Daily Archives: July 28, 2014
“The Failure of Flappy Bird”: A Very Short Short Story By Me, in Popular Science
Posted on July 28, 2014 12 Comments
The magazine Popular Science asked me to write a very short story about the future, on the topic of technology, so I did. It’s called “The Failure of Flappy Bird” and you can find it at the Popular Science Web site. Oh, plus very short stories from Ian Tregellis, Ann Leckie, Melinda Snodgrass, Elizabeth Bear, Seanan […]
What Happened After I Reported: Elise Matthesen, WisCon, and Harassment
Posted on July 28, 2014 328 Comments
My friend Elise Matthesen last year filed a report at the WisCon science fiction and fantasy covention, because she believed that (then) Tor editor Jim Frenkel had sexually harassed her. Harassment policies are not only about what those policies say, but how those policies are administered and those reports handled. Here’s Elise telling you how WisCon, […]
A First Class Trip to Hell is Still a Trip to Hell
Posted on July 28, 2014 44 Comments
So, the good news about yesterday’s flight home is that I was bumped to first class. Yay! Extra leg room! The bad news about yesterday’s flight home: It left 30 minutes late because they hadn’t finished (or possibly even begun) fueling the plane before we boarded; a dual line of thunderstorms diverted hundreds of miles […]
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