Monthly Archives: May 2006
DSL Issues and Ice Cream Haiku
Posted on May 5, 2006 38 Comments
I’m having connection issues today (I’m typing this by using my cell phone as a modem. Hey! This cell phone thingie does seem to come in handy). I’ll be back when they get resolved. In the meantime, here’s an open thread for you. I suggest you fill it with Haiku about your favorite ice cream […]
Uh-Oh.
Posted on May 4, 2006 18 Comments
I think I may have over-caffeinated just now. That’ll teach me. Actually, probably it won’t. I think that may be a problem. Let me have another Coke and ponder it. Fun fact: I didn’t type this entry, I just let my fingers twitch over the keyboard. It’s true.
Other Stuff, 5/4/06
Posted on May 4, 2006 61 Comments
Quick thoughts on the rest of the universe: * I do hope Zacarias Moussaoui had fun carrying on like a James Bond villian in court, because his fun is over and now he’s off to an 8×8 room for the rest of his life, which one hopes is nice and long. I am happy and […]
Amazon Prime = Teh Crack
Posted on May 4, 2006 25 Comments
If there was ever an enabling device in online purchases, it would be Amazon Prime, the little deal that company has where you pay $70, and in return, everything you buy for the next year gets shipped two-day, for no additional cost (i.e., feels like free, since you’re not coughing up after the first $70). […]
Why I Dig My AOL Gig
Posted on May 4, 2006 14 Comments
Because it gives me an excuse to do things like this: It’s for this entry, incidentally. But I think I’ll use it for my next author photo. Because it’s just so me. In the meantime, it’s the new picture for my 404 page.
Author Interviews on By The Way
Posted on May 3, 2006 13 Comments
Okay, I’m having a thought here. As most of you know, I’ve been fairly well served by the online world in the promotion and selling of my books. As most of you also know, I have an AOL Journal where, among other things, I like to do regular weekly features for the benefit of the […]
“…she made loud laughter between a negative confrontation.”
Posted on May 3, 2006 17 Comments
This industrious fellow seems to be attempting to translate Old Man’s War in to Chinese, which I’m not entirely sure the company who owns the rights to produce the Chinese version of the book will much appreciate. He seems to be up to Chapter Four or thereabouts. Not being able to read Chinese, I can’t […]
Sunset, May 2, 2006
Posted on May 2, 2006 3 Comments
It’s been largely gray today, but the sun got under the clouds right at sunset. Not bad.
A Poll.
Posted on May 2, 2006 23 Comments
Because I just want to see if this works here. [poll temporarily removed — it’s causing some problems. You can see it here]
Bestselling Authors Tobias Buckell & Charlie Stross
Posted on May 1, 2006
Congrats to Toby Buckell, whose novel Crystal Rain makes the Locus Hardcover Bestseller List this month. And also to Charlie Stross, whose Atrocity Archives tops the Locus Trade Paperback Bestseller List. It’s always good to see one’s pals do well. I have my own #1 somewhere as well.
Bestselling Authors Tobias Buckell & Charlie Stross
Posted on May 1, 2006
Congrats to Toby Buckell, whose novel Crystal Rain makes the Locus Hardcover Bestseller List this month. And also to Charlie Stross, whose Atrocity Archives tops the Locus Trade Paperback Bestseller List. It’s always good to see one’s pals do well. I have my own #1 somewhere as well.
Bestselling Authors Tobias Buckell & Charlie Stross
Posted on May 1, 2006 3 Comments
Congrats to Toby Buckell, whose novel Crystal Rain makes the Locus Hardcover Bestseller List this month. And also to Charlie Stross, whose Atrocity Archives tops the Locus Trade Paperback Bestseller List. It’s always good to see one’s pals do well. I have my own #1 somewhere as well.
Colbert, Soup, Piss
Posted on May 1, 2006 25 Comments
A question from a reader*: I’d be interested in reading your thoughts on Stephen Colbert’s performance at the White House Correspondant’s Association Dinner. In particular, the way that a decent portion of the media seems to feel that Colbert was completely out of line (as opposed to GWB looking around the Oval Office for WMDs, […]
As You Know, Bob
Posted on May 1, 2006 24 Comments
Strange Horizons editor Jed Hartman has a very amusing entry on the art and craft of the infodump, which in the real world is usually called “exposition,” but we in science fiction call it something different because we’re special, you see. Science fiction has a pronounced tendency toward infodumps, if for no other reason that […]
Early Notice
Posted on May 1, 2006 1 Comment
The other day SF editor and anthologist Jonathan Strahan commented on his blog about the cover art to The Android’s Dream and wondered, “is this a move away from the more overtly Heinleinesque territory of his first two novels? I’ll be curious to see.” So I sent him the first chapter to look at. You […]
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