coercive governments, or critiques the tragic consequences of abuse […]
Comment rule
March 19th 2008 at 11:19 am
While I regard this place as a safe comment place, and I’m a die hard moderate, if anyone ever calls me a communist again, I will revoke their right to comment. The post will not be posted.
It’s a very personal insult.
I’m serious.
Arthur C. Clarke passes
March 19th 2008 at 12:45 am
Of the big three SF/F authors (Heinlien, Clarke, Asimov) Arthur C. Clarke made the biggest impression on me, and of all the three, it is his canon that I read forwards and backwards several times and hunted all down as a teenager. Childhood’s End was also the first SF/F novel I ever read, at the […]
On Race
March 18th 2008 at 2:56 pm
Barack Obama on race.
Hell of a speech. Probably the first political speech I haven’t skimmed.
