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Books, movies, reality are all equally disgusting–and that’s a good thing!
I write nonfiction (obviously), but I also write science fiction and fantasy. We who write such stuff are occasionally asked (and occasionally wonder) if our works can continue to compete in a media universe in which “science fiction” and “fantasy” conjure up for most people Hollywood special-effects extravaganzas first, and the written word second (if …
A nice mini-review of Marseguro..
…has turned up at the Science Fiction Book Club, where reader Zachary Harvey calls it a “Great Book, Well Written, Well Worth Buying”: This is a very good book. The plot is logical and flows well, the author is descriptive but not too descriptive, and the story seems to take on a life of its …
A grumpy response to the aforementioned melding of minds
Andrew Wheeler reacts grumpily to the Mind Meld at SF Signal that I’m part of this week (his title: King Canute Has a Posse), and has this to say about my small contribution: Edward Willet [sic–I really wish I had a dime for every time someone leaves the second “T” off my name] opines that …
Mind-melded
SF Site has posted its latest Mind Meld, in which it asks various SF writers to weigh in with their answer to a particular question. I was one of those asked this time around; read my (and other’s) responses to the question “If You Could Change Any Aspect of The Science Fiction Field, What Would …
The people of Frijoles Canyon
From Denver, site of last week’s column, I and my family headed south to the Land of Enchantment, a.k.a. New Mexico. It’s a state famous for many things: beautiful scenery (it greeted us with a vast vista of green plains, blue mountains, and a rainbow); the fact that I was born there (okay, maybe “famous” …
The World Science Fiction Convention – the science column
Long-term readers of this column will know that, every so often, I go off to science fiction conventions. I’ve done it again: I just finished attending the 66th Annual World Science Fiction Convention in Denver. It was, as WorldCons almost always have been for me, a wonderful experience…although that experience has changed over the years. …
Denvention: Day 4 & 5
And so the whole thing winds down. Yesterday was my favorite day in a lot of ways, although the most important factor there was only peripherally connected to the convention: I spent two hours with my DAW editor, Sheila Gilbert, in the morning going over revisions for Terra Insegura. (“Does everyone get notes like these?” …
Denvention: Day 3
(OK, actually I’m posting this around midnight on Day 4, but pretend, OK?) Friday was a great day at the con, starting with a good panel on Canadian Science Fiction with Barb Galler-Smith (fiction editor of On Spec magazine, who has just sold a book to EDGE), Robert J. Sawyer, Jo Walton and Christian Sauvé. …
Denvention: Day 2
And so Day 2 has come and gone (at least for those of us for whom 11 p.m. is still a reasonable time to head to one’s hotel room). It was a good one for me. Things started off with a bang with the panel I mentioned a few days ago featuring writers reading their …
Denvention: Day 1
It’s the morning after the first day of Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention. So far, so good! We got into Denver on Tuesday and were able to register right away (once we found the convention: the Denver Convention Centre is one of the largest buildings I’ve ever been in and is capable …
Photos of the Day: Birds, Badlands, Bridge, Bed & Breakfast
A few photos from our trip south to the World Science Fiction Convention in Denver (which gets started today: much more to follow!) First: turkey buzzards roosting on a radio tower in Makoshika State Park, just outside Glendive, Montana, waiting for some poor tourist from Saskatchewan to drop dead… Next: the badlands of the aforementioned …
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