Monday, April 05, 2010

SONGS OF LOVE & DEATH: Cover Art

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The cover art is in for the much-anticipated anthology edited by the illustrious team of George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. This anthol...
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Sunday, April 04, 2010

Proposition: History Is Fungible

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I disagree. History is not, and should not be fungible. What is "fungible"? The Biblical Joseph's Egyptians may have broug...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

Mistakes About the Future

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Here's Cory Doctorow's column from the latest issue of LOCUS: Making Smarter Dumb Mistakes By "smarter dumb mistakes about the ...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Pausing For You To Catch Up With Me Part III

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Parts I and II of this series of pauses are found on this blog for the Tuesdays March 16 and March 23.  They list the 10 posts on the Tarot ...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Whither Fiction?

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In Jack Vance's "The Book Of Dreams", the hero was a newspaperman. Newspapers were still printed and distributed. I inferred t...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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Last week I spent Wednesday through early Sunday in Orlando at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. It combines most o...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Pausing For You To Catch Up With Me, Part II

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Last week I listed the 10 posts I've done here on the Tarot suit of Swords.  That's a lot of reading, but if you've managed to g...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Pearls, Rebels and Lovers

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A mish-mash of blatant self promotion today. Last night HOPE'S FOLLY won the PEARL award for Best Romantic Science Fiction--something th...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Spring Break for alien romance inspiration

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I'm sure it has been done before. Almost everything has. However, I believe that Spring Break is a uniquely American phenomenon. I don...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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As you read this, I’ve flown to Orlando for the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, which combines the best features of a...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Pausing For You To Catch Up With Me

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I have a lamentable habit of writing posts which would be long even as a book chapter. Nothing I can do seems to mitigate that habit. Eve...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

EPIC Awards

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Last week, the annual EPICCon, the gathering of e-book authors and publishers, was held in New Orleans. I wish I could have been there, but ...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Worldbuilding From "Reality:"

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On twitter on #scifi chat on Friday Feb 26th, the discussion centered on Urban Fantasy. That was the day after I saw the Healthcare Summit ...
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Monday, March 08, 2010

Serendipity and Persistence

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This is a story that took about eight years and isn't over yet. This is a story about a young man with dreams, a young man who served hi...
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Sunday, March 07, 2010

An alien's view of make-up and human health care

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Greetings, my brother. There is no point in asking whether or not you are in good health, and obliging you to reply. By the time your repl...
Thursday, March 04, 2010

The Essence of Paranormal Romance?

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In Issue 61 of CEMETERY DANCE, Michael Marano's "Mediadrome" column includes a diatribe against paranormal romance. In his vie...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Conversation on Twitter

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If you've been following my entries on the blog, you know I'm examining the rising phenomenon of "social networking" as pa...