Daily Archives: October 25, 2007
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 […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying