Canada Day and U.S. Independence Day fireworks this week in honour of the countries’ 111th 141st* and 232nd birthdays, respectively, can’t hold a Roman candle to the natural fireworks that erupted in western Siberia exactly 100 years ago. On June 30, 1908, at around 7:17 a.m. local time, natives and settlers near the Podkammennaya Tunguska …
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Ain’t it the truth!
Seen at A Place for Strangers and Beggars, the blog of author James Van Pelt:
Ain’t it the truth!
Seen at A Place for Strangers and Beggars, the blog of author James Van Pelt:
My preliminary WorldCon schedule
Right now, I’m scheduled to be on four panels at Denvention 3, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, August 6 to 10 in Denver. You can look for me on: Reading Tolkien in the early years, Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. Writers reading from their juvenalia, Thursday, 10 a.m. Canadian Science Fiction, Friday, 10 a.m. Working with …
My preliminary WorldCon schedule
Right now, I’m scheduled to be on four panels at Denvention 3, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, August 6 to 10 in Denver. You can look for me on: Reading Tolkien in the early years, Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. Writers reading from their juvenalia, Thursday, 10 a.m. Canadian Science Fiction, Friday, 10 a.m. Working with …
Go to World Fantasy Con, get a free copy of Marseguro!
No, I won’t be handing them out in the hallways at World Fantasy Convention in Calgary in October; my publisher, DAW, has taken care of that for me. I just received confirmation today that the convention organizers have received 300 copies of Marseguro for including in the World Fantasy Con book bags. That’s not enough …
The remarkable life of Sir Joseph Banks
In the course of writing a non-fiction children’s book on the mutiny on the Bounty, I recently made the acquaintance of someone I’m sure I should have already known about: Sir Joseph Banks. Banks, who died 188 years ago last Thursday, was a remarkable scientist (though the word wasn’t in use at that time) whose …
Go to World Fantasy Con, get a free copy of Marseguro!
No, I won’t be handing them out in the hallways at World Fantasy Convention in Calgary in October; my publisher, DAW, has taken care of that for me. I just received confirmation today that the convention organizers have received 300 copies of Marseguro for including in the World Fantasy Con book bags. That’s not enough …
Photo of the Day that was Actually in the LeaderPost Yesterday: Let There Be Light
This photo by Roy Antal was in the Regina LeaderPost yesterday. Yep, that’s me at the left, with Rob Huber behind the piano and Robert Ursan seated. The three of us will be the hosts for Saturday night’s “Let There Be Light” fundraising show for the Regina Performing Arts Centre.
What is science fiction?" A definitive answer at last!
John C. Wright* nails down the ever-pesky definition of science fiction: Science Fiction is that genre of cognitive estrangement in a post-Gothic mode, utilizing a willing suspension of disbelief, transcending anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, where spacemen, raygun in fist, soar through outer space with a glamorous brunette Space-Babes in their brawny arms. He offers extensive …
What is science fiction?" A definitive answer at last!
John C. Wright* nails down the ever-pesky definition of science fiction: Science Fiction is that genre of cognitive estrangement in a post-Gothic mode, utilizing a willing suspension of disbelief, transcending anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, where spacemen, raygun in fist, soar through outer space with a glamorous brunette Space-Babes in their brawny arms. He offers extensive …
"Critical Times for Critical Thinking"
Here’s a rather depressing essay that ties in with my post about high school debate ruining my blogging career. As Elizabeth Scalia asks: “How can significant issues be tackled when a culture of cynicism and relativism has destroyed appreciation for the truth?”
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