Monthly Archives: October 2006
Things I Wasn’t Expecting to Get in the Mail, Example Number One
Posted on October 14, 2006 39 Comments
It’s a commendation from the Ohio General Assembly for being nominated for the Hugo and for winning the Campbell. I honestly have no idea where this came from (aside from, you know, the Ohio General Assembly). I certainly didn’t alert the government. I got a large envelope from State Senator Tom Roberts, and my first […]
Quick Auction Update; Answering “Sagan” Questions
Posted on October 13, 2006 46 Comments
Bill Schafer forwarded me a note from the Minneapolis Public Library thanking him for his $5,000 contribution to the John M. Ford Book Endowment, and with that every bit of the auction for The Last Colony is taken care of: Book sent, bills paid, done. So, one last time, I want to thank Bill for […]
Eternal Spamnation
Posted on October 13, 2006 16 Comments
As an FYI for everyone, the amount of comment spammage this site gets appears to be on the rise over the last couple of weeks. Sometimes I catch it before you notice it, sometimes I don’t. However, if I don’t catch it before you’re aware of it, don’t feel that you need to alert me […]
“The Android’s Dream” Review in Booklist
Posted on October 12, 2006 17 Comments
I’ve seen it. It’s very nice. I don’t think I can quote the whole thing yet, but here’s the first line: Scalzi’s third ingenious novel in less than two years speeds his transition from rising star to major player in the sf community. Somebody better get down here with a whole box of pins, because […]
Server Woes
Posted on October 12, 2006 34 Comments
The server my domain is on has apparantly lost the hamsters that were spinning its discs, so the site has been intermittent today and may be again. If you suddenly can’t reach the site, that’s why. For those of you who wonder why I bother to post a note like this when no one can […]
Lucasphobia
Posted on October 12, 2006 40 Comments
From e-mail, in the aftermath of yesterday’s entry on Star Wars as not-entertainment: As a science fiction writer, don’t you ever worry that badmouthing George Lucas is going to hurt your career? In a word: no. For one thing, let’s have some perspective: George Lucas is the billionaire creator of the single most financially successful […]
Lucasphobia
Posted on October 12, 2006 10 Comments
From e-mail, in the aftermath of yesterday’s entry on Star Wars as not-entertainment: As a science fiction writer, don’t you ever worry that badmouthing George Lucas is going to hurt your career? In a word: no. For one thing, let’s have some perspective: George Lucas is the billionaire creator of the single most financially successful […]
The Lie of Star Wars as Entertainment
Posted on October 11, 2006 195 Comments
Pyr Books main man Lou Anders points me in the direction of a call and response discussion on the topic of science fiction and “entertainment,” as in, is written science fiction entertaining enough to capture the unwashed masses who watch it on TV and in the movies but don’t bother to read the stuff. The […]
The Ghost Brigades Currently Sold Out on Amazon
Posted on October 11, 2006 27 Comments
It’s been brought to my attention that at the moment Amazon appears to be fresh out of The Ghost Brigades, and folks are wondering if that means it’s out of print. The answer: Not as far as I know. The paperback isn’t going to be out until next May, so that’s kind of a long […]
The Android’s Dream Review at SFRevu
Posted on October 10, 2006 24 Comments
Lest I forget to mention the novel I actually have coming out this month, there’s another review of The Android’s Dream, over at SFRevu. I’ll note to you prior to linking that the review has spoilers in it, in the fourth paragraph, so I recommend sort of letting your eye slide past that particular graph. […]
The Last Colony Auction Winner; Announcing “The Sagan Diary”
Posted on October 10, 2006 35 Comments
All right, now it’s official: The winner of the auction for the super-exclusive edition of The Last Colony is Bill Schafer, publisher of Subterranean Press, who bid $5,000 for the book. So that’s $5,000 that’s going to the John M. Ford Book Endowment. I’m happy and flabbergasted at that amount. Happy because this helps Mike […]
Sunset, 10/09/06
Posted on October 9, 2006
You know what I like best about doing the sunset picture entries? I don’t have to do anything. I just snap a picture, you know?
Sunset, 10/09/06
Posted on October 9, 2006 14 Comments
You know what I like best about doing the sunset picture entries? I don’t have to do anything. I just snap a picture, you know?
Tidbitty Goodness, 10/9/06
Posted on October 9, 2006 55 Comments
Other things I’m thinking about: * First, hi, I’m back in Ohio, and never more shall I roam, at least not until mid-November, at which point I’ll be going to Philcon. My flight back from California was a great deal less dramatic than my flight in, and driving on the way home I did the […]
Who’s Next?
Posted on October 9, 2006 124 Comments
Hey, North Korea’s got the bomb! But don’t worry, Americans, you know that the Bush Administration and their apparatchiks are on the job to do what is undoubtedly the most important thing now for the good of the country and the world: Find a way to blame it on Bill Clinton. Yeah, I know, cynical […]
Another Travel Day
Posted on October 8, 2006 9 Comments
I’m going to be busy trying to get home today, so I won’t have any time to play around here. But I don’t want you to be bored, so here: Play some Bejeweled while I’m out. See you tomorrow.
Mmmmm… ARCy Goodness.
Posted on October 7, 2006 15 Comments
My reward for signing a big ol’ stack of Ghost Brigades for the fine booksellers of Northern California: an ARC of Dan Simmons’ new book The Terror. I mention this for the sole purpose of inspiring insane jealousy in at least a couple of people who I know read the Whatever. Because I am a […]
Blatheration for a Saturday
Posted on October 7, 2006 30 Comments
Ahhhh, I feel much better now. Shortly after posting yesterday I went out into the real world, which, as it turned out, had a nearby farmer’s market, at which I bought a lot of really amazingly fresh fruit and empanadas, and I had some of each, and then I self-medicated with a Coke, and all […]
Gaaaah, Redux
Posted on October 6, 2006 47 Comments
Just in to Oakland. Bad morning. Crushing headache. Need caffeine. Talk later. And how are you?
Gaaaaaah: An Open Thread
Posted on October 5, 2006 184 Comments
My internet connection is not playing nice today, and I have too many other things to do today to spend a lot of time on it. So, here, have an open thread. To get the conversation rolling, consider one (or both) of these two topics: 1. Should there be a corollary to Godwin’s Law that […]
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