The number of self-published authors hawking their works from tables in the dealers’ room considerably outnumbered book dealers. Some of them were really aggressive about dragging me to their tables and pitching me their books. I know you’re desperate, guys, but please.  Try not to let the desperation show.

I’ll be spending the weekend at Bubonicon 42, billed as the answer to Life, the Universe & Everything. Joining me at New Mexico’s largest and most venerable SF convention will be GoHs Peter David, Mario Acevedo, and Sarah Clemens.  Also attending will be mascot Perry Rodent (pictured). I’ll be reading from Deep State on Friday […]

Thanks to friend of the blog DensityDuck, I discover that the brilliant folks at Lockheed’s Skunk Works seem to have been reading my 1986 novel Hardwired.  How else to explain their re-creation of the aircraft from that work, here called Various?  Complete with the pop-up— or rather pop-down— weapons bay?

Yesterday’s New York Times featured an article noting that small investors were fleeing the stock market in droves, taking $33.12 billion with them. Could it be that they’re looking for more secure investments, such as perpetual motion machines, the Dean Drive, and the Danish space program? After past recessions, ordinary investors have typically regained their […]