Daily Archives: January 9, 2009
Yeah, Like There Will Be Anything Else Going on in San Francisco on a Friday Night
Posted on January 9, 2009 46 Comments
Citizens of San Francisco and the greater “Bay Area”! A reminder to you that in precisely one week, I and the lovely and talented Mary Robinette Kowal will descend upon your town, as if from a cloud of rose petals and gum, and land at Borderlands Books, whereupon those among you lucky and brave enough […]
The Printed Metatropolis
Posted on January 9, 2009 27 Comments
It’s been a busy day for updates about Metatropolis, and here’s the biggest update of all, which is also one of my big January announcements: I’m pleased to announce that Subterranean Press is taking pre-orders for the printed, hardcover version of the Metatropolis anthology, which will ship this August. It includes all the stories in […]
Shame On Me
Posted on January 9, 2009 76 Comments
While I was on my two week semi-hiatus, I got a phone call that went like this: Me (picking up the phone): Hello. Some random dude: You should be ashamed of yourself. Me: Well, okay. (Dude hangs up) I thought this phone call was pretty rude, not because this fellow told me I should be […]
Metatropolis Reviews; Award Pimp Addendum
Posted on January 9, 2009 4 Comments
Two new reviews of Metatropolis in the last week. The first, over at Green Man Review, is ecstatic (“METAtropolis will win a Hugo if there’s any justice in the universe. Yes, it’s that good”); the second, at Strange Horizons, is somewhat more tempered. It’s nice to see people still talking about our little project in […]
Since at Least One Person Has Asked
Posted on January 9, 2009 17 Comments
The reason I’m not writing much about politics at the moment is mostly because I’ve decided I’m on a politics vacation until the first of two following things occurs: 1. I finish the novella I’m working on; 2. The new guy gets sworn in. Mind you, I reserve the right to change my mind about […]
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