Unseen Zelazny

March 9, 2009

NESFA Press has very kindly sent along the Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Vols. I and II (of a projected six). There are many stories in here that have never been collected before. And an introduction by me, but never mind. I anticipate nothing but glorious reading pleasure for many days to come.

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Atlas Shrugged, Part Deux

March 9, 2009

Atlas Shrugged: One Hour Later.

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Non-Imaginary Conversation

March 9, 2009

So here’s the conversation I had earlier today:The scene: a wrecking yard. Damaged vehicles lined up in rows. A mobile home for an office. A long line of Hispanic youth waiting to get their cars, along with patient, pain-wracked me. (I had forgotten to take my ibuprofen before running to Albuquerque for errands.)“My wrecked car […]

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Black Belt of the Year!

March 9, 2009

Sometimes it pays just to show up.

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Facing Out of the Wind

March 9, 2009

My Saturday was memorable in any number of ways.There was a signing in Albuquerque with half the writers in New Mexico (and one from Colorado), so I thought I’d drop by and say hi. After which I was scheduled to spend the evening at the American Kenpo Karate Academy award banquet.I never did make it […]

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Crazed Victorian Explorer Finds Lost Civilization in Amazon

March 8, 2009

In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett ventured into the Amazon, vowing to make one of the most important archeological discoveries in history. He was searching for an ancient civilization, which he had named, simply, the City of Z . . . Fawcett had warned that no one should follow in his wake […]

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I Am Reviewed

March 6, 2009

This Is Not a Game has scored a couple good reviews! Gary Wolfe at Locus sez that “This Is Not a Game begins at a full run, with superstar ARG developer Dagmar Shaw trapped in a hotel in Jakarta while the city is under a violent seige due to the collapsing economy . . . […]

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What? What Day is it Already?

March 5, 2009

Wow. It’s been almost a week since I posted anything here.A decent regard for the opinions of mankind requires me to make an explanation of why I’ve been silent for so long.Partly, I was having fun. I got invited to no less than three meals/parties/whatever over the weekend. It ate up my blogging time, and […]

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Fantasy. Science Fiction.

February 26, 2009

The difference between science fiction and fantasy explained. Thanks to Constance Ash.

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Passing Out of This World of Tiers

February 25, 2009

Philip Jose Farmer passed away this morning, aged 91. I first met him at a convention in El Paso in the early Seventies. I was around 20, and had written the first part of a novel. Fortunately I was not quite so gauche as to bring the manuscript with me and ask Mr. Farmer to […]

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