Awesomely Awesome

December 11, 2010

What’s more awesome than a 2100-year-old astronomical computer found on the sea floor a century ago? A 2100-year-old astronomical computer reconstructed in Legos! And, for those of you for whom sheer awesomeness is not enough, here’s a 3D digital reconstruction of the original mechanism, complete with gear ratios for the home hobbyists among you.

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Vicious Grace

December 10, 2010

This post belongs to my good friend MLN Hanover, whose new book Vicious Grace has just been released.  Vicious Grace is Book III of The Black Sun’s Daughter, which (as you can tell by the heavily armed, seminude voluptuous female on the cover) is an urban fantasy series. Urban fantasy isn’t always my personal cup […]

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Villainy

December 9, 2010

No big secret here, but I’m attracted by dark characters.  I’ve created characters like Sarah, Black Shadow, Caroline Sula, and Loren Hawn.  I’m interested in shining light into the darker corners of their consciousness, interested in prowling along with them as they ghost about their desperate midnight errands. I regularly write about people that I […]

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From Yog-Tube

December 9, 2010

Because it’s the Season.

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Heard Any Good Jokes Lately?

December 7, 2010

I’m fighting off an attack of food poisoning. Someone else be amusing for a change.

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James Frey Responds

December 4, 2010

Some of you may recall my post of a couple weeks ago, in which I lambasted author James Frey for the exploitative methods used in his fiction factory, Full Fathom Five.  According to an article in New York, Frey was recruiting naive MFA students to write YA series while paying them a big $250 advance […]

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Newly Romanian

December 1, 2010

If you can read Romanian, you’re in for a treat! The Praxis is just out from Leda, and comes equipped with a terrific cover by Alex Popescu. Find your copy wherever fine Romanian literature is sold.

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Glass Houses

November 30, 2010

Color me stoked about the WikiLeaks scandal.  250,000 classified documents, half a billion words, a look at the way the US views the world, unfiltered by press secretaries (though apparently the cables will be redacted by several major news organizations, including the NY Times). And what earth-shaking secrets have been revealed so far?  Well, we’ve […]

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Taos Toolbox

November 29, 2010

Just a reminder that the submission period for Taos Toolbox begins on December 1, only a very few days from now! Taos Toolbox (as if you need reminding) is a master class in science fiction and fantasy taught by Nancy Kress, Walter Jon Williams, and special lecturer Jack Skillingstead.  It will take place in Taos […]

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Flame and Citron (2008)

November 27, 2010

I caught this Danish film, based on the lives of two real-life Second World War Resistance heroes, thanks to Netflix.  Since it’s based on real-life Resistance heroes, you know going in that this won’t be a happy film, because pretty much all the real-life Resistance heroes died.  (Hey, I’m not telling you anything the original […]

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