Daily Archives: June 18, 2009
On the Signing of Books
Posted on June 18, 2009 33 Comments
I’m getting an increasing number of requests for signed books, so I thought I would go ahead and make a quick post about it to refer people to later. So: 1. No, I don’t have any signed books for sale via my own Web site. I know some authors keep an inventory of signed books […]
Incidentally
Posted on June 18, 2009 9 Comments
I’m SUPER far behind on e-mail. Just in case you sent me some recently and am wondering if my not responding means I think you’re the worst person in the world or something. No, I don’t. Unless you are. In which case I do.
The Big Idea: Seth Shostak
Posted on June 18, 2009 26 Comments
Science fiction writers such as myself live in a state of wariness about the concept of alien intelligence truly existing. On one hand, how cool would it be to finally know we’re not alone in the universe — every science fiction writer in the world would be vindicated. On the other hand, we’d also be […]
Daddy Issues
Posted on June 18, 2009
Father’s Day is this Sunday, and like all columnists I believe in knocking down the low-hanging targets, so, surprise, this week’s column looks at science fiction movie dads and how they rate. Darth Vader, pictured above, rates very poorly, as you might imagine. Catch the rankings and then add your comments. And have a nice […]
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