Daily Archives: May 19, 2016
And Now, a Quick Check-In With the Hugos
Posted on May 19, 2016 63 Comments
Question in email: You’ve been pretty quiet about the Hugos this year so far. Now that voting is open on the finalist list, do you have anything to add? Not really? I mean, after the initial bit of freakout, everything seems to have settled down, hasn’t it? The Puppy attempt to troll the Hugos this […]
Last Day of School, 2016
Posted on May 19, 2016 22 Comments
Here is Athena looking toward the future (and, more prosaically, in the direction of our mailbox, but even so). This end of the school year will bring some pretty big changes for Athena. Today is the last day of school, so technically speaking, Athena is now what they call a “rising senior.” But practically speaking, […]
It’s Over, Bernie Sanders Fans. Let it Go.
Posted on May 19, 2016 269 Comments
Bernie Sanders is not going to be president, nor is he going to be the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. To date, he has won fewer electoral contests, pledged delegates and total votes than Hillary Clinton, and in each of these cases the margins aren’t close. While it is technically possible for […]
The Big Idea: Paul Cornell
Posted on May 19, 2016 11 Comments
Sure, Arthur Conan Doyle once killed off Sherlock Holmes, but it took Paul Cornell to do terrible things to his ghost. He does it in Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? and today in his Big Idea, he explains why he thought this might be such a great plan. PAUL CORNELL: The big idea behind Who Killed Sherlock […]
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