It must be, because I got my author’s copies today. Here’s the cover! It’s published by Enslow, the same folks who published the J.R.R. Tolkien and Orson Scott Card biographies I wrote previously, and who will publish the Janis Joplin biography I’m working on now. Like those, Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky is intended for …
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Movie monster biology
Not long ago I wrote an article emphasizing that science fiction is, first and foremost, fiction, and that a little fudging of the science for the sake of the story is expected and accepted. Having said that, however, I must also admit that nothing warms the cockles of my heart (what exactly is a cockle, …
Photo of the Day: Argon Gas
It’s everywhere! More photos here.
The first sentence I wrote today…
He didn’t have any problem spotting the remaining Holy Warrior. Current word count: 95,974New words this session: 4,340Percentage of novel completed: 95.9 A record number of words today, partly because I needed to make up for not writing at all on Saturday and Sunday, and partly just because I’m SO close to reaching the end …
Hey, that’s my name!
Intellectually, each of us knows that there are probably other people in the world who share our name, unless it’s a very unusual one. I’ve gotten used to the fact there are various other Edward Willetts (both living and dead) and Ed Willetts. But it was a shock today to discover that there is also …
"This Is Strange"
It’s my niece’s blog. Nothing earth-shaking, but the girl knows how to put words together. She’ll make a fine lawyer some day. Check it out.
A new way to kill disease-causing bacteria
Clay: not just for pottery any more.
Photo of the Day: Alabaster Orange
From the “things I found in my mother-in-law’s house” series: an alabaster orange in a really lovely alabaster pedestal fruit bowl, both bearing small labels proclaiming them to have been “hand-carved in Italy.” More photos here.
This blog is number one!
The number-one hit on Google if you do a search for the term “hassenpfeffer,” that is. Had I realized this sooner, I could have used it as one more reason for my idiosyncratic spelling of the word. (For which I was recently taken to task.) If you search for the “correct” spelling, “hasenpfeffer,” all you …
Spider goats regain lead!
It’s been a week, and “spider goats” has regained the lead as the top search term bringing people to edwardwillett.com. But that’s misleading. There are four search terms in this batch (all terms in the double digits in the last 4,000 visits) that are essentially the same: “physics of football,” “football physics,” “aerodynamics of a …
Photo of the Day: The ’20s Flapper
It’s a toaster. Specifically, a Hotpoint. What were you expecting? From the “things I found in my mother-in-law’s house” series. More photos here.
A science fiction legend is no more
Sad news: Jack Williamson, who has been writing science fiction for almost as long as science fiction has existed as a genre (his first story was published in 1928, his last novel was published in 2005), died today. He was 98. His last novel was The Stonehenge Gate, published last year. I read it and …
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