Daily Archives: May 3, 2012
A Quick Plug for 4th Street Fantasy Convention
Posted on May 3, 2012 7 Comments
As I have recently posted my Redshirts tour schedule, many of you know that I will be doing a stop at the Uncle Hugo’s book store in Minneapolis on Saturday, June 23rd. But I will also be at the Fourth Street Fantasy convention that entire weekend, hanging out with fantasy fans and writers like Elizabeth […]
Amanda Palmer, Kickstarter, and Everything
Posted on May 3, 2012 81 Comments
Today’s question from the mailbag: Any thoughts on the success of Amanda Palmer’s Kickstarter drive? Unsurprisingly, I have several. First, as background: Musician, creative person and delightfully weird human being Amanda Palmer put up a Kickstarter page to fund/sell her upcoming musical album, her first full-length production in a few years. She had a goal […]
The Big Idea: Paolo Bacigalupi
Posted on May 3, 2012 32 Comments
Paolo Bacigalupi has made a name from himself — and garnered a shelf full of awards including the Hugo, Nebula and Printz — by taking a hard and not always comfortable look at the logical progression of today’s conditions into the future of our planet. In The Drowned Cities, the follow-on to his award-winning YA […]
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