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February 23, 2011 · 102 words
Balkan Television is Very Exciting!
Molto vitelli! This is the sound of Young Szegerely! Hip-hop! Ho-bob! Spin-my-hat! We’re dancing it all at the Crazy Loquat! (Well, that’s the lyrics to “Fiz’n” as I understand them, anyway.) The Mystery Virus is raging through my veins and in my brain, and I am beginning to believe that I am in the Szegerely […
Read entry →February 22, 2011 · 40 words
Struck by a Virus!
I haven’t been posting because I’ve caught a virus, and am having trouble writing simple sentences. While waiting for my belated antibodies to swing into action, please enjoy watching Laurel and Hardy dance to the musical stylings of Carlos Santana.
Read entry →February 15, 2011 · 302 words
I Am Everywhere!
I’ve been off revising my online bibliography in order to better reflect current reality, so I thought I’d bring you up to date as well. Firstly, there’s Deep State. Which I’m sure you’ve read enough about, by this point, unless you haven’t, in which case feel free to check out the online excerpt. Also appearing [&hell
Read entry →February 14, 2011 · 796 words
It Is Written
Well, I’ll be damned! According to the New York Times, the Egyptian revolt actually was the creation of a few highly-networked, tech-savvy insiders. . . . part of a remarkable two-year collaboration that has given birth to a new force in the Arab world — a pan-Arab youth movement dedicated to spreading democracy in a [
Read entry →February 13, 2011 · 402 words
Hubris
Anonymous is, of course, the hacker cooperative known for its online assaults against the Church of Scientology, white supremacist Hal Turner, anti-porn crusaders, the odd pedophile, anyone opposed to WikiLeaks, and the governments of (in no particular order) Sweden, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Australia, and Egypt. So what hap
Read entry →February 9, 2011 · 116 words
Behold! An Interview
Walter Jon Williams Week continues off-site, with an interview by Alyx Dellamonica. I should point out that this interview is Locus-style, in which all the questions have been edited out to allow the whole thing to be about, well, me. The great advantage to this system is that there is more of me, for those […]
Read entry →February 7, 2011 · 153 words
Posted from the New Navel of the Moon . . .
Herein I present three random things found online that have nothing much in common other than the fact that I came across them at more or less the same time. Via Constance, the Guardian’s review of Deep State. I may be wrong, but I believe this is the first time I’ve been reviewed in such […]
Read entry →February 4, 2011 · 66 words
What? Me Again?
This seems to be Walter Jon Williams week everywhere but here on the WJW blog. Once more I discuss Deep State and the State of Egypt, this time on i09. This is a different essay, and a somewhat different topic, from the essay on John Scalzi’s blog. Thanks to the delightful Charlie Jane Anders for […]
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