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More on Heinlein
Still more remark on Robert A. Heinlein, this time by NASA’s head of legislative affairs, Bill Brunner: The first real novel I ever read was Rocketship Galileo. After that, I read as much Heinlein as I could find. I can honestly say that, as a young black male raised by a single mom, RAH shaped …
SF Canada site updated
I’ve posted the latest update to the SF Canada website. Our big feature this time around is an interview with Bantam editor Anne Groell, conducted by Celu Amberstone. There’s also a short piece of fiction from Ahmed A. Khan. Of course, you can always get the latest news from SF Canada members (now with more …
Photo of the Day that Actually WAS Taken Today: The Cactus
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The proposal for William Gibson’s new novel
Yesterday I submitted two novel proposals to my agent, Ethan Ellenberg (well, three, actually, but only two were new). One is for a sequel to my upcoming novel Marseguro, tentatively titled Terra Inseguro, and one is for a fantasy novel tentatively titled Magebane. (The third is for a sequel to Lost in Translation, which DAW …
The Heinlein Centennial…
…is upon us! The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert A. Heinlein takes place in Kansas City this weekend. You can find out all about it here. It’s certainly got an impressive guest list: NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin Spider Robinson, co-author (with Robert Heinlein) of Variable Star and much more …
Dragons and turkeys and midgets, oh my!
This week’s CBC Web column… ******* Did you hear about the 42 members of the Cambodian Midget Fighting League mauled in a match against an African lion? How about the mummified fairy discovered in Derbyshire? Or, closer to home, did you know the world’s last surviving scientist specializing in the study of dragons lives in …
Sorry, Mom and Dad
“If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.” – Kurt Vonnegut Jr.(Via Ficlets Blog.)
Happy Independence Day!
“And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there…”* Happy July 4 to all my American friends, readers and family! (OK, technically this photo was taken on Canada Day, not July 4, but fireworks is fireworks, and you couldn’t ask for a better …
Living in Three Centuries
Check out this beautiful and amazing collection of black-and-white photographs by Mark Story of people who have lived more than 100 years. (Via Drawn.)
All Sawyers look alike
Reports the San Francisco Sentinel: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pledges a quick replacement for California green czar Robert Sawyer whom the governor fired this week. The photo accompanying the story? A picture of Robert J. Sawyer, noted Canadian science fiction writer. Oops!
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