Monthly Archives: August 2005
The Official Off to Scotland Open Thread
Posted on August 3, 2005 32 Comments
Off to Scotland. Will drop in when I arrive (bringing my laptop. Yes, I have an adapter, and, damn, UK electrical plugs are huuuuuge). In the interim, here’s an open thread for you to play with. And a starter topic: Why are there so many songs about rainbows? Think about it.
The Myth of the Science Fiction Monoculture
Posted on August 2, 2005 24 Comments
A number of people have written to alert me to Robert K.J. Killheffer’s review of Old Man’s War (among a number of other books) in the September issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction, with the intimation that the review is something of a slam. Well, of course, I love good slam, so I checked it […]
Other News (Quickly)
Posted on August 1, 2005 16 Comments
Aside from writing The Ghost Brigades, here’s what else has been going on: * Agent to the Stars is now out and selling quite nicely — between pre-orders and early sales, well over half of the 1,500 print run is already gone. So if you wanted a copy but have been putting off the actual […]
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Posted on August 1, 2005 7 Comments
As most of you know, the reason I took time off in July was to finish writing The Ghost Brigades, which is the sequel to Old Man’s War. Did I finish? Ah ha ha ha ha! No. However, I’ve finally made some excellent progress on the book, and have gotten beyond the point in the […]
Thank You to The Guest Bloggers!
Posted on August 1, 2005 9 Comments
Before I do anything else, let me take a moment to thank Laurel Halbany, Ron Hogan, Claire Light, Eric Magnuson, Jeff Porten, William Schafer and Jim Winter for their really wonderful work as guest bloggers in July. As a reader, it was whole lot of fun reading their work; as a site proprietor, I am […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying