Daily Archives: November 1, 2015
No, the Kids Aren’t Reading the Classics and Why Would They
Posted on November 1, 2015 185 Comments
Writer Jason Sanford kicked a small hornet’s nest earlier today when he discussed “the fossilization of science fiction,” as he called it, and noted that today’s kids who are getting into science fiction are doing it without “Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein and Tolkien.” This is apparently causing a moderate bit of angina in some quarters. I think […]
Introducing the Newest Members of the Scalzi Clan
Posted on November 1, 2015 100 Comments
Please say hello to: Thing One, and Thing Two. Note these are temporary names; at some point we will give them more formal titles. The story here is that my mother-in-law’s neighbor has cats who had kittens, and I’d been wanting to get another cat since Ghlaghghee had passed on. Now that I’ll be home […]
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