Daily Archives: August 30, 2006
Word Choices
Posted on August 30, 2006 100 Comments
The new GOP buzzword: Fascism President Bush in recent days has recast the global war on terror into a “war against Islamic fascism.” Fascism, in fact, seems to be the new buzz word for Republicans in an election season dominated by an unpopular war in Iraq. Bush used the term earlier this month in talking […]
The Scalzi Award
Posted on August 30, 2006 14 Comments
Here I am with fellow Campbell nominee Brandon Sanderson (whose excellent Elantris and Mistborn you ought to go buy, like, now), who clutches the first (and probably only) Scalzi award. And what is the Scalzi award? Well, I’ll tell you. During the Worldcon, I was chatting with the folks at Larry Smith booksellers, when a […]
“Where Has All the Science Fiction Gone?”
Posted on August 30, 2006 19 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, I did a talk at the Kenton Country Library on the topic “Where Has All the Science Fiction Gone?” — it was the overall theme of a larger symposium, so I applied myself toward it. As it happens, the Cincinnati public television station sent someone to make a recording of […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying