“The Wisdom of the Avatar of God,” the voice intoned, “presented for the edification and enlightenment of the Body Purified, that all who are within the Body might know the Truth, and be well-armed against the lies of those who are without.” Current word count: 3,856New words this session: 1,132Percentage of novel completed: 3.8
The Hugo Awards, the top fan-nominated-and-voted-on-awards in the science fiction field, were announced tonight at the World Science Fiction Convention currently underway in Anaheim, California. And the winners are: Best Novel: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) Best Novella: “Inside Job” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s January 2005) Best Novelette: “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle …
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States with squiggly borders are more stable than states with straight, man-drawn borders, according to a recent paper. Key quote: Less squiggly countries, the scholars found, generally have lower income, worse public services and higher infant mortality rates. They also found that social unrest, the sort that leads to wars, was also more frequent in …
Something seemed to click into place inside him, and the heat of his anger suddenly vanished. Current word count: 2,724New words today: 1,201*Percentage of novel completed: 2.7 *Actually I wrote more, because the first thing I did today was delete about four paragraphs I had written yesterday that were getting me off on the wrong …
The Great Planet Definition Debate of 2006 is far from over after all.
Project Gutenberg, which makes public-domain works freely available in electronic format, has a large selection of classic science fiction that has either fallen out of copyright due to age or whose copyright was not renewed, allowing it to move into public domain. Branko Collin writes at TeleRead: Authors include H. Beam Piper, Andre Norton, Terry …
Brain enzyme treatment relieves memory lapse in Alzheimer’s mice.
As previously announced, I’ve sold a second novel to DAW Books on the basis of a synopsis. The subsequent signed contract indicates that this novel will be 100,000 words, and that it is due on December 20. This being the case, I thought it best to perhaps begin writing. Which I have done, as of …
…is coming. Will it replace human musicians? Not yet. But it will be a boon for composers who want to hear what their orchestral arrangement sounds like without having to hire an orchestra. And it just might be a boon for organizations like Regina Lyric Light Opera, whose largest single expense of staging a musical …
…is now Neptune.
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