Daily Archives: November 21, 2006
Reviews and Etc
Posted on November 21, 2006 28 Comments
While I wasn’t paying attention, some nice things have happened, review-wise, for some of my books: * The Android’s Dream got a good review from the good graces of Paul Di Filippo over at SciFi Weekly, who writes: [T]he SF ancestors of Scalzi’s newest book are masters like Keith Laumer, Christopher Anvil, Eric Frank Russell […]
Bright Red Clouds
Posted on November 21, 2006 11 Comments
I was going to write a piece on what you need on your Web site if you’re a writer, but ironically it just doesn’t seem to be coming at the moment, and I have other things to do. So: Here, have a sunset. Not as spectacular as some I’ve posted before, but I like how […]
Robert Altman, RIP
Posted on November 21, 2006 29 Comments
Nuts. Robert Altman has passed away. I interviewed him once when I was full-time movie critic, and I’m here to tell you he’s probably one of the smartest people I ever interviewed in the film industry, as well as disarmingly practical and modest about what he was doing with his films and his life. He […]
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