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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 272 entries, all of them here in full.
December 2, 2009 · 149 words
Alternate Alexanders
Thanks to an alert on io9, we present a startling piece of alternate history— the failed pilot for the mid-Sixties TV series Alexander the Great, starring William Shatner as the King of Macedon and Adam West as his henchman Cleander. (Also featured are Joseph Cotton and John Cassavetes, both of whom look embarres
Read entry →December 1, 2009 · 309 words
The Perils of Lucidity
I was interviewed for an hour at Utopiales, standing in for GoH Robert Charles Wilson, who was down with la grippe porcine. The audience was tiny at the start, but grew to a gratifying size by the end. A surprising amount of the interview was taken up with the question of why I am not, […]
Read entry →December 1, 2009 · 60 words
On the Video
Here’s an interview from ActuSF, conducted at Utopiales a few weeks ago. The interviewer is Julien Morgan. If I’m a bit more articulate than is usual for me– particularly considering that this event took place in the morning— consider that it was the second time I’ve answered these questions. (The first tim
Read entry →November 25, 2009 · 45 words
Graphic Plots
The brilliant XKCD provides charts showing time and movement of major characters in Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and other classics. I sometimes graphically plot the dramatic movements in my stories using differenly-colored pens, but I’ve never got as elaborate as this.
Read entry →November 25, 2009 · 183 words
Got Fab?
Okay, so it’s a kit. You may have to do some soldering. But it’s still a 3D printer for your home. For only $750.00. I’d buy one if I were you. You can earn the money back in just a few weeks by selling phony IDs printed on your new machine. Kit includes: * The […]
Read entry →November 20, 2009 · 600 words
Fascist Digital Economy
So I watched this week with appalled fascination as Britain’s government brought in its Digital Economy Bill, another giant leap forward in the Labour Party’s ever-evolving “soft fascism.” (And which will probably become law just in time for the Tories to step into office. What joy.) As a blinkered and baffled American
Read entry →November 18, 2009 · 102 words
Lord of Light Trailer
Yes. Back from France. But still wrapped up in the complexities of being back from France. So while I cope with coping, check out the trailer for the upcoming film Lord of Light. Which tells the true story of how the CIA, masquerading as film producers scouting locations for a film of Zelazny’s Lord of […]
Read entry →November 5, 2009 · 81 words
South Beneath the Full Moon
Utopiales ended on Sunday, and a fine convention it was, too. Then we spent three rainy days in Bourgogne, visiting Kathy’s cousine Karen, who with her S/O Jean-Bertrand owns an old stone farmhouse dated 1641. We left bloated with Jean-Bertrand’s superb cooking, spent a day and a half in Avignon checking the scene, and
Read entry →October 25, 2009 · 69 words
Ad Astra
Novel finished and delivered to editors in UK and US. Bags packed for France. Flight in six hours. I’ll be gone for three weeks, and may not be able to check in during that time. In the meantime, please buy many copies of This Is Not a Game. Thank you.(Now if only I can find […]
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