Daily Archives: February 25, 2010
Today’s Irony Twofer
Posted on February 25, 2010 58 Comments
This direct mail solicitation from Reason to get me to subscribe to the magazine is ironic for two reasons: 1. That’s not my house they’ve circled there, it’s my neighbors, so if “they” go looking for me there, man, won’t the Harshbargers be surprised! 2. I already have a subscription to Reason magazine, which you’d […]
This Manuscript Hires People
Posted on February 25, 2010 140 Comments
Apropos to Charlie Stross’ piece today about what goes into making a book and why it’s not just as simple as tossing out a bare manuscript to whomever might be willing to buy it, I’d like to point out something that I think gets overlooked as a net benefit to books being made the way […]
Handing You Off to Charlie Stross Today
Posted on February 25, 2010 54 Comments
On account that Charlie is going to school you on the matter of How Books Are Made, because, as Charlie notes, the idea that the only two people needed to make a book are the author and the consumer is a bit of contemptible nonsense: This is a bit like saying that in commercial air […]
Technical Note Re: E-mail
Posted on February 25, 2010 2 Comments
My primary e-mail address (john@scalzi.com) is likely to be down in the next couple of hours (8am – 10am Eastern, 2/25/10), as I’m busy fiddling with it. Don’t be surprised if any mail you send me during that time bounces back. I don’t imagine there’s anything so essential that it can’t wait until after 10am […]
Video Games Into SF Movies
Posted on February 25, 2010
Over at AMC this week, I’m looking at science fictional video games I think could make decent movies — if they could avoid that thing Hollywood does to video games when it makes them into movies. Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. As always, if you have thoughts or comments, leave ’em over at […]
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