Daily Archives: September 17, 2009
Today’s Paradoxical Thought That Really Isn’t
Posted on September 17, 2009 107 Comments
As I get older, I worry less about “life being fair” and worry rather more about justice. Tell me that makes sense to anyone else but me.
The Big Idea: David Anthony Durham
Posted on September 17, 2009 25 Comments
David Anthony Durham is one of my favorite new fantasy writers, and I’m not alone in having this opinion; Durham this year found himself in possession of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, taking the tiara from an exceptionally competitive field. Durham nabbed that award on the strength of his acclaimed debut fantasy novel […]
Favors Followup
Posted on September 17, 2009 73 Comments
A couple of thoughts in follow-up to the “Asking Favors of Established Writers” piece: * Some people are concluding based on the piece that I think a) one should never ask favors of writers and b) writers should never say yes to favors when asked for them. In fact, neither is true. Writers get asked […]
Beyond Awards
Posted on September 17, 2009 48 Comments
By now the whole Kayne West/Taylor Swift moment at the MTV Video Music Awards has reached its equilibrium, so there’s nothing really much to say about that hasn’t been said by everyone else, up to and including the president. But I would like to point out something that’s been overlooked in this whole silly thing, […]
Extended For Your Pleasure
Posted on September 17, 2009
Over at AMC, I’m asking reader opinion on which version of a film is the “definitive” version: The original version of the film that came out in the theaters, or the extended/director’s/special editions that come out later. I ask because sometimes it’s hard for me to choose (although not in the case of whether Han […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying