Premature Burial

May 21, 2010

A few days ago, all Twitter was aglow with the information that Harlan Ellison had died.Last night, I received email that Normal Spinrad had died during an operation.As it happens, Harlan is very much alive, and Norman survived his operation perfectly well.So there seems to be a “prankster” working the science fiction social networks. I […]

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Six Weeks to Under Four Minutes

May 20, 2010

From Air & Space magazine, a time lapse photograph showing the six weeks’ preparation necessary for launching the Discovery cut down to just under four minutes. [via Bob]

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Erased

May 20, 2010

Via Gio, the winner of the 19th Century Darwin Awards.

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Daring to Ask: Post-Katrina

May 19, 2010

The Daring to Ask Blog has dared to ask me some very comprehensive questions about my novel, The Rift. The book was published in 1999, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying it.

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Gaining Altitude

May 16, 2010

Me and my friend here, Iron Chef Walter, are off to Taos for a week. My appearances are likely to be intermittent for the next seven days or so. In fact I make not make it back if I’m hanging out with this guy. As you can see, he can really put it away.

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Somewhere Clint Eastwood Is Smiling

May 15, 2010

With the environment under threat, and the so-called “experts” failing to come up with a solution, the President makes a wild call, and a rag-tag band of mavericks steps up to the plate and jury-rigs a solution that saves the day . . . No, this isn’t the movie Armageddon. This is real life. With […]

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Your Daily Dose of Paranoia

May 14, 2010

It’s been a week since Wall Street’s flash crash, when runamuck automated selling wiped out a tenth of my retirement fund— and, somewhat less importantly, a trillion dollars of assets worldwide. The stocks have come back, but what I find interesting is that no one’s actually found what triggered the manic selling. They seem to […]

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The Green Leopard and Other Plagues

May 13, 2010

My new collection, The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories, is now available! Ask for it wherever fine books are sold! Contained in the volume are two stories that actually won Nebula Awards, as well as other stories that were nominated for Nebulas, Hugos, and/or Sidewises, but due to some horrid cosmic accident did not […]

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Where the Oil Comes From

May 12, 2010

Via Ralf, a highly scientific explanation of how the U.S. gets its oil.

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In Sizzle Requiescat

May 10, 2010

She never lost the sizzle. Here’s she is from 1965. RIP, Miss Lena Horne.

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