If I were to describe to you the events of my last three days, you’d say, “How could you possibly work so hard, for so many hours, for so little result?” This chart from xkcd explains all.
At a panel at Eastercon— or perhaps it was the interview, I’m not sure– I made a statement that seemed to catch everyone by surprise. “If we ever succeed in populating other worlds,” I said, “the first thing they’ll do is lose interest in Earth history, because none of it will be relevant.” Which seemed […]
The first weekend of May I’ll be in Jacksonville, Fla., where I’m a guest at the Sci-Fi Weekend being held at the Museum of Science and History. Looking at the schedule, I see they’re charging folks $10 to come to my programming event. Guess I’ll find out who my real fans are. They haven’t thrown […]
I see that BBCA is showing The Spies of Warsaw, with David Tennant, this very evening, and I thought I’d do my best to warn you off it, since I saw it on a transatlantic flight just last week. The Spies of Warsaw is based on a novel by Alan Furst that I very much like, […]
The weather was dubious in England, and Kathy is up for knee replacement and really isn’t good on cobbles or stairs or whatever, so we spent a lot of time indoors in art galleries and museums. And seeing a whole lot of art n a short amount of time sent certain ideas floating up to […]
I’ve been back in the States for a few days now, and am almost over the jet lag. I’ve always found East-to-West a lot harder to get over than West-to-East. One of the joys of returning to my home is that I can finally sit in a room with enough light to read. Three weeks […]
I’m still in England, and will be for another couple days. The news here is dominated by two huge stories, and though absolutely no one asked me for my opinion, I’m going to give it anyway. The ghastly, pointless bombing in Boston has filled me with sorrow for the victims and their families, but mostly […]
I should offer somewhat belated congratulations to Taos Toolbox grad Saladin Ahmed, whose Throne of the Crescent Moon has been nominated for a Hugo Award, mere weeks after having been nominated for a Nebula. Saladin did what writers are supposed to do. He had a great idea, he wrote the book, he worked through revisions, and […]
