Daily Archives: August 10, 2017
Twitter Jokes: Punchline First(?)
Posted on August 10, 2017 39 Comments
I note this particular tweet (which, if for some reason you can’t see it, is here), not just because it amuses the crap out of me, although it does, but it because it’s an example of a phenomenon that I think might be unique to Twitter — namely, because of the way Twitter formats pictures […]
Update on the Dragon Awards and Me
Posted on August 10, 2017 60 Comments
First, read this, from Andrew Liptak at the Verge, and make sure you stick around for the M. Night Shyamalan-like twist at the ending, featuring a shocking statement from me! Also, here is the Dragon Awards’ own statement, re: Alison Littlewood departing from the ballot. Read them? Okay, then let’s get to the questions. So, wait, […]
The Big Idea: Kathe Koja
Posted on August 10, 2017 6 Comments
It is sometimes said that someone is a person of their time — which may make you wonder what might happen to that person in different times, and what those times would do that person. Kathe Koja might, anyway, and it’s one of the reasons her novel Christopher Wild exists. KATHE KOJA: Come over here. […]
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