Archive for November, 2011
Apocalypse Ocean Pre-orders continue
November 29th 2011 at 11:37 am
I mean to write up a post about my successful The Apocalypse Ocean Kickstarter (a way of raising pre-orders for the 4th Xenowealth book, sequel to Sly Mongoose, that will be written Jan-June, directly for fans of the series), a summary of what I learned from it, mistakes and non-mistakes. But one of the mistakes [...]
March Travel: Oregon, San Francisco, San Diego
November 28th 2011 at 12:10 pm
I’ve updated my ‘appearances‘ list with some travel I’ll be doing to promote Arctic Rising. March 2nd I’ll be in Beaverton, Oregon, for a signing at Powells Books. I’m totally excited about this, as I’ve never been to one yet. Never been to Oregon yet either, but I’ll be renting more episodes of Portlandia to [...]
Behind the scenes look at the impact of UC Davis Silent Protest
November 21st 2011 at 10:21 am
This behind the scenes account of the person who walked the UC Davis Chancellor Katehi out of the building while hundreds of students silently watched in scorn (a stunning video), is fascinating. Watch the video: And here’s the background info: I received a call from Assistant Vice Chancellor Griselda Castro informing me that she, Chancellor [...]
How about some Philippine Steampunk?
November 21st 2011 at 9:46 am
Interested in a side of Philippine Steampunk? Check out High Society, a new comic with digital distribution from the Philippines.
Wild alternative energy tech: wind stalks
November 17th 2011 at 3:45 pm
Philip Brewer just emailed this link about ‘wind stalks’ to me. The idea is that instead of spinning, these things use piezo-electric technology and just sway about in the wind:
Absolutely Awesome: Helljumpers web miniseries trailer adapted from my story DIRT
November 14th 2011 at 4:28 pm
In the department of ‘how on Earth am I just now finding out about this’ is something I stumbled across online today. A bunch of Halo fans have taken my novella DIRT from Halo: Evolutions and turned it into the basis of an online fan-made set of webisodes that will be coming out soon. Here’s [...]
Successful Soyuz Launch This Monday Morning
November 14th 2011 at 3:23 pm
For a moment there it was dicey. NASA was talking about a decreed space station if they weren’t able to hitch rides up on the Soyuz due to it being cancelled for a while. Happily, this morning another Soyuz launch went off without a hitch. So now it’s the wait until SpaceX’s demonstration mission to [...]
Russia’s Metro Dogs
November 14th 2011 at 11:20 am
Scientific American has a few throwaway comments about Moscow’s Metro Dogs, which have always fascinated me: But the last group of Moscow’s dogs is by far the most amazing. They are the beggars, for obvious reasons. In these packs, the alpha isn’t the best hunter or strongest, it’s the smartest. The most impressive beggars, however, [...]
Spec The Halls
November 11th 2011 at 4:22 pm
Steven Saus writes that the charity anthology Spec The Halls is now live, and it includes stories by: Kelly Swails, Alethea Kontis, T. Lee Harris, Laura Resnick, Steven Saus, Chanté McCoy, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kerrie Hughes, Marian Allen, Patrick M. Tracy, Risa Wolf, Jess Hartley, Graham Storrs, Donald J. Bingle, R.T. Kaelin, and Sue Penkivech. [...]
