Daily Archives: February 23, 2017
The New Laptop, February 2017 Edition
Posted on February 23, 2017 25 Comments
A couple of months ago I realized I was going to need a new laptop; the Dell XPS 12 I have, while still working perfectly well while plugged in, will only last for a couple of hours on battery — this is what happens to old laptops. I have a Chromebook Flip, which I actually really […]
The Expanding Tour is Expanding: Santa Fe, NM and Southfield, MI
Posted on February 23, 2017 14 Comments
My tour for The Collapsing Empire is already pretty long, taking place as it does over five weeks — and now it’s about to get longer! Because I’m showing up at two new places: Monday, April 17 Jean Cocteau Cinema Santa Fe, NM and Friday, April 28-Sunday, April 30 Penguicon Southfield, MI The Santa Fe […]
Reminder: There’s No Such Thing as an Automatic Award Nomination
Posted on February 23, 2017 19 Comments
Over at Inverse, writer Ryan Britt is annoyed that two of his favorite science fiction books of the year, Death’s End by Cixin Liu, and Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey, are not on the Nebula list of nominees for Best Novel. His argument for both basically boils down to they’re both amazing so they […]
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