Daily Archives: January 15, 2009
Room With a View; Reading Reminder & Request
Posted on January 15, 2009 37 Comments
First, the view out my hotel window: It doesn’t suck. Second, yet another reminder to folks that the fantabulous Mary Robinette Kowal and I will be at Borderlands Books tomorrow at 7pm for an evening we’re calling “John & Mary Show You Their Shorts.” We’re reading mostly humorous short fiction we’ve written, although the way […]
Where I’m At
Posted on January 15, 2009 41 Comments
The view from my chair: You can tell it’s a swanky hotel because the plants aren’t plastic (yes, I just checked). I’ve actually stayed here before, although the last time was back in the early 90s, for a Disney movie press junket. That was the junket where I got to see the sets for The […]
The Nebula Awards: Less Logrolling, More Relevance
Posted on January 15, 2009 17 Comments
This will be of interest only to hardcore SF geeks, but that’s me, so: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have revised the rules for their Nebula Awards, and I have to say I approve. First, it gets rid of the “rolling eligibility” rule (in which a Nebula could be won by […]
When SF TV Series Become Movies, And Fail
Posted on January 15, 2009
Thursday is AMC SF movie column day, and this week I’m looking at science fiction TV series which — unlike Star Trek, above — tried to make the transition to film and did a nice fat faceplant instead. What did they do wrong? Well, I’ll tell you. Warning, Browncoats: Serenity is in there. Oh, don’t […]
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