Daily Archives: March 25, 2008
Voyage to Journey Planet
Posted on March 25, 2008 12 Comments
Last week I was interviewed by fanzine editor James Bacon for Journey Planet, the official fanzine of EasterCon, on the subject of fanzines and being nominated for the Best Fan Writer Hugo last year. Unbeknownst to the good Mr. Bacon, at the time we were talking I knew I was also nominated for Best Fan […]
So Insanely Jealous
Posted on March 25, 2008 30 Comments
Phil Plait (of the Bad Astronomy blog) is getting an asteroid named after him. I’m so jealous I think my head might just explode. Congratulations, Phil, you lousy bastard. Note to astronomers: if you happen to have any unnamed asteroids lying around you want to name after me, you just let me know. I don’t […]
Double Whammy
Posted on March 25, 2008 56 Comments
A depressing little story in the Columbus Dispatch: Almost one in ten Ohioans receives food stamps, and thanks to rising food costs (one presumes both because of rising transport costs and the fact that everyone’s planting corn for ethanol now, rather than food crops) that $1 per meal per person doesn’t go anywhere as far […]
Tuesday Pimpery, 3/25/08, Plus a Open Pimp Thread
Posted on March 25, 2008 68 Comments
I’m in the mood for promotion, both in the “self” and “other” flavors, so here we go: * First, the final print edition of Subterranean magazine is available for pre-order, and for Old Man’s War completists, it includes the magazine debut of “Questions for a Soldier,” my short story which was previously only in chapbook […]
Athena Offers Her Take on the Greatest Existential Question of Our Time
Posted on March 25, 2008 71 Comments
This is definitely one of those “you either get it or you don’t” things.
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying