Foodscapes

November 27, 2008

As you sail off on oceans of food for your Thanksgiving holiday, take a look at the metaphor made real in this photograph by Carl Warner. There are fourteen images in all; be sure to check them all out.Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

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An Embarassment of Riches

November 27, 2008

Okay, so I may have titled this “An Embarrassment of Riches,” but I’d like to state right off the bat that I’m not embarrassed at all! Orbit has offered on two new books! One will be a sequel to This Is Not a Game, and the other, while possibly not a direct sequel, will be […]

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Return to Wall Street

November 22, 2008

Michael Lewis, author of Liar’s Poker, returns to Wall Street for a thoughtful look at the meltdown. ““You have to understand,” Eisman says in his defense, “I did subprime first. I lived with the worst first. These guys lied to infinity. What I learned from that experience was that Wall Street didn’t give a shit […]

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Memory

November 19, 2008

Every so often, a memory comes out of the blue and illuminates a bit of the past that I had thought gone forever. I have certain memories from my infancy. I remember my first birthday, and the toy blue rubber motorcycle cop that my Aunt Josie gave me. I have some indistinct memories of standing […]

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Genres That Die

November 17, 2008

I was watching Operation Petticoat last night in TCM, and I realized two things: first, this is a movie in which the two male leads are made up and lit to be prettier than any of the women; and second, that the film belongs to a dead genre, that of the service comedy.Once it was […]

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I Haz Ebook!

November 17, 2008

Once again, the author is the last to know.But I am reliably informed that you can purchase an ebook of Implied Spaces at Baen’s online site.

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Tips For Writers, Part xxvii

November 17, 2008

When plotting your stories, novels, or movies, be sure never to give your characters cell phones!Or this could happen.

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Meet Little Nemo

November 17, 2008

Meet the latest member of our family. I don’t think his name is Nemo (though it might be). I’m calling him Nemo for the moment because I haven’t figured out what his real name is. I’m very bad at naming animals. Usually my friends do it, or Kathy. Maybe you will come up with the […]

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Psittacus Exanimus

November 16, 2008

The Monty Python troupe had the collective advantage of a classical English education. Perhaps, somewhere in their studies, they encountered this ancient Roman version of the Dead Parrot Sketch . . .

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Reviews Too Late: La Vie en Rose

November 14, 2008

In Implied Spaces, I wrote a completely gratuitous scene in which I, using Aristide as a mouthpiece, expressed my admiration for Edith Piaf. “Who could forget Piaf?” Aristide asks, with some incredulity.Not me, obviously.La Vie en Rose is a biopic about Piaf, and it’s not a cheerful film. It’s very long and it’s filled with […]

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