Daily Archives: October 16, 2006
Two Cool Things
Posted on October 16, 2006 14 Comments
A couple of cool things that have gone down in the last couple of days: 1. I’ve been invited to be the Toastmaster for the 2008 version of ConFusion, the convention run by the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association (the link goes to the site for their 2007 convention, which I’ll also be attending, as […]
The Case For RSS Feeds
Posted on October 16, 2006 54 Comments
Got an e-mail today from a reader letting me know he was taking me off his favorites list because he found that my indulgence in one particular general topic impeded his enjoyment of other topics I write about. There is nothing to be done for the problem of topics, of course; I write about whatever […]
Meanwhile, In Ohio…
Posted on October 16, 2006 81 Comments
From today’s Dayton Daily News: Domestic-violence law being challenged (registration required): Ohio is one of those states that in a haze of gay panic (“OMG WTF! Teh gayz wants the marry!!!!11!!!!ONE!1!!”) passed a state constitutional amendment that not only defined marriage as between a man and a woman but went out of its way to […]
TAD Review on SF Signal
Posted on October 16, 2006 14 Comments
Here you go. It has one spoiler in it, but it’s easy to miss, so I suppose it’s only a semi-spoiler. And it’s also a positive review: The Android’s Dream might be what you’d find in an Elmore Leonard novel if he were to write a science fiction story with Keith Laumer in Reteif mode […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying