Monthly Archives: October 2007
In France
Posted on October 31, 2007 38 Comments
It’s very French. I’m very tired. Chat with you all later.
Nantes, Here I Come
Posted on October 30, 2007 11 Comments
Still have a bit of packing and other things to do before my flight, so, well, bye. If I get stuck in an airport I might log on and kvetch; otherwise I’ll catch up with the lot of you tomorrow, when I’ll be here. In the meantime, consider this an open thread. Try to keep […]
Android’s Dream Paperback, Officially Out, Plus Other Books
Posted on October 30, 2007 8 Comments
Today’s the day: The Android’s Dream is now irrevocably out in the paperback form and ready for you to read it. Can you not see how it beckons to you fetchingly, promising tales of action, adventure, and sheep? You like sheep. You want to be with sheep, in a strictly friendly, non-carnal sort of way […]
Just to Freak You All Out
Posted on October 29, 2007 30 Comments
A comment about sports: Is it just me, or does it seem like this year’s World Series was over in, like, a game and a half? I looked up one day, and suddenly they’d played three games, and then this morning, bam, it was done. I mean, really, totally missed it. I realize you folks […]
Things You Didn’t Know About John Perry
Posted on October 29, 2007 66 Comments
Persuant to the previous entry, I’ve decided now, in my authorian splendor, to inform you of things you didn’t know about John Perry, the protagonist of Old Man’s War and The Last Colony. These are not in the text! But they’re true. Oh, yes. 1. He’s distantly related to Ike Eisenhower. 2. He once nearly […]
What Authors Know About Their Characters
Posted on October 29, 2007 127 Comments
In a New York Times piece on Dumbledore’s homosexuality, critic Edward Rothstein suggests that J.K. Rowling, Dumbledore’s creator, might not know what she’s talking about: But it is possible that Ms. Rowling may be mistaken about her own character. She may have invented Hogwarts and all the wizards within it, she may have created the […]
It Just Means I Have Them Fooled
Posted on October 28, 2007 49 Comments
Via Elizabeth Bear, I took this online test to see just how filled with Aspergian tics I might be: Apparently, not very. To which a little voice in my head said, You’re neurotypical? They’ll kick you out of science fiction for that! Well, what can I do. I am who I am. I hope the […]
Whoops
Posted on October 28, 2007 2 Comments
Nathan, I think I just deleted one of your comments as spam, which means you’re probably now in the spam filter. Please try to post another comment so I can untrain the spam filter. In other news, I seem to be leaving a lot of personal messages via blog entries recently. I shudder to think […]
Oh, Hey: Archives, 3/18/02 – 5/25/07
Posted on October 27, 2007 8 Comments
Proving that this site has gotten so big that even I don’t know what all is in it anymore: Here’s an archive page for Whatever featuring every entry written here between March 18, 2002 (“Football With Jesus” — a classic, by the way) and May 25, 2007 (featuring The Flush Monster). I found it randomly. […]
The Return of Administrivia
Posted on October 27, 2007 4 Comments
Not that you actually care, but I’ve finally gotten around to restoring the “Administrivia” section of the site, which includes my bio, site disclaimer and comment policy, how to get me for interviews, invitations and writing gigs, my publicity and blurb guidelines and policies on unpublished/self-published work, and contact information. It’s all top of the […]
Housekeeping Notes 10/27
Posted on October 27, 2007 9 Comments
Some housekeepery: * After a better part of a month of spammers not knowing Whatever was back, they seem to have discovered me again; I just got about 250 spam comments in the last six hours. The good news is Askimet seems to be keeping them from the rest of you. The bad news is […]
Listening to My Writing
Posted on October 26, 2007 14 Comments
Audio Renaissance sent me a CD copy of the audiobook of Old Man’s War, and I experienced a moment that made me realize how much of a citizen of the digital age I am: I thought, eight discs? I’ve gonna have to rip all of these? What a hassle! Don’t worry, I smacked myself in […]
Hey, Steve Burnap
Posted on October 26, 2007 17 Comments
Please send me an e-mail, won’t you? Don’t worry, it’s nothing horrible. And I’m not going to ask you for money. Or a kidney. Today.
The Zsa Zsa Gabors of the 21 Century
Posted on October 26, 2007 70 Comments
High up on today’s list of people who make me roll my eyes: These New Yorkers who decided to live part-time in the country and then get spooked by the fact that it’s dark and their house is making noises and there are, like, animals out there in the woods. Then they get back to […]
Speaking of Agent to the Stars
Posted on October 25, 2007 14 Comments
Received a note from Patrick Nielsen Hayden today to tell me that the trade paperback release of Agent to the Stars is scheduled for November, 2008. He also wishes to stress that date is tentative, and may bounce a couple of months in either direction. Be that as it may, those of you who have […]
The New Cover
Posted on October 25, 2007 23 Comments
Jeff Hentosz, who is handy with that there Photoshop, sends word that he’s “fixed” the cover of The Android’s Dream for me: Clever. Adorably sick, but clever. All I can say is, I’m glad I didn’t Photoshop this. Because then people would be asking me about my deadlines. Don’t ask, people. Just. Don’t.
You Can’t Fire Me
Posted on October 25, 2007 12 Comments
Probably because so many friends were recently let go at AOL, I had a dream in which I was being laid off at some sort of organization that was a mash-up of AOL and the Fresno Bee (those two being the real jobs I had, back in the day). The funny thing is that in […]
Kicking the Legs Out From Under the Willfully Ignorant
Posted on October 25, 2007 88 Comments
This is a heartwarming story: Homer Jacobson, a retired chemistry professor, Googles his name and discovers a scientific paper he wrote half a century ago, and which he discovers has errors in it, is being used by creationists using it to show how life couldn’t possibly have started up without help from God. So he […]
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