Daily Archives: July 23, 2008
Just in Case You Thought the Hand-Wringing Over Science Fiction Was an English Language Thing
Posted on July 23, 2008 19 Comments
There’s a nice, long piece in El Pais, Spain’s largest newspaper, about the current denatured state of the science fiction genre. Naturally, having a facility in reading Spanish might help (I relied on the good graces of Google Translate, myself). Personally I don’t think things are as apocalyptically bad as the writer of this piece […]
Hugo Prognosticating
Posted on July 23, 2008 11 Comments
Over at Tor.Com, folks are putting down their markers on who they think will win the Best Novel Hugo this year. For obvious reasons, I am refraining from making an appearance in the comment thread, and anyway, I’ve already essayed my chances here. But if you want to put in your two cents, over there’s […]
Your Wednesday Musical Interlude
Posted on July 23, 2008 20 Comments
Mandy Moore doing “The Whole of the Moon” by the Waterboys: It’s surprisingly not horrible! Indeed, I think it’s pretty good. Also, not to put too fine a point on it, there would be no way Athena would listen to the actual Waterboys version without proclaiming her boredom with it (“Dad, the whiny man is […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying