Monthly Archives: September 2016
New Books and ARCs, 9/30/16
Posted on September 30, 2016 19 Comments
It’s our last stack of new books and ARCs for the month of September, and it’s a very fine one, I have to say. What here looks good to you? Tell me in the comments!
“Best Series” Hugo Category: A Trial Run in 2017 + My Thoughts On It
Posted on September 30, 2016 73 Comments
Here’s a press release I received today from Worldcon 75, next year’s Worldcon in Helsinki, Finland: The 75th World Science Fiction Convention, (“Worldcon”) taking place in Helsinki in August 2017, announced today that a special Hugo category for “Best Series” will be included in the 2017 Hugo Awards. The Hugo Awards are the leading awards for […]
Living Room Update
Posted on September 29, 2016 34 Comments
Last week I showed all y’all the living room all torn up, as we were getting rid of an unused fireplace and replacing it with shelves and electronic heater. Well, now (most of) the shelves are in, so I thought I’d give you all a status update picture. This is not the final state of […]
The Big Idea: Fran Wilde
Posted on September 29, 2016 5 Comments
When Norton Award-winning author Fran Wilde sat down to write Cloudbound, she wasn’t intending to write something whose politics had parallel with the world outside of her book. But sometimes, as she explains today, the world catches up with you. FRAN WILDE: What happens when you write a book about the political twists of a […]
The Big Idea: Kent Davis
Posted on September 27, 2016 2 Comments
History — or possibly, “history” — is not necessarily as done a deal as it seems in retrospect. Or so Kent Davis might suggest, in reference to his latest novel, A Riddle in Ruby: The Changer’s Key. KENT DAVIS: History has never been inevitable. There’s this apocryphal story that Francis Bacon, one of the trailblazers of […]
Who We Are Online, Who We Are Offline, How They’re Different and How They’re the Same
Posted on September 24, 2016 93 Comments
Over on Facebook, a person who claims to have met and interacted with me (and he may have! I meet and interact with a lot of people) suggests that he wouldn’t want to associate with me because, among other things, there’s a difference between how I present myself online and how I present myself offline, […]
New Books and ARCs, 9/23/16
Posted on September 23, 2016 10 Comments
It’s been a busy week for new books and ARCs here at the Scalzi Compound — he’s another stack of fabulous titles from excellent authors. Which ones will you be adding to your own “To Be Read” list? Tell me us in the comments!
The Big Idea: Miriam Libicki
Posted on September 23, 2016 3 Comments
What happens when you stop doing what people expect of you, and start doing what you expect of yourself? Miriam Libicki knows, and she’s here to tell you in this Big Idea about her new book, Toward a Hot Jew. MIRIAM LIBICKI: Toward a Hot Jew is a collection of drawn essays, originally made as self-published […]
Sunset, 9/22/16
Posted on September 22, 2016 12 Comments
Welcome to autumn, folks.* * This welcome good only in the northern hemisphere.
Dispatcher Audiobook Cover Reveal
Posted on September 22, 2016 25 Comments
Less than two weeks now until October 4, which is the day my audiobook novella The Dispatcher is released into the world, so today is a very fine day to reveal the audiobook cover. And here it is! Pretty cool, yes? Who is that dude in the overcoat? Why is he looking at concrete? Does […]
The State of the Living Room
Posted on September 21, 2016 37 Comments
In our living room we have a gas fireplace that is frankly dreadfully bad at all the things you might want a fireplace for, so after several years of having not used it at all, we decided it was time to finally just pull the thing out and replace it with an electric unit that […]
The Big Idea: J. Lincoln Fenn
Posted on September 21, 2016 6 Comments
Can you get spooked by your own writing? J. Lincoln Fenn was, by what she wrote for her latest novel Dead Souls. What was the cause of the self-inflicted spooking? Read on… if you dare. J. LINCOLN FENN: It’s a strange thing to write a story intended to creep people out, but it’s a stranger […]
New Books and ARCs, 9/20/16
Posted on September 20, 2016 40 Comments
I went to Hawaii for a vacation and to be a guest at HawaiiCon, and when I came back these new books and ARCs were waiting to me. What looks good to you? Tell me in the comments! Also, hello. I am back home. My cats missed me.
Aloha Hawaii (and Hawaiicon)
Posted on September 19, 2016 9 Comments
Thank you for a fabulous time. Back now to the real world.
Hawaiian Update
Posted on September 18, 2016 9 Comments
It’s a little breezy this morning. Otherwise it’s been lovely here on the big island. Today the the last full day I’ll be in Hawaii; tomorrow it’s back on a plane and flying against the time zones, so won’t be arriving in Ohio until Tuesday. Will be sad to leave but glad to see family and […]
18 Years + Bacon Cat 10 Year Anniversary
Posted on September 13, 2016 34 Comments
I’m posting this relatively late because I’m in Hawaii (where in fact it’s not that late at all): Today is the 18th anniversary of the first Whatever entry, back in the now far-gone year of 1998. My blog is now a legal adult in the United States and can vote (and if it could vote, […]
Hawaiian Sunrise, 9/12/16
Posted on September 12, 2016 16 Comments
Looks like it’s going to be another pretty decent day in paradise. Hope you’re all doing fine. I’ve got a chapter to write, and then, you know. Hawaiian things to do.
View From a Hotel Balcony, 9/11/16: The Big Island
Posted on September 11, 2016 25 Comments
I’m in Hawaii! Which is good. I still have daily word count to hit, however, which is while bad is not great. On the other hand, this is where I get to do my daily words while I’m here, which is pretty great. Back to it for me.
Vacation Week Has Commenced
Posted on September 9, 2016 9 Comments
Hey, I’m mostly gonna be out this next week. I might pop in briefly on the 13th (on account it’ll be the 18th anniversary of Whatever), but otherwise don’t expect too much; I’m planning to be mostly offline. I expect you’ll be fine without me. See you later!
New Books and ARCs, 9/9/16
Posted on September 9, 2016 19 Comments
Some very fine books and authors in this week’s stack of books and ARCs. See something here that is begging for your reading attention? Tell us about it in the comments!
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